A new adventure

At our last checkup the nurse told me to start trying to get Caroline to drink out of a sippy cup. She said the easiest way was to take the spill-proof part out so that the juice would flow freely and Caroline would know what is in it. This was when I put the spill-proof thingy back in Caroline would suck on it to try to get the juice out. I thought that this seemed like it might be kind of a mess, but decided that she is a nurse and I'm just a first time mom that knows nothing about how to raise a baby. So, I went to Walmart, bought a sippy cup, came home and put it in the dishwasher to make sure that it was nice and clean for my little one. I put juice in it and showed her how to use it. Well, after she about drowned from the large stream of apple juice pouring out of the cup she turned it upside down and soaked her clothes, her highschair, me and my floor. It's amazing how far a couple ounces of juice can spread. So I changed our clothes, filled it back up and tried again, this time with the spill-proof thingy back in. This time Caroline decided the traditional way of using it wasn't much fun and that it was much more fun to bang it against the side of the highchair a few times and throw it on the floor while laughing hysterically and waiting on me to pick it up. This was followed by me sticking it in my mouth to "clean" it and then giving it back to her. After about a half dozen times the sippy cup exploded and apple juice splattered all over my kitchen and me. I have a permanent sticky spot on my kitchen floor. I think I might give up for now and just let her drink juice out of a bottle! And I thought life was interesting before I had a baby!!