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2006-09-02 16:19:57 · 20 answers · asked by Young Mothers Network Services 1 in Family & Relationships Family

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Tell your child a mama bird needed the bottle for her baby bird. It worked for me. Good Luck

2006-09-02 16:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by april rain 2 · 1 0

Its rough, but it can be done. If you havent already, introduce the sippy cup more and more. Get cute ones, with whatever charactor they like, or bright colored ones that are easy to drink from. Some sippy cups have only those 3 little holes to drink thorugh- others have a one woder one, that allows them to get a little more at once. Start one day with letting them have the cup with meals. Put juice in it, one that they really like. After several days with meals, offer it to them first thing in the morning, instead of the bottle. Do that for several days. Then the hard part- nap and bedtime. I found it was easiest to try to change the routine of how the went to bed, getting some drink first, then a story or something, then nap or bed. If you just go about the routine without a change and no bottle, they will fuss. I would go in if they fussed, and offer a sip of the cup, and after that, they would have to fuss a bit. I made sure to do it after many days without the bottle at any time but bedtime, and I started on a day when they were more tired than usual, like we had been out playing into the evening, etc. and after bath, etc. bedtime ended up being later. Its rough, but it can be done, and its wonderful when it is.

hope this helped some.

2006-09-02 23:32:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

In my humble opinion (which does not mean anything) a 21 month old should not have a bottle anyway. Once a child turns a year old the bottle just disappears. I remember when my daughter turned one, I knew that the bottle thing was going to a rough one, all I did was gather up her bottles, stood by the garbage can, and one by one I had her throw them out. Then we closed up the bag and took it outside to the trash. She never had a bottle after that.

2006-09-03 12:38:39 · answer #3 · answered by morris 5 · 0 0

Absolutely the sippy cup. How's the potty training going? I bet I can tell by your question. Mom, you could have done both way before now. Big Fuss? Mom you best get a grip or the child will rule you and Dad.

Yup, I'm a mom and my babies were off bottles and potty trained by 13 months. My son was a bit hard headed but he finally came around when he figured out he was going to be made fun of by all of his cousins.

2006-09-02 23:33:45 · answer #4 · answered by SNOOP 4 · 0 0

I have raised 3 children, babysat 6 grandchildren and am raising and have custody of 2 grandchildren the age of 2. I had them all of of the bottle except for the youngest by the time they were 11 months old.

We just started giving them sippy cups at 5 months and as they learned to eat we gave them a sippy cup with their meals. By the time they were on table food and sitting in a high chair at the table with us, they had given up the bottle on their own.

The youngest who is two and my husband and I have custody of, was born 2 months premature. She has been harder to teach things to and she is slower than the rest. We didn't get her off of the bottle until she was 15 months old. But we did it just like with the others and she gave it up on her own.

They were never allowed to carry a bottle around with them and they never got one in their bed. The only time they got a bottle was when they were being held.

2006-09-02 23:31:45 · answer #5 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 1 0

Start feeding him baby food meals and the bottle for a while and slowly use more baby food and less bottle--perhaps a bottle just for naps and bedtime.

Also, find out by your doctor when it's okay to have sippy cups and what the baby can handle--some take longer to adapt to milk and with juice it needs to be cut with 10%-juice 90%-water. Your doctor might not think it wise to start that so soon.

Also consider little snacks--you can see some in the grocery store next to the baby food, or try cheerios. Most babies love them and they aren't sweet--so you don't have to worry about their teeth-if there are any.

2006-09-02 23:27:19 · answer #6 · answered by xxthespianxx 5 · 0 1

I slowly integrated the sippy cup. I let my son play with it all the time until he learned to use it the right way. Then I just slowly diminished the bottle's appearances. I even kept the empty bottles out of sight.

2006-09-02 23:27:03 · answer #7 · answered by living_in_mexico 2 · 0 0

Twenty one months old is terribly too long to be on the bottle. Damage could be done to the childs teeth. Throw them away immediately and have the child start using his/her big boy/girl sippy cup.

Good luck!

2006-09-02 23:28:16 · answer #8 · answered by Raspberry 6 · 1 0

Try getting the bub to take a sipper cup for through the day to start with.

But let him/her still have the bottle at night.

But if its going to be a problem , just leave it a while longer. Its only a bottle!!

2006-09-03 00:30:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

start giving the child a cup to drink out of praise them they will finally stop using the bottle

2006-09-03 14:42:54 · answer #10 · answered by Carol W 3 · 0 0

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