My daughter turned 3 two weeks ago. She's been doing fine without the bottle during the day since she was about 2. But when bedtime comes she has to have it. We've tried all kinds of stuff but nothing has worked. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Or should I just let her have it until SHE wants to give it up?
2006-11-20 17:01:49 · 24 answers · asked by tgfann 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
try moving her to a sippy cup
2006-11-20 17:03:52 · answer #1 · answered by Beautiful1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without your guidance a 3 year old will do things the way a 3 year old likes it. Give her 5 day warning, ex... Guess what?... On Saturday (when everyones home or some other day of more special occasion) Your going to give up your bottles. Explain to her that shes outgrown them and graduated to big girls cups. Every day until then tell her 4 more days...3 more days...until finally the day comes. She should help in the happy and excited process of throwing them away. When the night falls and all hell breaks loose just keep calmly explaining that you dont have any bottles anymore and you know she can do it. Youll have a couple of baaaaad nights but she will get over it. Stick with it. DO NOT GIVE IN, and it'll go away nicely.
2006-11-21 01:48:36 · answer #2 · answered by Dr.local-yocal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I might have some ideas for you. First try buying him that bottle/sippy cup. It has a nipple that flips to a sippy cup spout. If that don't work then try to slowly stop giving your daughter drinks of any kind after 8pm or like an hour before she goes to bed. That might be a good thing anyways even if she was having her problem. She only needs it for comfort. So you should try giving her something else besides a bottle. She will always want it. Good luck with your little angel.
2006-11-21 01:36:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No dont let her decide. She will end up like my neighbors 7 year old who is normal at school but the second she get home she is glued to the bottle and binky.
If you take all the bottles away she has no choice but to forget them. My son is going to be 3 in just about 17 days. I could not imagine him with a bottle. He no longer even takes a sippy cup (water ONLY) to bed.
I don't suggest cutting off her night time drink totally. But give her only a sippy cup. Yes, she will fuss and cry. But have you talked to her dentist? Bottles are really bad for her teeth. To ensure you dont slack, THROW AWAY or donate all bottles immediately. If you dont have them in the house you can't give them to her.
Good Luck
2006-11-21 04:18:07 · answer #4 · answered by Summer H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get rid off all the bottles but one. Then lose it. Before bedtime that night, tell her it's gone, take her to the store, and let her pick out a really special bedtime sippy cup to replace it. Then let her help you fill it with water (or whatever you give her in the bottle) before bedtime. Sounds like a bribe, but if she picks out a cup on her own, and helps you fill it like a "big girl," she'll be more likely to use it.
Good luck!
2006-11-21 01:06:18 · answer #5 · answered by Robin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could not for my life wean my child off anything. She had to quit the bottle cold turkey. I went from the bottle to sippy cups with no successful middle ground. Maybe this is what your child needs. Just throw away all of the bottles and tell her there aren't any. She may throw a fit, but eventually she will get over it.
Good Luck!
2006-11-21 01:05:35 · answer #6 · answered by toothfairy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was quite lucky with my son i just stopped giving him it before he turned one, he cried a few times and that was it end of story.
But i know what you mean as she is older and has became really attached to it.
Are you ready to let her give up the bottle? I don't mean to be cheeky but sometimes the problem isn't with the child, its with the mum because she thinks that the child will cry and take a fit because she as a mother will miss that part of her childs life (your child having a bottle still makes her like your little baby)
When the mum isn't ready for the child to grow up, that is what makes it harder. So wait until your ready and feel calmer.
Just my opinion but good luck with whatever you decide to do :)
Leanne (mum to a 26 month old boy and 27 weeks pregnant with number 2)
2006-11-21 12:55:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I told my daughter that she could start having her sippy cup at bedtime. She didn't like that but it was better to have that for the transition. After a while I noticed in the morning that she wasn't even drinking from the sippy cup so at bed time I would tell her to take a drink before she laid down, and I would take the sippy cup with me. Just let her take her time.
2006-11-21 01:12:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just don't give it to her. Have her help you gather up all the bottles and nipples and put in trash. Explain to her she is SUCH a big girl she can drink out of a big girls cup and not be a bab anymore.
Then get rid of the bottles immediatly and don't give them back. She might wine or cry but perhaps a new stuffed animal would help her at nite.
2006-11-21 01:30:07 · answer #9 · answered by Jan J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a small cloth and put some (some like "half" a teaspoon)sugar in it and then a little of honey then wrap something around the top so it wont spill and see if that works, but dont put alot of honey put only like a drop or two honey, a little honey is to keep the sugar in place so it will not melt fast.
2006-11-21 01:06:57 · answer #10 · answered by Wireless 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about trying a sippie cup my niece is three and she has used a sippie cup,since she was a year and a half, the nubbie brand with a soft nipple top, sold at Walgreens two cups for three bucks. They work very well. Good luck.
2006-11-21 01:07:12 · answer #11 · answered by Janice 10 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋