My daugther is 17 months and still does not sleep through the night and won't give up the bottle help!!!?

Answer 1

If she is still napping through the day.. try cuttin back! The bottle deal.. I found out that you just have to take it.. and not give it back!! It will be very hard.. but after about three day... she wont miss it!! The only thing is that... you have to NOT give it back! i took the bottle from my two kids a week after their first bithdays.

Answer 2

Make sure you have a routine set up for your daughter. Try some oatmeal or rice cereal before bedtime. I'd work on the bottle later after you and your daughter get some sleep.

I give my daughter oatmeal or rice cereal, something filling , then we let it settle on her tummy for about 20 minutes. Take a nice bath, then she automatically knows that it's time for lotion and getting ready for bed. She's a year and still has that night-time bottle. However, I have noticed, that if she eats a good dinner... sometimes, she just too tired for that bottle. She sleeps straight through the night until about 7:30 - 8:00am. I have her in bed no later than 9pm each night. it's a routine I started since she was born... after the first 3 months... she's been sleeping through the night.

if by chance she does wake up , I immediately pick her up, wrap her in a warm blanket and I rock her back to sleep. Normally, she doesn't feel good when she does this..and it's not a usual thing.

Answer 3

I would suggest working on one thing at a time. Get her sleeping through, then work on phasing out the bottle. To help her sleep through the night make sure you have a consistent bedtime routine, rock her till she's fading out then put her in the crib and let her go to sleep on her own. We went through this with our toddler and she screamed her head off. We took turns staying in there with her (with earplugs) but didn't pick her up. She cried less each night and finally slept 12 hours straight and does to this day. Don't try to keep her up all day, that just creates sleep deprivation. Toddlers her age still need a nap mid day from 1 1/2 to 2 hours (some still take 2). Sleep begets sleep. When she wakes up in the night, don't go to her unless she's really upset. Little ones can whine and even cry and not be fully awake. When they learn to self soothe, they can go back to sleep easier on their own. We're working on the bottle thing now, giving her less milk every few days and not letting her go straight to sleep after. we brush her teeth then rock her a little.

Answer 4

What I did with my toddler(s) was just take the bottles from them. I replaced the bottle with a spill proof sippy cup. At first all they did was throw the cup down. Eventually, they got the hint. Especially when they realized that mom and dad weren't going to give them a bottle anymore.
I got the bottles out of my house. I gave them to someone that could use them. But the only way your daughter is going to give up the bottle is for you to take them from her and NOT give them back. It seemed like it took forever for them to use a cup. Actually it took about a day .

Answer 5

I mostly agree with the others. I think you just have to take the bottle. It is VERY hard to do - but in just a few days they will forget.
About the sleep...if there isn't any reason for her to wake up, I would also just let her cry. If she goes on for a long time (15-20 min.) you could go in there, but I wouldn't pick her up. Make her lay down.
Above all - be consistent!

Answer 6

okay I must say I never had this problem my kids slept through the night from when I got them home from hospital... last couple of babies I left hospital one day after having them because I had wised up to the blessed nursery nurses who 'encourage' mums to park the babies in the nursery at night and then wake the little darlings every 3 or 4 hours so they can wake the mums.....

lots of people will say it doesnt happen but it does...

I fed my kids on demand.... much to the disgust of many nurses who seemed to think if they weren't fed right on four hours they would waste away and die.... (my kids were all full term and healthy)

At one stage I had three babies...
one who had been brain injured at six months in an accident and was 2 1/2 when the youngest was born
one who was 11 months when the youngest was born
and of course the newborn....

Surprisingly I had many nights when all three babies were asleep from say 11pm until 5am... okay so that is only 6 hours but it was six hours straight.

Every day I kept the babies busy and stimulated with lots of music, play, cuddles and stories. Often telling stories to two while feeding the other....

While vacuuming the loungeroom I would place one in a 'frazer chair', one in a 'bouncer' and one in a little kiddy chair and play really loud music that had lots of beat and I would sing along with it to the babies.... of course anyone appearing at my front door would have been certain of my insanity but the babies loved it.

While washing up Id have two in high chairs and one in a pram and place them so they could see what I was doing... and talk to them all the time...

basically keeping them awake and stimulated...

About one in the afternoon I would start winding them down and letting them have a sleep. I would read quiet stories... give them cuddles and rock them gently.... speaking in a soft monotone voice... to get them to sleep....

they would all be asleep by 1:30pm....

Then by about three o'clock I'dopen the window in their room during winter I'd turn on the light so it was bright... and gently encourage them to wake up... by turning on some gentle but reasonably loud music...

Before waking them though I'd prepae their bottles and solids for those old enough for solids... and have their change of nappy and clothes etc ready for them... as they woke Id collect them from their cot change them and give them their bottle...

Dad would be home from work and it was his turn to watch them while I cooked dinner... etc...

After dinner the babies were entertained for an hour then bathed and dressed .... lots of cuddles and conversation.... and then a final nappy change and bottle and then placed in their cots....

honestly it would be 11pm by the time the last was drifiting off to sleep...

dont worry about a baby who is not yet even 2 years old and still on the bottle...

but to make the bottle less desirable for the baby just place plain water in it....

give them their milk based drinks in a sippy cup during the day...

Answer 7

That sucks!! You should try to keep her up longer during the day...(but you probably already do this LOL) kids are so different....All of mine sleep through the night, even the 5 month old...try to google this on the internet and see if you can find some tips!! Good Luck

Answer 8

Slowly let him get used to a sippy cup. I have a 20 month old and he uses the bottle at night still..

Answer 9

i think you should adjust her sleeping pattern. how many hours is her nap time? try to cut down a little bit. at night before she goes to bed, let her play until she is very tired. when she feels sleepy, don't let her sleep 1st. delay her usual bed time. when she gets very tired and sleepy, normally she'll be sleeping soundly throughout the night without waking up. cos she's too exhausted. but remember to milk her until she's full before she goes to bed. about the bottle, you stop giving her milk when she wakes up for it, instead you give her some water. eventually she doesn't need to be milked anymore. give her some water, she'll soon fall back to sleep. sometimes she is just thirsty. so just give her some water.. eventually she doesn't need that anymore and sleep through the night.

this worked for me.. and i hope it works well for you too..!
good luck!

Answer 10

When my son was still not sleeping through the night, I starting giving him warm cereal before bed. The baby oatmeal or rice.