I have an 11 month old baby girl and she is drinking from a bottle and sippy cup.but I have another baby on the way in january they will be 14 months apart so haow do I know when to take her off the bottle so she wont want one when the new baby gets here. and how do I do it I am having so much trouble. She cries unbelievablely when it is time for bed for a bottle.... she goes to bed around 9:30- 10:00 and she has to have a bottle or she wont sleep
2006-09-07 04:55:30 · 15 answers · asked by jessica j 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Keep your legs shut.
2006-09-07 04:57:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 8⤋
maybe just give her the bottle at night time then if she wakes up in the middle of the night try to give her the sippy cup... she probably will want the bottle when she sees the baby having one. My first daughter took a long time to get her off the bottle.... I think around 18 months or something... my second daughter got off the bottle before she was 12 months.. she just took it and didn't care the difference... as for my son he is almost 12 months and he will take both a bottle and sippy but he doesn't like the sippy all that much yet... all children adapt to sippy cups differently... take your time... it really isn't going to hurt her... All my children's teeth are just fine, they all started getting their teeth around 3 months and ended up having 8 teeth a 6 months!!! Also, try to see if she likes different sippy cups... my son will only take one kind! Good luck.
2006-09-07 05:04:42 · answer #2 · answered by M~Lyna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's never easy to take your baby off the bottle and having raised 2 children myslef, I can tell you, there is NO easy way to do it. You just have to DO IT! Remove any and all bottles from the house and tell her that her only option for milk or juice is the sippy cup. Period. She will eventually get tired of crying for the bottle and she will conform to using the cup. The first wk is the hardest for them, especially at bed time (trust me, I feel your pain). If you can get through the first wk, you'll do fine. And the good thing you have going for you, is that she's already 11 months NOW. So, certainly she will be off the bottle by Jan, in time for the new baby. Trust me, if you take my advice, 2 wks from now, this won't even be an issue! Good luck ~
2006-09-07 05:03:40 · answer #3 · answered by Engage Me 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
11 months old might be a little early for a total removal of bottle feeding...I know my son went to nothing but sippy cups right around 12 months, it makes no sense to force it though...the child needs to get fed, so switch back to the bottle when the sippy cup doesn't work. But keep trying the sippy cup, she'll figure it out eventually. By january she'll be off bottles for sure...and won't be jealous of one either. My son is 18 months now and he's not jealous when he sees other babies using bottles...he still uses the sippy cup.
2006-09-07 04:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by Tom 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
When my daughter turned 12 months I took her bottle away that day. Just take the bottle away. She will cry but you will be glad you did because the bottle can really mess up your childs teeth and it will save you some money in the long run. Keep giving the cup to her and explain to her why you took the bottle away children are not dumb by no since of the word.
2006-09-07 05:10:07 · answer #5 · answered by saunniia 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I put my son to bed around the same time for a while. Then I started to notice if I put him to bed about an hour early...he doesn't cry at all...for anything! I can just lay him down and he'll go to bed. As for the bottle, I say just take it away...and if she cries let her...she'll figure out soon enough that she won't get a reaction therefore stop crying. Good Luck!
2006-09-07 05:03:40 · answer #6 · answered by .vato. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a 18 month old and 3 month old. I took Avery off the bottle, but i give her ( only at night) a Nuby its a sippy cup but they still have to suck a little ( it doen't leak) it really kinda looks like a bottle. I got it at walmart for like $1.76. We started her early, she got use to it and only grabs the bottle now to help feed her sister.
It's called a Nuby No Spill 10 oz Gripper Cup With Soft Silicone Spout. She attached right to it and know knows that is her bed time bottle. She only gets it at bed time and nap time. Good luck!!!
2006-09-07 06:59:02 · answer #7 · answered by ♥mommy of 4♥ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, my daughter is the same age, and we weened her a month ago. Our best advice is to find a cup that is most similiar to the bottle she usues. We used the gerber comfort ones, and they make cup tops that just replace the nipple. Worked wonders for her and us. But yeah, this past month around her cousins was tough because she wants there bottles BADLY if she sees them. Good Luck!
2006-09-07 05:00:06 · answer #8 · answered by angie_laffin927 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i really wish i could help you, im having the same problem with my daughter. i cant seem to get her off of the bottle, someone told me to just take away the bottles completely and only offer a sippy cup, but that didnt work for me, she will scream her head off till she gets her bottle. if you find a solution that works please let me know.
2006-09-07 07:14:13 · answer #9 · answered by krystal 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why do you think you have to get your older child off the bottle? It may require a bit of vigilance on your part to make sure the older one doesn't drink baby formula but I see no problem with it.
2006-09-07 05:09:30 · answer #10 · answered by Fire_God_69 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i had this trouble getting my little girl of her bottle.I gave all sorts of different cups,that didnt work so in the end i just took her bottles threw them all in the bin and put her to bed with a cup.it took three days of tantrums to get her to go without it but she did.now she has been of her bottle for 6 months and am glad to say doesnt even mention it any more.it will take a few days but you need to perservere.good luck.
2006-09-07 05:04:14 · answer #11 · answered by littlepiglette 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋