Getting Rid of the Bottle - Hull,MA

I say don't stress over it. When we tried to transition my daughter to a sippy cup, she really fought it. Once we made it not a big deal, it seemed to go easier. We just offered a sippy cup, and if she got upset we gave her the bottle. By 14 months she just had milk in a bottle, and water or juice in her sippy cups. By about 18 months she was done with the bottle.

I absolutely killed myself getting rid of the bottle with my first child by 14 mos. I look back at it and wonder.. why? With my second she just loves her bottle and i have gotten rid of it during the day and she only gets it at naps and bedtime. She is 17 months and I see the end in sight... but I am much more relaxed this time and know I will make it go away soon. Don't stress... there are many more of these "milestones" that you will tackle and they all go so much smoother if you just relax and make it work for you and your baby. Babies all are sooo different so the same "rules" don't apply to every one.

I had the same problem! I used a sippy cup that had a nipple, basically a bottle with handles, and she used that. Then a few weeks after her first birthday we had a playdate wiTh twins who are 4 months older & she kept watching them use their sippy cups. She came home & used hers! I've been using regular ones since with no problem!

I was at my granddaughter's 1 year checkup, and the doctor, who is fabulous, said she should not have a bottle after 1 year. My daughter and I were nervous about it, but the doctor said, just take it away, remove them from her sight, don't give her another one. I always loved giving her her bottle, so it was hard for me, but I gave her one last bottle in the car after her appt., then threw them all away. Cold turkey. She was absolutely fine. She took a while getting used to sippy cups, but liked to drink water and milk out of little shot glasses, and I accumulated a lot of cute little cups, which she still loves.

I agree with those who said why worry about it and rush it? Just keep offering the sippy cup and regular cups and eventually will take it. My 2.5 year old will drink out of anything during the day but still takes a bottle before nap and bedtime. I figure she'll ditch it in her own good time.Our pediatrician wasn't concerned. Good luck.

What's the rush to get her off the bottle? My son took a bottle until he was 2 and a half.

If your daughter enjoys her bottle, then I say let her have it. She'll take herself off of it when she's ready, trust me. You won't have to force her off it and you will save both you and your daughter stress.

Seriously, what's the rush? Let her have it. She's telling you she isn't ready to be transitioned from bottle to cup by her refusal to take the sippy cup. There's no harm in her being on the bottle at a year old. One years old is still very young.

Good luck.

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Well this is our 1st offical week with no bottle and I did the same tried every cup possiable, I found the Munckin cups that are tall with a straw worked best but we took out the inner straw to help the flow, so even when our son didn't want to work at getting the milk he DID. I did it in a 4 week series, first week cup throughout the day, and allowed him to carry it around. Second week took bottle away at 1st am nap, 3rd week took away at 2nd pm nap, then this past week took it away at bedtime...cup it is. It will be harder on you but the sooner the better. Good luck!

try letting her drink out of a regular cup with no lid first. It'll be messy, but help her hold it, and then put the lid on it. This helped with my little one's

I agree with Chrissy, don't sweat it. There is no hard fast rule that says the bottle must be gone by 12 months. Some babies take longer, some less. My oldest dropped it on her own (along with her pacifier) at 10 months. My youngest was still taking a bottle at bedtime when he was 2. If there is no other reason to wean but wishful thinking, go with the flow and let it happen when it may. You'll have a happier baby and a happier mom.

The Nuby is the best transitional sippy...because it is so close to a bottle...but then you gotta try to take it away in another year or so:)

They are very inexpensive and sell them everywhere...Albertson's, Walmart.

I think that there isn't a huge rush--we weaned our son at 18 months quite easily--but 12 months would have been too early for him. We also accidently weaned him. We were on vacation and I brought the wrong nipple for the bottle--one of the really low flow ones for newborns. He got so frustrated with it that when I offered him a sippy cup instead he was quite pleased and we never looked backed.

My son loves yogurt drinks and that's how I got him to drink out of a sippy cup. I filled it with the yogurt drink and put a little teaser on the tip so that he knew what was in it. He's 17 months and still gets a bottle in the morning and one at night before bed time. There is no harm in giving a bottle - it's a comfort thing.

A.,
If you've tried everything else, the time has come to just do it. You're the mom, she's the child, she can't have a bottle forever :-(
You've done your best to make it a nice transition, I say go with the juice in any sippy cup, she obviously doesn't care which one and just go for it!
Good luck!

My daughter just passed 14 months and is still on the bottle. She will drink juice and water from a cup and with a straw but if she realizes milk is in those, she won't drink anymore. We still give her a bottle at naps and bedtime...not sweating it too bad but hope to get her off of it soon. Good luck to both of us!

I would say, what's the rush? Her bottle is probably a source of comfort for her. I would go with Jennifer's suggestion below.