My son is 15 months old and my mom said that he should not be drinking out of the bottle anymore, is this true? He drinks out of a sippy cup during the day but when he goes to bed I give him a bottle.
2006-08-09 06:43:47 · 13 answers · asked by stevenandteena 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Let him have his night time bottle, you can start slowly weaning him off so that he won't take it anymore by the time he's 2
2006-08-09 06:50:38 · answer #1 · answered by Mightymo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I accept as true with whoever stated take them both off the bottles. Your oldest is surely sufficiently old, and your youngest can actual be weaned from the bottle at the same time as he turns a year. i imagine my son became basically below a year after I were given him off the bottle, so if I were you i ought to do it for the both one in all them basically now, it will be a lot less complicated contained in the destiny. i am going to easily say notwithstanding, if for some reason you're literally not prepared or waiting to get your youngest onto sippy cups too, then that's not not a threat to get slightly one off the bottle at the same time as there are nevertheless bottles round. My sister has a 2.5yo and a 7mo, and he or she took the bottle faraway from her eldest at the same time as the youngest became born. there have been were tantrums, yet my sister persevered and her eldest ultimately stopped asking. you're the figure and also you're accountable. It need not be a tremendous challenge.
2016-10-15 11:46:00 · answer #2 · answered by malinowski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once a child develops his first tooth it is no longer acceptable to give him a night time bottle with anything other than water in it. Anything else can cause rotting plus if they don't finish it and wake up hours later and drink milk or juice it can make them sick.
On that note... you gotta go cold turkey. Give him a snack and something calming to drink about half an hour before you actually lay him down for bed. I would suggest that his drink be whatever you would normally lay him down with. The first couple nights may be hard. Then again they may be easier than you think.
Good luck.
2006-08-09 07:17:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would take the bottle away, mainly for breaking the habit and for dental reasons. Habits are hard to break once they are started. Give him a sippy of water before bed, and get into a routine of brushing his teeth too, and off to bed. It might be hard, but well worth it in the end.
2006-08-09 09:56:11 · answer #4 · answered by the_proms 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just give him a snack with something to drink before he goes to bed- but your mom is right, he should not drink from a bottle, the longer you wait to take it away, the worse it will be.
2006-08-09 06:49:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you are doing is perfectly fine. A bedtime bottle is very acceptable until he is about 2. Every time i took a bottle away from a child i lucked out. They got sick, sore throat, fever ect. So in the few days that they were sick and unable to drink out of the bottle, they got used to not having one.
2006-08-09 07:05:18 · answer #6 · answered by itsasecret 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my son started on the cup everyday with no asking for his bottle i knew it was time to say good -bye to the bottle and good-night to my son. If he makes a fuss about the bottle at night don't worry about it. We don't like to hear our children cry but it's not like he will starve before morning. But don't give in and give him the bottle at night. If you do your boy will grow up letting you know who the boss is. I think gramma is making the right choice here.
2006-08-09 07:04:57 · answer #7 · answered by X-Woman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you should just stop giving it to him. give him a drink of his sippy right before bed but no more bottles his teeth are going to rot
2006-08-09 06:48:37 · answer #8 · answered by lynn00004 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to go cold turkey with him just take it away. It will rough for awhile harder on you then him. The other people telling you about the teeth are right it happened to my granddaughter and they had to pull her 4 front teeth.
2006-08-09 06:53:59 · answer #9 · answered by pmdan00 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the bottle away, he doesn't need it and it could cause problems with his teeth later.
2006-08-09 06:48:25 · answer #10 · answered by Badkitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋