any ideas on how to get my son to part with his bottle?

Answer 1

My nephew gave his bottles to Santa for Christmas when it was time. I've heard of similar things working for other moms, too.

Answer 2

Here is what I did, not saying it will work, but worth a shot.
I Purchased The nuby cups at Wal-mart, that have a similiar nipple to a bottle. They are about a dollar or less. Then I first give it to my youngest all day, and bottle only a night for the first week. Then I let her help me toss all the bottles, not a single one left. And that night was the worse night of my life. But the next day, perfect. No more bottle, and even though the cup, acted like one, which the nipple being soft in all, it was a cup. And after about a month, I switched to regular sippy cups. The reason I didnt go straight to a regular cup, was the difference in nipples, I knew she wouldnt drink from a regular one, and this brand was so similiar to a bottle, that I decided to give it a shot. I did this when she was about 13 months, and I would do it over again. Good Luck

Answer 3

I did the same thing....my oldest daughter's birthday is Dec 23. When she asked for the bottle on Christmas morning, I told her "Santa" took her bottle when he came on Christmas Eve, and left her presents. Then I told her that if she wanted her bottle back, she'd have to give the presents back. She never asked for it again! (I had already gotten her off the bottle when she was a year old, but then my mom watched her one day while I went grocery shopping. She gave my daughter a bottle, and I had to start all over again!) My youngest daughter, however, simply threw her bottle away when she was 10 months old and never wanted it again. My 2 year old granddaughter did pretty much the same thing. She's been off of the bottle since she was 9 or 10 months old - she gets a kick out of drinking from "big girl cups". She doesn't get pop or koolaid - she likes "pink milk", water, and fruit juice. (She loves the milk, but was drinking so much she was getting constipated!) It pretty much depends on the child...but if you just take the bottle away, he'll be ok. Just give him time to adapt and let him know big boys drink from cups, not bottles.

Ok to take a bottle at age 6, if only milk in a bottle won't hurt their teeth...??? I don't agree, and neither do most dentists & pediatricians that I've spoken with. Anything but WATER in a bottle will hurt their teeth, especially if they fall asleep taking the bottle, because the liquid stays in their mouth. If a child gets cavities in their baby teeth, the cavities MUST be treated or they can possibly infect the adult teeth. Also, taking a bottle (or pacifier, or thumb sucking) for many years will cause the teeth to protrude and will damage the upper palate in their mouth, because since the child is still growing and developing, the constant pressure will help define the direction of their teeth. I have an 8 year old nephew who still sucks his thumb, and his dentist has pointed out the damage this has done to his upper palate and his front teeth.

Answer 4

Buy some nice new cups, tommee tippee are popular - and make a big thing about your little chap becoming a big boy and having nice big boy cups instead of baby bottles. It is difficult whatever method you use as your little one has comfort from his bottle, not just his drinks, but he will forget. Do you have a friend with a baby? You can say you're giving away the baby bottles to the little baby as you're such a big boy with new big boy cups etc. Make sure you ditch the bottles, don't leave them hanging around in a cupboard, if he gets really upset and they're there, you'll give in and then have to start over again. Good luck

Answer 5

I have just been through this with my 2yr old son I thought he would never give it up he was even waking up in the night for it then we told him we were giving them to the bottle faries we put them all in a bag and hung it up outside then later we took the bottles out an put a little present in the bag and told him the faries had left it for his bottles! we also bought him a nice cup with a lid and told him it was his special big boy cup he had a few tantrums the first week but now he never mentions it at all.I hope this helps good luck!

Answer 6

i had a big problem getting my daughters bottle from her, then onenight i decided enough was enough and i put her to bed with her bottle and explained that the fairy princess was coming to take it away and leave her a pressie. So when she was asleep i took the bottle away and left a present under her pillow.The next morning i made such such a big deal about her present and how her bottle was gone that when she went ot bed and asked for it she i just told her how fairy princess had it. I have a baby who still gets a bottle but my daughter has never asked for her bottle for the past six months.

Answer 7

I started to get the sippy cups and just start giving them to my kids... i told them that we had to give them to other babie because they were hungry and the parents couldn't afford them... i packed up all the bottles... took my kids to the store and let them pic out the sippy cups they wanted... we then took the bottles to the nearest hospital and i explained to the nurse what i was doing... she thanked my son and told the other nurses... my son that day wound up with $9.00 and lots of attention... never wanted a bottle again...
I did this with all my kids and had no problem... sometimes they need a lil encouragement from other ppl...

Answer 8

I took the bottle away and replaced it with a sippy cup.....you can get some that have a soft nipple feeling tip. It worked out really well. But the key is to take all of the bottles away....or you could have a "bye-bye, bottle" party.

Answer 9

Time to part with the bottle. I went down to one bottle and one nipple. Latex nipple. I let him use just the one until it ripped. He couldn't drink out of it without if pouring out. So we went into a sippy cup.
You didn't mention your sons age? When they start chewing on the bottle enough for it to cause it to rip they have developed the skills to drink from a sippy cup.
You don't want to pull the bottle too soon. Pulling it away too soon might lead to oral fixations.

Answer 10

I know the answer above got a thumbs down, but actually it really is the best thing to do. Just take it away.

I really doesn't take them too long to adjust and you may be quite supprised at how quickly he forgets all about it.

The key is to be strong , firm, and in no way give in, but most importantly calm. The calmer you handle the situation the quicker he will forget all about it.

My son seemed surgically attached to his dummy, yet once it wasn't there anymore he just got on with dealing without it. We only had two crying sesions and as soon as he realised he wasn't getting it back, he just stopped. He's not even enquired into where it went.

Answer 11

My daughter has just turned 6yrs and will drink anything excepted milk out of a cup. her milk has to be in a bottle and warm. You may think I'm daft for letting her still have it but look at it this way. first at the age of two I went to the dentist and asked if it was still o.k for her to still have a bottle. I was told as long as it was only milk in the bottle no worries. To many people take it away and start giving there kids juice which rots there teeth and gives them a sweet tooth. So its good for her bones to drink milk., and it stops her drinking juice,coke,etc which is full of sugar. so I let her keep it. She know that she shouldn't have it and keeps it for bed or for when she is feeling down. She will give it up when she wants to. So all I can say is let him keep it but NO JUICE IN IT ONLY MILK. other wise it will rot his teeth, so let him keep it and don't worrying about what people say.