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At What Age Is a Good Age for Bottle Breaking?
Start weaning him of the bottle and save it for those rough nights of when he is sick. ..... Now is a good time to start weaning the bottle away. ...
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- My youngest is 14 mo. and he still gets a bedtime bottle. I like the extra cuddle time with him. My ped told me he doesn't need a bottle anymore, but I've done the sam...
- I took both my kids off the bottle right at 1 year because I was afraid of them getting too attached. I know lots of ppl that wait longer though. (Now my oldest stil...
- Start weaning him of the bottle and save it for those rough nights of when he is sick. The fewer times he uses it the less he will want it. He will start to forget ab...
Weaning from Bottle
Read all 15 responses: "Nate is going to be 1 year old this weekend. I'm ready to take him off of his bottle. He has NEVER went to sleep with a bottle, ...
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- Okay so that old saying that they will get thirsty enough and just start drinking from it. Intirely not true. My son almost got dehydrated because I kept thinking th...
- M., I am a mother of multiples. I took my boys off the bottle cold turkey. I introduced the sippy cup at around eight to nine months. The day that they turned a yea...
- M., Since your child doesn't take a bottle at night and is accustomed to sippy cups already, then going cold turkey probably won't be that big of a change (ie pr...
Wean from Nighttime Bottle
I have a 9 month old daughter who recently had her 9 month checkup The doctor informed me that I need to wean her from her nighttime bottle Currently my ...
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- My opinion is that she doesn't really have to give up the bottle just yet right before bed. I'm guessing that the issue is the milk on the teeth all night. Well, jus...
- I don't see why she needs to be weaned from her night bottle, I love that last bottle as I rock my one year old to sleep at night, I don't do the whole weaning thing I...
- If the reason behind the no nighttime bottle is becasue of milk in her mouth or causing teeth problems becasue she is sleeping with milk in her mouth then I think ther...
How Do I Wean My 13-Month-old of a Naptime and Nighttime Bottle?
Aug 26, 2009 ... Read all 15 responses: "I know that milk at this age is not good to have because it can cause teeth problems if given right before sleep, ...
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- How about giving the bottle while you hold him, then quickly and quietly brushing his teeth before putting him in the crib. You could add a song or story to the routi...
- Stop the bottle cold turkey and you might just be pleasantly surprised! I think a lot of times our children are way more resilient than we give them credit for. And ...
- He's old enought to get off the bottle all together. Give him 3-4- ounces in a sippy cup because you can't find his bottle. Make sure you get rid of all bottles first....
How to Wean Your Baby from Breast to Bottle.
Read all 11 responses: "My 3 month old is breast fed and refuses to take a bottle. She only wants me. For personal reasons I want to bottle feed with ...
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- A friend of mine had this problem and there is a special breast shaped bottle you might do a search for I am not sure what it is called but it worked miracles for her ...
- Avent makes a sippy cup top that goes in their bottles. It is the only thing my children would take other than the breast until they were able to drink from a plain g...
- My son refused to take a bottle, so I transitioned him using a sippy cup. I got some of the ones with two handles. It was great. We never used a bottle, so no weani...
Weaning My 14 Month off the Bottle
Read all 11 responses: "Hello ladies I am needing some help in trying to wean my 14 month little girl off the bottle she has 4 different sipping cups ...
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- take her and let her look at the cups and pick her favorite color. take her home and let her throw the bottles away. maybe that would help her to know they are gone.
- When my kids hit 14 months i had them throw the bottle into the trash and i had no problems with it after that.
- my daughter did it herself before she was a year old. i kepted a glass with a straw in the fridge and i would drink out of it. and she decided that she wanted a drink ...
Weaning off of Bottle
Read all 8 responses: "Hi Mommies- My son is mostly weaned off the bottle. He's been getting them just at naptimes and bedtime (FYI-water only because I'm ...
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- Hi K., I just recently weaned my daughter off of her bottle. She's 20 1/2 months old. I was only giving her a bottle at night before she went to bed. I was wondering...
- My son just turned 2 a week agao and that was the last day for a bottle for him too. We did the whole big boy thing and he asks for it each night since but we have st...
- Give him a good sippy cup of water to replace the bottle. I commend you on giving him just water at night. They do get thirsty at night same as we do and can't get up ...
When to Cut Out the Bottle?
My sons pediatrician recommended they be weaned off the bottle by 15 months At their one year checkups she would ask me to try to have them weaned from the ...
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- Mine son is 12 1/2 months and was off the bottle at 10 1/2 months. Dr. recomends to start at 12 months. He still likes his regular milk warm though.
- My first child I weaned at 11 months with no problems at all. My second child is 16 months old now and she still takes one at night, only. I think she would be fine if...
- I have 4 children and when they could drink out of a sipping cup the bottle was gone. And when I took it, I got rid of them all, so there was none to be seen. Only o...
Weaning suggestions...Please
My son was 13 months when he was weaned completely Like your son mine absolutley refused a bottle He had no problem with a sippy cup As far as stopping that ...
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- Tell him in X weeks or days he will be X old, and then he will be a big boy and it will be time to stop nursing. Keep reminding him of that and then when that date co...
- C., My son did the same thing. I finally gave him a cup, instead of me and his blanket. He had no problem with this at all. By this time he seemed ready to stop also....
- I am weaning my 13 month old son as well. I weaned my daughter (3 1/2) the same. Cut out one feeding a day. He'll be mad, but offer him milk. after a week, cut down an...
Whats the Best Way to Wean from Nursing?
Are you considering weaning only because he's turning 1 because youre going to .... wean from bottle · when to wean off bottle · wean bottle · good bedtime ...
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- B. - I stopped nursing my son at 15 months. For the last few months he nursed when I got home from work and before he went to bed. I nursed him about 1/2 hour before...
- Cold turkey, I found. It's worse on the Mom, engorgement and all. But if he's already taking a bottle you're a shoe in. Does he take a binky? I found that it helped, b...
- B., Are you considering weaning only because he's turning 1, because you're going to school, or because you both are ready? If he's only nursing at nap and bedtime, i...
