It was a complete surprise that the boys have done so amazing with their sippy cups. NO BOTTLES during the day.... can you believe it. Only one real day of transition is all it took. Both are doing great with with drinking from a straw and eating more. We are still doing a night bottle but that is totally cool! I am so proud of my little guys. It is so fun that our schedule is so much more flexible now.
I did not get too many pictures because for part of the time I was holding or distracting the boys!!!
The night of day 2 was interesting. We decided to try about 5 ounces of milk in their bottle for the night feeding and Brandon did great. John drank it all and woke up an hour later wanting more. So I know that he is not ready to give that feeding up.
Day three: Did GREAT! They are drinking about 4 ounces of milk through their sippy cups each time (three times a day) and eating good too. I wish John ate a little more but I just think he is picky and not going to be a piggy like his brother. Last night was interesting though.... we gave them 8 ounces in their bottle and they both only took around 5-6 ounces but they seemed not to want their bottle. They were squirmy and wanted breaks. That really has never been an issue so I am not sure if they would rather have a sippy cup at night too.
My only worry now is that they are not getting enough milk throughout the day. I know they will catch on and drink more as they just started doing this but I am giving them yogurt and cheese and so on. Thank you all for your prayers and advice!
Today has been so amazing that I know only God could do this!
the boys woke up at 7:30 and both had yogurt and waffles and a SIPPY CUP. They both had about 3/4 of it!!!! They played and took a great nap and then my mom came over and we went to meet up with my brother for lunch. The boys had mexican food and their sippy cup for lunch. Slept on the way back home and then had a snack at 4pm with a sippy cup! NO BOTTLE! Praise the Lord. Please pray it stays this way. We will have pasta for dinner and give them a bath and a night bottle. We might try a night sippy cup. It has just been a good day transition wise.
Bubye FORMULA!!!
Today was our first day to transition the boys to sippy cups. Brandon is totally ready but John is not. Brian let me sleep in this morning so he fed them 100% milk in a bottle with their breakfast. Then they played and went down for a nap. Brian went out for a bit and when they woke up around 1o:30am I gave them a sippy cup of milk and they did great. We are trying to give them milk before lunch so they would not fill up on it at noon and not eat. We fed them lunch and they had water until they went to bed around 2pm. Brandon woke up around 3:30 and we gave him his sippy cup with milk and he was fine. John woke up at 4pm and would not have any of it. he cried till 4:3o until we gave in and gave him his bottle and he took it right away, the full bottle! We will still give them a night bottle until they are both fully transitioned during the day before we battle with them over that.
So all in all it was not too bad. Brandon seems good to go if we help him remember he has milk in his sippy cup. John will be a challenge. I knew it was not going to be a breeze but I was hoping. Tomorrow is a new day and a new chance to work on it. 1 out of 2 is pretty good! Please pray for Brandon to keep with it and for John to understand and not fight it! Also, please pray for Brian and I to relax and know this will take time.... especially me!
Our Schedule:
breakfast and sippy of milk when they wake up
sippy after morning nap
lunch
sippy after afternoon nap
dinner
night bottle with milk (will go away)
Now I guess this schedule is for Brandon with a sippy cup and John with a bottle till he is ready. We will try everyday with a sippy with him but the crying is so sad! I wanted to go cold turkey but John just isnt having it! We shall see
Today we had breakfast with Santa. The boys did great after meeting Santa. They ate all kinds of breakfast food and we all had a blast.
The traumatizing experience! 
Daddy and Brandon hanging out
Stuffing his face
Well Brandon doesn't wake up this way but he needs a haircut! 
John
Brandon
Brandon
John
We are starting some changes in the Synnott household. We are trying to get rid of formula, night bottles, brushing the twins teeth and so on! In doing so I have NO CLUE what I am doing. So what do you all think of the schedule?
As of now:
Wake up: 7:30ish and have morning bottle with 4 ounces of formula and 4 ounces of whole milk.
8am - breakfast
9:45-10am- morning nap
noon- bottle with 4 ounces of formula and 4 ounces of whole milk, lunch
2pm- afternoon nap
4pm- bottle with 4 ounces of formula and 4 ounces of whole milk
5:30- 6ish- dinner
**water in sippy cups throughout the day**
7pm- bath and try and brush teeth
7:15ish-8pm- night bottle with 4 ounces of formula and 4 ounces of whole milk then bed.
The transition to whole milk is our first change. I am doing half and half in bottle this week just to see how their tummies take. They seem to be doing great.
The second change is brushing teeth. John has 7 teeth and Brandon 6 teeth so I know we need to be cleaning them. Brandon seemed to do ok with it, John NOT!
Now here is where it gets a little hard for me. I am going to go cold turkey next week with just giving them sippy cups of whole milk at each meal and water, juice and snacks throughout the day. How do I get rid of the night bottle? I am really struggling with the fact that they are so use to the routine and how they get a night bottle and go straight to sleep. What do we do now?
So once I figure that out this will be the routine (what do yall think)
wake-up- breakfast with sippy cup of whole milk
nap at 10am
noon- lunch with sippy cup of whole milk
nap at 2pm
snack when they wake up with apple water (apple juice cut with water)
5:30-6ish- dinner with sippy cup of whole milk
7pm- bath and brush teeth
then..... I DONT KNOW, bed time is a mystery to me!
Our Christmas Stockings
My Christmas Tree (it does light up)
Brian's Christmas Tree (sorry for the poor quality picture)
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