Trying to Take the Bottle Away

I have a 19 month old little boy and he was really giving me a hard time when I tried to give him a cup instead of a bottle at bed-time, so on the off chance that it would help I tried sitting on the couch and reading to him while he drank his milk from the cup. That worked. Now that is a bed-time ritual. Hope you get things to work for you.

When I worked in the daycare we had a kid that took bottle and he was almost two. Just take them away, get them out of the house. Seriously, throw them out.

You're getting more out of the bottle than she is. The comfort isn't about her at this point becuase she's past the stage where she needs that sucking its about making life easier for you and if you don't nip this in the bud then you're going to have a five year old who takes a bottle.

You're baby is going to whine but you just got to deal with it. Offer her her sippy instead and if she won't take it just move on. She'll fight it but in a couple of days she'll get it togehter and stop wanting it.

Remember, she wants it, she doens't need it.

i did post a few times about this
i had my ped. and everyone else on my neck to take the bottle away. but my twin girls had this schedule that worked for me. the bottle at the end of the day got them exhausted and ready for sleep. so i let them have the bottle until they were two. i kind of grew frustrated with myself not with them. it was me the problem. we need to set the rules not the kids. but i couldn't. on the day of their SECOND birthday i was looking at all these kids younger and older than my girls are without bottles etc, so i promised myself that night was the last night
i didn't agree with advice take one bottle at the time. i thought that would be pretty darn confusing because they would still get a bottle at some point in a day.
so woke up the next morning and i put all bottles and nipples in a plastic bag and handed them to my husband and asked them to throw them away (in case it became too difficult for me, of course, and i would back down).
i gave them the milk in a sippy cup (until they they would drink everything from sippy cup except for the milk). so yes they did not like it. i remember first two days they barely had any milk. it was ok though. there would be no more bottles.
so yes, pretty much it took two days for them to get around drinking from sippy cups.
so whenever you decide enough is enough, get rid of everything. and just use sippy cups. they will not dehydrate. when they get thirsty enough they will drink out of hands let alone sippy cups.
like i said taking one bottle at a time was not something i thought was clever. at least in my opinion. you decide.
now, my sister who is younger than me drank from her bottle until the first day of school (i think 6 years old) and my mom's excuse was 'she fussed too much for her bottle.'
my sister survived :)
and so did my girls
good luck
vlora

my son uses a sippy cup where he needs to suck just like a bottle, and he took to that very quickly. It's the playskool brand where you put the piece in the top to prevent leaks.
He literally changed over in one day...but it's only that particular cup he will use at night. I agree you need to just throw out the bottles and only offer cups, it's hard but they give in to the change pretty quickly.
good luck, i hope you find something that works for you and your little one.

Hi L....my daughter is going to be 3yo here shortly and hated ALL the sippy cups that I tried with her until our Pediatrician suggested that I try the cups with the clear straw type openings instead of the HARD type openings!! I had serious doubts that the simple design would make a difference BUT to our surprise she made the transition both day AND night right away. The MD said it was because the straw "resembles" and works more like the nipple of the bottles. Just thougth I would pass on the information just in case it would work for you also! I bought the cups at Wal-Mart. I believe they are 9oz cups. The cups come in 2pks for around $6. There were 2 companies making them...I went with the "no name" cheaper one and it worked great!!! Hope this helps you!!

try giving her the nuby sippy cup its soft like a nipple from a bottle ...i tried that with my neice and it worked ...good luck

Ok, L., I've read all of your replies to your request. And I think they have answered my questions that I already knew the answer to. My children have a very large gap in ages (15,13,9 & 17 mos) so the baby thing kinda slipped my mind for many years! lol Nevertheless, Tyler does the same thing that Madi does. He actually wakes up sometimes maybe 2x a night looking for his bottle. Well, today is the day that I am going to do what I did with my oldest child, we are going to play the 'BIG BOY GAME' I'm going to let HIM throw his bottles away (after naptime; lol). I know everyone says to wait until the child is ready, but at the same time you dont want their teeth to rot or become discolored, even though they are only baby teeth, it's still unfair to the child. It is going to be a rough night tonight for me and I know this but maybe you and I go through this together!! Good luck! Thanks ladies!!

This might sound cruel but it worked with me. When both my girls turned one I took all the bottles away and they were only allowed cups. I had of course been introducing the cup since they were 6 months old, but at 12 months that was all tehy were allowed to have. In two days everything was fine and I didn't have anymore problems. So take her bottle on a day when you will have a few days to devote and hopefully it will work for you too! Good luck and I hope I could help!

I have 3 children (ages 2, 3 1/2 and 10). The only thing that worked for me on all of them was putting water only in the bottle. I was fortunate and all of my children were off the bottle before 12 months. I hope this helps!

I am right there with you. I will be waiting for the reply's seeing I am at a loss too.

My son, really liked the cups ypu can pick up at walmart that have a soft silicone straw, they are also spill proof.
Here is why I think it worked for us.
1. They still have to suck and the straw is similar to a nipple of a bottle.
2. You can let them pick out a really cool pattern.
3. another tip would be to make her fell like she is picking this herself for a special going to sleep cup, and only use it for that, Get her involved sometimes my son fells special beig involved in the decision making.

Not everything works for every child,but I hope this will help, good luck.
H.

Let her scream and cry ... she will eventually stop

My son, who is now 5, was taken off when he was about 13 months old. He would also use it as a crutch to sleep with at night. My doctor frowned apon it b/c it was supposed to hurt their teeth. So I would give him water in his bottle and he gave it up. If she refuses and just cries, I'd let her cry herslf to sleep. Eventually she'll learn to sleep w/o it. Easier said than done Im sure ;)

Hi L.,

My daughter is now 18 months and my suggestion is just to wait a little while.... I stopped asking Teagan (my daughter) if she wanted one. I waited until she asked me... and within 2 weeks, no more bottles. my problem is the nuk. I have to try and do the same thing with that. Also I instead of asking her about a bottle, I ask her which baby she wants to take to bed with her.

You have to be strong while she is screaming and not give in. The only reason she is screaming in the first place is because she knows shes going to get her way eventually. She's definetly way too old for a bottle (no matter how often she uses it) so if I were you i'd just take it away cold turkey. She'll survive.

i had the same problem with my son, he will be 2 in 2 weeks. he stoped nursing at 1 then he was on the bottle for almost a year after. i switched him so regular sippy cups during the day, and i found a no spill (nuby) cup that had a spout on it kind of like the nipples on the bottles. i gave him only water to lay down with at night, wihtin a week he was off the bottle and the rubber topped sippy cup. it was well worth the 2 dollars it cost for the new cup. (you can't really put a price on sanity) good luck, hope this helps

i don't know if this will help, but i started throwing one bottle away at a time with my one son. he was 2 and still on the bottle. he may have taken to the cup more easily though because he had an older brother who is 3 years older and drinking from a cup. with my youngest daughter, she's 2 1/2 now, i just one day before she was 2, gave her a cup and if she didn't want it i just told her i would put it in the fridge til she did. she always took it from me before i even made it there. hope this helps. the other ladies offered some really good advice as well.

The only way to do it is after she goes to bed at night, throw them away. Don't just hide them b/c when she starts crying for them you might be tempted to give in. Toss them and deal with the crying for a day or two. Although, I wouldn't be in that much of a hurry. My son didn't get off the bottle till he was 18 months. chill for a couple of months. My mom was on me since he was under a year, i knew he wasn't ready then, he was at 18 mon. He still takes a sippy to bed with him now and he will be 3 in march. Just throw them away when she is ready. Good luck!