my 2 year old will not give up her bottle. how can i make her?

Answer 1

Simple. You don't give it to her. Thirst will force her to take the cup. You just have to be patient and put up with her whining and screaming for a little while. Otherwise she will learb that screaming is a good way to get whatever she wants.

Answer 2

Really no right minded dr will tell you that any kid will have to give up the bottle. My daughter is 18 months and still on a bottle and I don't think that you should make her get off of it unless it's something that is causing her health problems or anything. You can always try the sippy cups with straws they sometimes work, but the more you force it, the more she will want the bottle...

Answer 3

i had the same problem this is what i did. I told my 2 1/2 year old that if she was to put down the bottle for the sippy cup i would get her anything that she wanted. know let me tell i am not around my husband who fights me on the problem. i am at my moms visting. she told me no she wanted her bottle. this is what i did i gave her, her bottle for nap time and when she was asleep i throw it away. and know all she has is a sippy cup and have not heard anything about the bottle. and if she does ask about it i tell her i can find it she lost it. she says ok and takes the cup. give her a day or two she will get use to it. just don't give up. throw it away for real

Answer 4

On my kids' 1st birthday we have a party and at the end of it, we go through the cabinets and say bye-bye to bottles. We throw them in the trash (or donate) and put all our new cups (that were received as gifts during the party) in the cabinet! I never give my kids the choice. If they are thirsty, they'll drink from a cup, plain and simple! More times, it's the parents fault because they can't or won't put up with any excess crying. I saw a 3 yr old child in the store last week with a bottle and liked to have died!!! Please take those bottles and get rid of them!!!

Answer 5

I have a 4-year-previous and had this difficulty at the same time as he became about your youngster's age. the answer is that i'm afraid you'll merely might want to quit giving it to him. It gained't do any sturdy to objective to change a sippy, the wear and tear and tear on your youngster's tooth will nevertheless take position, and also you'll merely have yet another habit to break. i comprehend that it type of feels no longer achievable, exceedingly once you're exhausted, yet he will sleep eventually. The trick is, do no longer provide in. it is going to in basic terms make the approach harder and drawn out. as a count number of reality, i'd use this as an excuse to thoroughly provide up bottles. merely tell him firmly "no extra bottles, your a huge boy." and then, keep on with it. maximum heavily, keep on which include your guns! i'm speaking from adventure...it is going to ensue. possibly enlist your mom to assist with the different little ones once you initiate the approach so after he does finally bypass to sleep (and he will), you are able to get some relax too.

Answer 6

my daughter is the same age, what i did was about a year ago i introduced her to the sippy cup and would let her drink juice from it, then into a small cup with a lid and straw, then a regular cup, i still her let use her bottle i just wanted her to get exposure and variety, let her make the choice of which type to drink out of- it makes her feel in control- but use tactic skills like " you want the cool big cup for big kids or that nasty bottle for little babies"

at first she'll still want her bottle, but then you can make it where if she drinks juice in the cup in the daytime she can have a bottle at night- sort of like reward

but whatever u try u have to be patient give her time and don't make it a big deal or she'll get scared or want to rebel

Answer 7

Take it away and give her a sippy-cup! I took my daughters' bottle away at 9months and she never had a pacifier! If you don't take it away now its gonna cause problems later. I have a little cousin who is 3 and when he stayed with me a few months ago i made sure he didn't bring any bottles to my house. HE CRIED ALL NIGHT LONG! I gave him a sippy cup. Eventually he started drinking from it when he got thirsty. My aunt threw away all his bottles before I brought him back home. Yet my G-ma went and bought him more. He'll be 4 in November. Moral of the story: everybody has to be apart of the solution.

Answer 8

just throw them away . and dont take them back out. she wont like it but she will get over it. someone suggested this with pacifiers it might work with bottles. have her put her bottles on her window sil and leave it there . then during the night get rid of the bottles and leave a note and a new toy like a soft doll. make the note before the bottle fairy who has come to collect the bottles and give them to nother baby who needs thme. make sure all bottles are completly gone. it works

Answer 9

A girlfriends 5 yr old still was on the bottle when I met her, eghads! She was an expert, she would take extra out of the cabniet and hide them, then when mom toko her bottles away she would pull them out of hiding and fill them herself! Anyway, a mutual friend who this little girl adored was having a baby girl, so they took the bottles away and said that baby Elizabeth would need them. They havent heard a peep out of her since. If there is going to be an addtion to a loved one's family, that is the way to go. That way she knows she is helping someone she loves, which is easier than strangers.

Answer 10

Giev her more exposure to a cup and food. At two years old if she doesn't stop sucking the bottle she is going to have very bad teeth...And high dental bills.braces...retainers..Try offering her to drink out of a cup and hide all bottles in the house...She may cry and act up but it seems that at this stage she needs to be taught the hard way...

Answer 11

Try only giving it to her with water in it, then she still has the comfort, but has to get the good things to drink from a cup. You should be able to slowly make the bottle disappear that way.