My little sister is going on 3 years old and she is still not all they way off the bottle.. she okay dearing the day but when it comes to taking a nap or bed time she had a fit tell she get one ... what do you think i should do ????
2006-10-30 08:46:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Try giving her a kid's cup (not a sippy cup) with silly straws. At bedtime, it seems like she has an oral fixation or habit, so break her of that habit gradually. Let her have the bottle at nap time, but not at bed time. The next day, give it her at bed time, but not at nap time, and keep alternating for a couple of weeks.
2006-10-30 08:50:30 · answer #1 · answered by wrtrchk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, that should be your parents' job. I don't know how old you are or why you are the one involved, but seriously, your parents should do that. But since you are... a lot of kids want their bottle during the night but many dentists say that that will be bad for her teeth (even if they haven't grown in yet fully). Instead of giving her a bottle, give her a sippy cup with water. Don't give in if she has a fit because that will teach her that whining will get her what she wants. Instead calmly explain that she can have her milk half an hour before she goes to sleep (let it be in the bottle if she really wants) but when she is already in bed it is only water. Do not be frustrated because that will only make it worse.
If you have trouble changing her to a sippy cup, get a really nice one. I've seen very cheap ones that have a double cup with the center filled in with water and floating rubber toys. Its cute and will help you with your problem. Whatever you do, remember that it will be better in the long run! GOOD LUCK!
2006-10-30 16:56:22 · answer #2 · answered by :) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know what you should do, but your parents should definately take her off now. It's very bad for a child's teeth to be on a bottle that old, and especially going to sleep with a bottle at that age. My neice was the same way, and had like two crown and her teeth are almost wrotten. Well most of her baby teeth were.
2006-10-30 16:57:32 · answer #3 · answered by rdnkchic2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell her that if she wants to be a big girl, she will have to give up the bottle.
Trade the bottle for a sippie cup, but don't let her get addicted to that either. Tell her sippie cups are for big girls and they are so much better than bottles. When you tend to tell kids the good things about something else, the more they will get into using the new product.
2006-10-30 17:03:10 · answer #4 · answered by hearts101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her bottle is her comfy (her comfort thing). Why can't she have it at night with water in it? If she is deprived of her comfy she will likely end up with issues later in life. No joke. I deal with it all the time. She will give up the bottle on her own, or when she is mature enough. To force her off the bottle is rather cruel and very stressful for her and the rest of the family. Just give her the stupid bottle and be glad she isn't a thumb sucker! Now THAT is a hard problem to break!
2006-10-30 16:50:46 · answer #5 · answered by nanawnuts 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
all kids are different and give up things at different times my eldest daughter didn't give up her bottle at bed time till she was 4 then she just didn't want it any more.
my other daughter had a dummy and a blanket that went everywhere with her and i mean everywhere i used to have to wait till she was asleep to take the blanket away and wash it then i had to dry it and return it before she woke up. she got rid of the dummy at about 3yrs old when she started nursery she is 7 now but the blanket only went last yr cos we moved and it kind of got lost accidentally if you know what i mean.
try coaxing her into using a toddler cup tell her she is a big girl now and big girls use cups. or tell her you will reward her with a treat if she uses a cup but make sure you do give her a treat or it wont work.
as a last resort if your really desperate just take it away she will scream and cry but she will eventually settle and forget about it, but like i say all kids give up their security things at different times our sis is no different she will do it when she is ready so don't worry to much.
2006-10-31 11:54:14 · answer #6 · answered by rosierotweiller 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make a game out of skipping the bottle before nap/bed. promise (and deliver on) watching a favorite movie or playing a game or going to the park, etc. as a reward for going without it. but deliver on the promise AFTER she wakes up
2006-10-30 16:49:13 · answer #7 · answered by rachel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep her on the bottle till she is 12.
Just kidding.
You have to just cut her off cold turkey and deal with the fit.
Trust me. Been there, done that. Whenever you need to
do something, just do it. Giving in to the child will ALWAYS
make things worse in the long run.
2006-10-30 16:48:57 · answer #8 · answered by dgrams2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get her the sappy sippy cups that have a rubber top and then at night stop giving her milk start giving her water so then she will get bored with it, I hav 3 kids and all 3 were broke right at 15 months old. Good Luck
2006-10-30 16:48:16 · answer #9 · answered by KEL971 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
throw out the bottles! and switch her to a cup. At least a sippy cup at night if she resists. She will get over it and stop having fits eventually.
2006-10-30 16:48:17 · answer #10 · answered by mahz85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋