my daughter is going on 16months old and still taking a bottle any advice on how to break her or should it just be taken all at once
2006-11-08 08:52:44 · 9 answers · asked by skybaby226 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
at this point, i would just throw them all away. i had trouble giving up the bottle. i would feel guilty and tired of her tantrums so i would give in. if you get rid of them all, you won't be tempted. as long as she can drink from a sippy cup, she'll be fine.
2006-11-08 08:55:12 · answer #1 · answered by haikuhi2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first child I let her have the bottle at night until she was 18 months. I worked full time then and loved the bonding feeling I had by holding her while she drank the bottle. During the day she had a sippee cup. I am one of those mothers that feel we often make our children grow up to fast anyways. With the second baby, I explained to my son that he was a 'big boy' now and not a tiny baby anymore. I told him that there were little babys who needed his bottles because they didn't have any. I had him watch me take every single bottle out of the cupboard, grabbed some wrapping paper and some gift bags. He and I wrapped all the bottles and then drove down to the local thrift store and donated them all. He was 18 months at the time and very proud of the gifts that he donated. He cried a little bit that evening but when reminded of the gifts, he felt good and eventually fell asleep. Good luck!
2006-11-09 00:43:13 · answer #2 · answered by Dena F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell her she is a "big girl" and has to get rid of the bottle and start using a sippie cup. Then while she is watching, tell her that you are going to throw the bottle away, but she will have something to replace it with, and break the bottle apart(nipple from ring, etc.) and let her watch you throw everything away. Tell her it is all gone, and give her the sippie cup (if you plan on using one). I told my daughter when she was 11 months old every day for a month that on her first birthday we were getting ridof her bottle, and on her first birthday I used this technique, and she never asked for her bottle again!
2006-11-08 17:47:46 · answer #3 · answered by Momma21981 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my son turned 12 months we gave him his morning milk in a cup and night in a bottle til he got used to the cup then after a week we just got rid of the bottle all together and because we had already used the cup during the day he didnt complain as he new what it was
2006-11-09 04:43:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just "lose" it! Pretend you don't know where it went, say it must be lost. Have her "help you look for it", and say it must be gone! That way she can't really get to upset about it and she won't be upset with you!
This is how we got rid of the binky. My little one wasn't attached to the bottle like the binky, so getting rid of the bottle was easy for us. The lost thing worked GREAT for the binky, so I would imagine it would work pretty good for a bottle as well!
2006-11-08 17:02:16 · answer #5 · answered by someoneoutthere 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just throw them away!! She will have to get used to using a sippy cup. I took both of my boys off the bottle at 9 months. It was easy for me then, hopefully it's easy for you to do this as well. Good luck!!
2006-11-08 16:57:08 · answer #6 · answered by mamaof2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had to go cold turkey with my son because when he started getting his back molars in early he would chew on the nipples and create big holes in them. I was afraid that he would swallow the pieces. I only give him sippy cups now.
2006-11-08 16:58:07 · answer #7 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always gave mine a sippy cup,and a snack between every meal . they seem to be hungrier when you take them off of the bottle.
2006-11-08 17:04:17 · answer #8 · answered by rhonda h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put her on a cypee cup that you have to suck still then slowly take her off of that
2006-11-08 17:01:38 · answer #9 · answered by ~Katie~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋