Yes, I know that my nineteen month old should have dropped the milk bottle at 15 months old but she refuses all attempts on my part to use a sippy cup. She drinks juice and water from the Nuby sippy cups but refuses milk inside of it! I put her to sleep with a bottle of milk first but now that I put it in the sippy cup, she throws a fit. Any ideas? Moms help!
2006-11-17 12:55:14 · 16 answers · asked by noitall 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Recognize that giving a bottle to long can cause deformities of the teeth. Of course you can have the child select preferred sippy cups of his choice and firmly tell the babe to see one bottle being thrown away at a time til there are none left. Gradually reduce the amount of fluid (just water) provided in each bottle but fill the sippy cup full with favorite liquids. Praise and reward for sippy cup use. I think I even risked reversion to a pacifier for falling asleep which had basically lost its appeal at that time but sufficed for desperate moments. It really won't hurt to let the babe cry it out. In fact, my pediatrician said so long as the needs rather than just desires were met, it was good to let the babe cry it out and learn that what you say is not negotiable. Otherwise the baby will learn to manipulate you. Not getting milk during this phase won't hurt so long as the baby gets lots of cheese and other sources of calcium.
2006-11-17 13:10:38 · answer #1 · answered by ambriannaone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn the sippy cup into a treat, add a dash of vodka - uh I mean sugar onto the mouthpiece on the last drink of the night before bed.. kids are fickle and only remember the last experience, so just do it on the last drink - don't really need to mention teeth here do I..
Don't do the same for the teet on the bottle though, if the sippy cup is nicer to drink from they'll have that as a personal preference anyway, and probably be more upset if they're given a bottle.
Some cracking answers here already..
2006-11-17 17:20:31 · answer #2 · answered by chris m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree you should go cold turkey. It will be a couple of nights and days of hell but they forget eventually. My first two sons as soon as they turned 12 months the bottle was taken away. They made a fuss for 1-2 days but then it was over. I introduced the sippy cup around 7 months and got them use to drinking from it so that way when the time came for the bottle being taken away it would not be that hard. Good luck!!!!!
2006-11-17 13:24:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She really shouldn't have a bottle at night. The sugar sets on her teeth unless you brush them afterwards and can rot her teeth. My cousin's daughter had to have all her teeth pulled because she wanted milk from a bottle every night and her parents did nothing about it.
I would suggest getting an avent bottle. It comes with a sippy attatchment for transition. My daughter loved hers and has been drinking only out of sippy cups since she was 9 months old.
2006-11-17 12:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by Annie Hightower 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell her that in 3 days you're not going to give her any bottles any more. Tell her this every day. Then stick to your guns. Our son had a fit the first night he couldn't have a bottle. The next day he announced that he's "a big boy, and didn't need a bottle any more".
Don't be afraid if she throws a fit. Who's in charge in your house - you, or the baby?
But don't get hung up on the "at so many months, my baby should be doing this or that" thing. Kids don't know how to read a calendar, and they all develop at different rates. If she's eating solid foods well, and otherwise healthy, then maybe it's time to wean her from the bottle. But don't do it just because your friend's baby quit at the same age. That's a poor reason.
2006-11-17 13:03:23 · answer #5 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter did the same thing. Unfortunately there was nothing I could do to get her to drink milk from a sippy. She will not drink white milk at all now and she is 6 yr old. BUT we have discovered she will drink chocolate milk. Give it a shot, it's not unhealthy for her............
2006-11-17 13:25:30 · answer #6 · answered by kim h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only give her water at night, and don't give in during the day.....throw out the bottles. She might drink it through a straw. As for personal experience, my son was bottle broke at 8 months......I gave him a nuby one day at he never wanted the bottle again.
2006-11-17 20:28:15 · answer #7 · answered by Mommy of 2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son was off the bottle on his first birthday and he hated it but you can't give in to them crying and throwing fits. hard love is sometimes the best kind. just take them all away and put them in the trunk of you car. and believe me when she gets thirsty enough she'll drink from whatever you give her. my doctor told me to put a little chocolate in my son's milk to make it taste better. he's 13 months and he now knows how to drink from a regular cup.
2006-11-17 16:10:58 · answer #8 · answered by ProudMommy05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw away all bottles,so she want see them. When she cries for 1,offer her, her favorite snack. A few times she may pitch a fit,but she'll soon know it's being replace with something else she likes.My oldest was broke by giving her Chee-tos,,lol,,,and my youngest was broke on Fruit loops,,lol,,I even gave them these in the middle of the night,when they would cry for their bottle.
2006-11-17 13:24:50 · answer #9 · answered by Mother of 2 girls 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her a pacifier, but remember to wipe the babys teeth with baby teeth cleanser when she falls asleep so the teeth dont rot or grow wrong.
Some kids drink bottles up to 3 yrs old, the main thing is the teeth after they fall asleep with the bottle.
Dont make em grow up too fast.
2006-11-17 13:05:35 · answer #10 · answered by sunflare63 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋