He's 14 months old and only has a bottle at bedtime and naptime but I'd like to break the habit. Any tricks?
2006-10-18 17:02:20 · 22 answers · asked by illinois_girl_1973 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Come on guys..... i have four kids, and the last thing you want to do is listen to your child screaming. I love my kids to death, but it gets nerve racking. What I did was give him plain water in his bottle (he didn't like water at the time), and he choose to not drink it anymore. I filled a sippy cup with his favorite drink, and a bottle of water next to it - he learned which one tasted better and always choose the sippy cup, after a few days he didn't miss his bottle. Good Luck! Let me know how it goes, hope it works.
2006-10-18 18:08:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I stopped giving my son a bottle when he was pushing 9 months old. One day, we just stopped. I gave him a sippy cup, and he did great with it. I figured, why put him back on the bottle, when he is doing perfect not on it. Just take it away one day. He is still young enough to not realize the difference, for a long period of time anyways. You might (at first) still give him milk or whatever you give him before bed time, and before naps, but make it in a sippy cup. ... at least thats what i did
2006-10-18 17:07:29 · answer #2 · answered by Kassie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a 13 month old son and am trying to do the same with him, i have found a beaker cup useful (the ones that still feel like teets) it is still soft and he can still suckle on it but its not a bottle try this for a couple of months and then go on to the solid beakers since they r still quite young they will take it after a few days of trying , good luck
2006-10-19 00:59:32 · answer #3 · answered by AMANDA G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
14 months is kinda early but start with using a sippy cup at nap time only while continuing with holding baby while he/she has a bottle at bedtime. Then after a few weeks or a couple months, Hold him/her while they drink from a sippy cup at night as well.
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2006-10-18 21:44:02 · answer #4 · answered by tekoflower 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would explain him that he is a big boy now and that bottles are for babies. I would let him see you puting them away. I just stopped cold turkey with my daughter. I would tell her that she can only drink out of her sippy cup. After 2 days of crying she finally adjusted to the idea. You just have to be strong and not give in. It was very hard.
2006-10-19 03:57:24 · answer #5 · answered by Reaper 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im a mother of three,i tried to slowly winging them off.first naptime then bed.i replaced the bottle with a sippycup.its gonna be hard for a while if their a big bottle baby,but its easier to find a bottle that has a lid kinda like a niple.different things work on different kids.one of mine just broke himself good-luck
2006-10-18 19:49:34 · answer #6 · answered by angel girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about breaking him of the formula or the actual bottle?
Make a big deal out of throwing the bottle away. I stood my daughter by the trash can, and showed her the bottle. I said, "This bottle is for babies. You're not a baby anymore, you're a big girl, right? Well, then we're going to get rid of the yucky bottle." We threw the bottle away together. Then I handed her a sippy cup. She was actually quite pleased with me.
Of course it took some getting used to, but I used to subsitute the night-time bottle with a sippy cup of warm milk. It puts them right to sleep. Besides, if they refuse to drink from a sippy cup, they aren't going to allow themselves to die of thirst. I promise. They'll eventually drink from it if they want something to drink. Good luck!
2006-10-18 17:08:57 · answer #7 · answered by still waiting 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have him gather up all of his bottles in a bag and tell him that there are little babies that need bottles and since he is a big boy he needs to give them to the little boys so that he can get a cup for big boys, let him pick his own cup(s) so that he will feel like he made the choice and not feel that you took them away.
Hope you work it out!!!!
2006-10-18 21:16:39 · answer #8 · answered by Lou Lou 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does he take sippy cups? Start offering sippy cups at night and he probably won't want milk in it. My daughter refused to drink warm milk from a sippy cup. It's like she knew that she wasn't supposed to unless it was in a bottle and since I wasn't offering a bottle, she just dropped it.
Easy as that!
2006-10-18 19:42:31 · answer #9 · answered by stocks4allseasons 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can still give him some milk BEFORE you lay him down for his nap and bedtime. Just give it to him in a sippy cup. Eventually he won't even want that because he will be eating enough at meal times.
2006-10-18 17:07:06 · answer #10 · answered by Wiccan Woman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋