14 Months and Still Wakes up for Bottle

Have you tried giving her some cereal or other baby food as a bedtime "snack"? That may help tide her over if she's actually waking up hungry. My other thought is, Is she actually hungry or just looking to the bottle to soothe herself back to sleep? How much does she actually eat before falling back to sleep? If she's not eating a full bottle she may just be looking to it for soothing. If this is the case, you may want to try giving her a pacifier and see how that works. If she's just looking for the sucking to go back to sleep it may do the trick. If she's not used to a pacifier it may take a few times to get her used to it so don't give up! Good luck!

hi,

Get rid of the bottle she doesnt need it and its not good for her teeth. the bottle must be her security so find something else blankie, teddy ect. eventully she will figure out that she doesnt need it and will stay alseep all night. there will be a few rough days but dont give it to her she has to confort herself and put herself back to sleep.

M.-
My son did too..... the only way I could break the habit - I let him cry it out (sometimes for hours). Each night got a lil easier..... Now if he wakes up, I go in pick him up give him a hug and tell him to go back to sleep. He figured it out and was ok with it. He's 16months now.

S. B

Are you absolutely 100% positive she is hungry? I've read that kids find comfort in the bottle and at times they'll eat just for comfort (a lot like adults do...:) even though they're not all that hungry. Maybe she needs a little ____@____.com could be some seperation anxiety also. She's at the right age for that too. Sometimes a transitional object helps...maybe her favorite toy in her crib.

hope that helps! good luck 2 u!

Dear M.
My hat goes off to you! I have soo much respect for single moms. I struggle and I have a very helpful hubbie. My husband and I ran into a similar problem with our son. I tried soothing him by rubbing his back and not feeding him and not picking him up. I would tell him night night and leave the room. I would then wait and listen to him scream for about 10 min. Then I would repeat the same procedure. Usually he would go back to sleep. The first night is the worst. My husband always wanted to give in, but I was sure he wasn't hungry he needed to learn to put himself to sleep. The first night I tried this I had to shut off the sound to the monitor and I just watched the lights. I couldn't stand it. If my baby got really worked up and started coughing and sounding really bad I would go and pick him up. However I never fed him till morning. This only went on about two days and then he slept through the night. Ocassional he would wake up but he would put himself back to sleep. My girfriend tried giving her baby water in the middle of the night.
Another suggestion might be that you have to change the time you put your baby to bed. My son started waking up at night around 10 months and skipping his morning nap. He was a bear. I put him to bed earlier and now he takes his naps and sleeps through the night again.
I agree that a sippy cup would be a good idea, but don't try everything a once. A snack before bed might help too. My ideas I got from books. I adapted not adopted the methods. The key is to find what works for you and your baby. The book I used was Healthy Sleep Habits; Healthy Baby by Dr. Weisbluth.

I am a stay at home mom with a 12 mos. old baby boy!

My son was 7 months old when he slept through the night finally. And we had to force him to do it. This is what I did. Let's say last night she woke up at 12:30. This means tonight she needs to sleep until at least 12:45. If she wakes before that, let her cry. Every night move it back 15 mins. This is not an unreasonable amount of time. We did this with our son when he was 7 mos old. The first night he cried 6 mins. My husband and I watched the clock, it was a long 6 mins. But he went back to bed on his own and didn't wake again all night. She is old enough to make it through the night. It may take a few nights, but she'll realize that your not coming and go back to bed. Let's say one night she is suppose to stay until 1:30 and she sleeps till 2:00 without waking. The next night it's 2:15 she has to go to. Every night move the time back later and later. If she doesn't wake up, don't wake her.

My son is almost just about 14 months. We were able to break him of his bottle by 11 months. We did this by using the Nuby no spill gripper sippy cup. It has a spout that is the same material as a nipple on a bottle. He loved it...we started off using it at certain feedings, than switched from the bottle and cup to just the cup. Than we started giving him less feedings, and eventually just started using it as though it was a sippy cup when he was thirsty. Once he turned a year old i stopped the formula and gave him only milk. Now he has his cup(a regular playtex one, not the nuby) with a snack before bed..and than goes right to sleep. So maybe if you try something like this, it might work for you. Hope it helps, and good luck!

This is what you should do. Take away the bottle cold turkey. Throw it in the garbage. Baby only wants what you give her. It make take a few weeks but she will soon realize that there are no more bottles and stay asleep. My daughter who is now 15 months never had this problem. I took her bottles away as soon as she hit 12 months...and yes it was hard...but she got over it. She didnt make no big fuss over it either. I just made sure she had a full tummy before bed. Try it...if you jump up to give your child a bottle everytime she wakes up you are only reinforcing to her that it is ok to wake up two times in the middle of the night to get a bottle. Its not that she's hungry, she just may be used to waking up for the bottle....you must break the cycle.