When L wakes up, she often will lie in bed talking to herself or playing. We often know she’s awake because we hear the thump of her empty bottle falling to the floor. I guess she sometimes feels upset by being cheated: she woke up with a bottle, but the blasted thing was empty. Other times, she’ll just suck on the empty bottle, perhaps wistfully imagining how nice it would be to have a bit of her warmed 10/90 juice/water mixture.

The point being, bottle tossed or no, L doesn’t often wake up and begin crying. Which is pleasant enough.