Any suggestions on how to wean my 12 month from the bottle.?

Question

My son will drink anything expecially if you give him a straw, I have tried to put his formula in the sippy cup with a straw and he will drink alittle of it but not like he does in the bottle. He can down a bottle in 5 to 10 min, but he would just drink alittle out of the sippy. Should I just let him go back and forth to the sippy or try another way to get him off the bottle. I don't think he realizes that the sippy cup with the formula is his bottle. If anybody can help or let me know how you weaned your children that would be very helpful. I have 3 months to try to get him off (What his doctor says) Thanks

Answer 1

No....it is just suggested your children be off of the bottle by 15-18 months. Because it can stunt teeth growth and jaw growth, or formation. Trust me it doesn't cause A BIG problem.

First off, does your child still use a pacifier Ok heres a trick that usually works.

Theres several things you can do.. First if the child is using sippy cup good. Do they drink all of it but slower? or just a little and not touch it again?

First of all ... For the bottle cut it down to a few times a day. Depending on how much you give the child the bottle in the first place. WHen they wake up, nap time and when they go to bed and maybe if they get really really fussy....

if you are already cutting it down..

have it right before bed and when wake up...

and every other time give thema sippy cup...some sippy cups have a bottle likeness to them.playtex. give them a small sippy cup and dont fill it. put it half way.. or just even...if its big fill it 25%...and juice should be ok soon. Right? watered down juice...save the bottle for the formula. And isnt it almost time to take him off of formula and give him juice and milk?

Anyways..

If not..then just save the bottle for formula. if you dont feel comfortable giving ur child juice yet give them water in the sippy cup.. or just a little formula..

And then after a a week or two * whichever ffeels right* then cut the bottle down.. ( from wake up. nap. bed time and fussy really really fussy i mean) to. just wake up and bed time.. if already down to that..than just do it for when they go to bed or just when they get up * whichever feels right some children sleep better witht he comfort and familiarlity of the bottle and some wake up better*...

it is also to have a few bottle on trips...so the can hold it and feel more at ease too..

you dont want to push it...

strawberry milk was a good replacer.but also ask ur dr. every childs needs and growth are diff..

teethying is hard so u dont want to make it even harder .....

and then eventually u can sometimes switch out the morning bottle for the sippy...

if the child is getting a lot of teeth in ...ad the child gets to be closer to 2 years of age then u gotta take the bottle away...

sometimes my 2 year old nephew has a bottle...not always but sometimes

Answer 2

At 12 months he should be coming off of the formula too. What I did was I started mixing whole milk with the formula. I would put it in a sippy cup and leave it down where he can always get to it. Do not give him a bottle during the day at all.
At night, right before he goes to bed I would give him a bottle while I rocked him.

What ended up happening was I slowly added more milk and less formula to the only bottle at night and when he didn't want to be held or rocked at night anymore he gave up the bottle.

Now at 2 1/2, he gets a sippy cup of water beside the bed at night so if he gets thirsty, he has a drink ready.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

First off, get away from stressing about the time. He'll get off when he's ready. You just have to persuade me a little bit.

Our son was eager to leave the bottle, so we didn't have much of a problem (he's 10 months and only takes a bottle at night).

We give him a sippy cup with handles filled with formula 3-4 hours after his breakfast, and we leave that out for about an hour. He'll usually take his time drinking and playing, but he'll drink 5-6 ounces of it (we fill the bottle to 6 ounces).

To start I would also introduce the sippy cup with formula in it at other feedings where there's solid food. It will take time, but he may begin to understand the sippy cup doesn't only mean water. It can also mean formula.

Answer 4

With my oldest son he was 16 months old when I took him of the bottle and my youngest was almost 3yrs, he refused to drink anything unless it was in a bottle, With both children and it was hard but they got use to it, I threw there bottles out everyone of them, My oldest son who was 16 months adapted quite well my youngest at the time 3 had a total fit but he was way to old for that bottle anyway so he basicaly had no choice.. Your baby is young so I dont know what the right thing would be, I would suggest and this is a suggestion because every child is diffrent, throughout the day give him his drinks out of a sippy cup or a straw and give him his bottle at night, this way he will get use to the fact of not getting that bottle as much and eventualy you can eliminate it totaly,this is a suggestion

Answer 5

Just keep giving him the sippy cup..and get rid of the bottles except for 1....Tell him he's a big boy and can drink from his cup..Believe me if he isn't drinking much now he will when he realizes thats the only way he gets his milk is drinking his sippy cup

Answer 6

when he is ready . why is it so important he get off in 3 months ? give him both he will eventually get tired of the bottle but dont force . it seems crazy but my 14 year old daughter stayed with a bottle until she was 3 complelely potty trained by about 20 months but still needed the bottle for comfort the doc said it was fine she got rid of it on her own all kids are different , maybe if you give the sippy cup with meals, and the bottle before bed or maybe in the morning to supplement i just dont think its a big deal

Answer 7

Well, this is hard but if you stick to it he will get the point. I threw away every single bottle I had in the house so that I would not be tempted to give it to my son. Every time he wanted the bottle I offered the cup. He would cry and pitch a fit, but after about the 3rd day he understood that, that was all he was going to get and he started to drink out of his cup. It is definitely a matter of wills when it come to this sometimes, Be strong!

Answer 8

I had my son on 3 bottles of milk an afternoon (according to my wellbeing care expert) and the afternoon and pm have been the toughest (sleep time) yet I replaced the am first devoid of issues purely gave sippy cup then did the afternoon with nap took approximately 3 days yet is effective now and the night wasn't as undesirable as theory 2 days I did in spite of the incontrovertible fact that journey suits of crying throughout the swap yet i did no longer provide in and alter into consistent stable success

Answer 9

Try different types of sippy cups. If you just stop giving him the bottle and offer the sippy cup every time it will go faster. If he is thirsty he will drink from the cup. That is how I did it with both of my children.
Best of luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

My son just quit one day and wanted a cup.

For your son, only give him a bottle before bedtime. He will whine a little at first, but will learn pretty quickly that a cup isn't so bad, but he gets his bottle to relax before bed. Your 12 month old should also be eating solid food. If he hasn't started baby food, he really needs to. Most American babies are beginning to eat table food around 12 months.