9 month old finally took a bottle from me this weekend

I've made posts here regarding this issue and we never really found an solution. We tried different bottles. We tried sippy cups. From about 3 months on he never wanted a bottle.My wife works 7p-7a so him not taking a bottle over night has made life extremely difficult. My wife has resorted to only working one shift every 2 weeks as a result.I would usually just put him to bed without a feeding which he wasn't a huge fan of. Trying to give him a bottle has just proven to make him more mad so I would just forego trying. He loves that last nurse before bed. He would wake up at his normal times and I was left with just going in and comforting him till he fell back asleep. He is a non-cuddle baby (ive made a post about that as well). He won't let mama rock him to sleep. He doesn't cuddle with either of us. So there is very little I can do without Mama.He has been sick with something this weekend. Runny frequent diapers but no fever. We assume it is teething.Well Friday my wife worked and I put him to bed without eating. He woke up about 3 hours later screaming and sitting up in his crib. I tried for an hour and 20 minutes to get him to go back to sleep and he wouldn't. I decided to warm up mama's milk and he laid in my arms and stroked my beard while he sucked the bottle down. I teared up when this happened because he has never been one to lay in my arms for anything. I felt so happy.He woke up again around 5 hours later and it was even harder to get him to sleep. He was so mad that he pulled up for the first time and stood in his crib. I warmed another bottle and he sucked it down as well. Ideally we want to cut these night feedings out but right now i'm just happy he's warmed up to me giving him a bottle.While mama was sleeping on Saturday he took another bottle from me. So he wasn't just taking it because he knew mama wasn't home. I think he's finally accepted that he won't be fed unless he takes a bottle from me.During his apparent sickness or whatever he has. He has even called out for me in his crib and I'm able to go in a rub his back and he calms down and goes to sleep. He's never been able to do that. Usually it just makes him more mad when he sees me come in his room. I'm not sure if it's just because he's not feeling well or what. But he's actually let my wife rock him and he's cuddled with her. He let's me comfort him while he's in his crib too. I hope this sticks, but it may not. I have enjoyed the momentary closeness to him though.Has anyone else had a baby who refuses to be cuddled or rocked to sleep? Our first required us to rock him to sleep. I would give anything to be able to just sit in a chair and rock him, but I'll let him decide when he wants that to happen. I do think we are a step closer in that though.This was long, but I just wanted to share my weekend. Thanks. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2bOHp8B