I need some parenting advice!!!?

Question

i have a 21 month old baby and we are having troble taking her bottle away. She only has a bottle when she has a nap and sleeping at night but not in the day. We have just moved her into her big bed and if fine with that but still wants her bottle at night. We are having another baby in April next year and wish to hopefully get her out of all her baby habits. I need some advice on how to do so. Please help

Answer 1

First off, the change into the big bed may be hindering the bottle thing. If you change too much in their lives too quickly, they just won't accept anything. Let her get used to her new bed. Eventually she will adjust to the bed, and you can start trying to get her off the bottle again. If you try to do both at the same time, it will turn into a huge battle and one thing I've learned with 3 kids is: You have to pick your battles. In other words, if its not a safety issue, or something major, let it ride. You will all end up happier. PS: My oldest was off the bottle by 2 years old, but had stable home life, and good routine going, so it was relatively easy. My other 2 held on to the bottle until about 2-1/2, but life wasn't so stable (many changes moving around a lot, etc.) and there wasn't much of a routine either. If she won't give up the bottle right at 2 years old, its not a crime.

Answer 2

I have a 21 month old daughter and she has been off the bottle since she was 11 months old (seriously, even at daycare) What I did for her was one morning I gave her a sippy cup instead and she didn't want it, wouldn't touch it, and put up a major fuss but I stuck to my guns and after while she drunk b/c she was thirsty and the moment she did I threw every bottle away and she has been on it ever since. I would go and buy some NUBY sippy cups b/c the nipples are soft just like a bottle. You are really going to have to be tough and not give in and it will work, especially if you don't want her to still be bottle when the new baby comes. Hopefully this works for you and good luck!!!

Answer 3

Too much change. First you put her in a big bed, then you take her bottle.
Try this over a period of maybe a week - you'll want to ease her into it;
Get her down to 1 remaining bottle. I liked the bottle fairy story as to why the bottles went away. Then, oops - that last bottle has a hole in it, because it's too old and it wore out. She can hold it, but you can't put anything in it because it leaks.
On leaky-bottle night, introduce a favorite stuffed animal or three to sleep with. Then in a day or two, take her to the store to buy some cool cups with a favorite character on them.
You can't expect your baby to stop being a baby because you have another baby coming. You'll start resentment and sibling rivalry before she ever even meets the new kid.
Plan on some possible reverting when the new liitle one does get here.
Congratulations and good luck.

Answer 4

Let the child be a child . Dont take the bottle away too fast.
They grow up too fast as it is.
Just make sure u clean the baby's gums when she falls asleep at night.
Its not so much as taking the bottle away, it is the teeth that is the main concern.
Now there is teeth and gum cleanser for babies in the baby isle of the grocers.
I raised 2 kids and let them wean theirselves from bottles,
and then gave them a pacifier. They will eventually throw the bottle across the room and not want it anymore.

Answer 5

I am a mom of 4 and I was always advised by my pediatrician to end all bottle use by 1 year. I did and it was never a problem. I was also advised to NEVER allow a baby to take a bottle to sleep because not only does it reinforce the bottle as a "comfort" item (and thereby making it harder to wean from) but it is bad for baby's teeth. I hope you can use those 2 bits of advice for your new baby...we all learn from experience, I guess.

As for your current child, I would exchange ALL bottles for sippy cups. You absolutely HAVE to get this child off the bottle and adjusted to the sippy cup before the new baby comes...otherwise, you might have even bigger problems with her with being jealous of the new baby, and the new baby getting HER bottle & cuddle time, etc.
Your daughter will already have enough to try to deal with in April...don't add to her anxiety by prolonging this bottle issue :(
I'm sure she will protest, but be strong & DON'T GIVE IN!! Remove the bottles from your house if you have to! I would suggest giving her water (and only water) in her sippy cup at night...but do that as only a temporary measure...If she gets used to that, it could create bedwetting problems when she begins potty training & who needs that?? Save yourself the headache & just trying to think ahead :)
Best of luck to you and your growing family!!

Answer 6

Keep doing what you are - slowly taking it away. First we started only giving the bottle to our son for naps & at night, then only at night, then put water in the bottle in stead of milk. This helped a lot, cuz he wanted milk, not water, but if he was thirsty enough, he'd just drink a little bit of water. By then, he was used to not sucking on the bottle so much that it was easy to just take it away all together.

Answer 7

Well for number one sitting around the house and pretty much doing nothing doesn't help you with your depression. I am 42 years old and I have been working at my current job for 6 or 7 yrs. Last February I got hurt at work and had surgery but I am unable to perform all my job function at first when I returned to work I went through some point of depression but like you need to do something different in life so be able to enjoy life more and feel better about oneself. So I am looking in returning to college and trying to figure out what program I can look into with my limited condition. So you can go online fill out job resume go out and apply for jobs. You are still young enough you can look in to the military and if you are a college graduate that gives you more benefit in joining the military. If not a college graduate than check out colleges or check out Americorp /Job corp, you can even check out peace corp. All of above is eligible for you not me due to my age. But they all can give you opportunities to meet new people . To broaden your self worth and the most important make you feel better,proud,excited about life and so on. So enjoy the journey and finding your own path in life and don't worry your parents ill be proud of you and they will help you as mach as they can just as long as you are not sitting around the house do nothing and letting your depression take over feeling sad and whining about your sucky life. Because baby your life don't suck you just haven't jumped into life yet to see what it has to offer and what you can do. So now go and do something you will do great and yeah it will be difficult at times . I believe in you ; you can do it.

Answer 8

hi, I too took the "bah-bahs" away, cold turkey. Which didn't go over very well at first, but she lived through it and so did I. Although a new baby soon. Hmmm... I think you might find her hiding somewhere, with a bottle that she snuck from the sibling. hehe Good Luck

Answer 9

With my little one we just began telling her drink some now and then put it on the table. Big girls don't take drinks to bed. We also for a while gave her an alternative of something else to "hold" onto while she was sleeping. She slept with a care bear for a month or so and now sleeps with nothing. Good luck!

Answer 10

Tough love, baby! I am assuming that she uses a sippy cup during the day. Give it to her at night as well, and stick to it. If she's anything like my son, she will put up a horrendous fight, but as long as you guys don't give in, she should give up once she sees you're serious. Or gets thirsty enough. Good luck!