Thanks playfelt, that's exactly what I was thinking. He literally will not put a thing in his mouth on his own, not even baby puffs or sippy cup, but will eat if you put it in his mouth. So he leaves here without eating more than a few bites of food all day which I'm sure doesn't help the habit of waking in the night for bottles. I have had many discussions with this mom as our children are the same age and we are both expecting our second. She knows that i will not baby him and has told me things like if he starts a tantrum or something similar she cuddles him straight away and gives him whatever he wants, then says she shouldn't do that! I guess I'll just carry on as normal here and hope things work out for her with two "babies"!