Last weekend we 'dared' to leave the kids with Oma and Opa and went for a mini holiday of 4 days in Rio.
A couple of months ago we bought tickets to see Dave Matthews in Rio and thought we would be able to wean Josefine until then. Unfortunately she was not accepting the bottle. Since we realized there was no way we could take her we decided to 'bite the bullet' and we started weaning her a week before our trip. She fought it but after a couple of days of not giving in and showing that the bottle was all she would get, she started accepting it, from me! Then Jason started trying, and again, she put up a fight and was only accepting the bottle from me. After another couple of days of not giving in, she finally accepted the bottle from him and now she is taking the bottle from anyone!
Our mini break was great. We spend 2 days in Buzios (a beach city in Rio) and 2 days in Rio with some friends. On our first days we thought of staying up late since we could sleep in, but both days, by 10pm we were asleep and at 8am we were bright awake!
Josefine did great at Oma's house and slept through the night without any issues (from 8pm until 6am, for a bottle and then until 7 - 8am). Kaio also did marvelously and both Oma and Opa were very happy with how great both kids behaved!
All in all it was a great experience (for everyone) and we might repeat it in the future!