what is the best way to take her off the bottle ?
2006-12-07 15:58:33 · 6 answers · asked by Deanna W 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
she really wont take milk unless its in a bottle and the only time she interested in the nuby is when my 22 month old nephew comes over and my doctor says shes really advanced for her age and she doesnt get a bottle at bed time only a bottle of water at nap time. (if she doesnt have her milk in a bottle she throughs a really big fit)
2006-12-07 16:16:00 · update #1
Aaahhh....I was just where you are at about a month ago. My little girl is 16 months and a preemie, so she's been behind or a little slower to other kids her age since the day that she was born. I have tried Playtex, Gerber, and the cheap disposable cups. None of which worked since the spout is nothing like that of a bottle's nipple.
My advice to you is to find a sippie cup where the spout is simular to that of a bottle's nipple such as the inexpensive "Nuby" cups at Wal-Mart. They are around $1.50 each and worked for me like a charm. Now, if I can only get my daughter to drink milk out of a sippie. I would start there....start with milk in a Nuby cup and when she accepts that, then juice, water, etc. Just place it on her tray and don't force the issue. If she's thirsty, she will try it. Or...feed her first, then try the sippie.
2006-12-07 16:04:17 · answer #1 · answered by Mom of One in Wisconsin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reading these answers, i'm starting to think there's something wrong with me.
My daughter drank her bottle at nap time until the age of almost three.
I never took it away from her.
It's an emotional natural soothing comfort for small children.
What i did do was to weaken the formula.
When she was about 10 months old.
Instead of 10 scopes, i put 9 then 8, then 7 and so on until she was just drinking water.
By a year she was just drinking pure water.
2006-12-07 18:02:02 · answer #2 · answered by Louw D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does she use sippy cups? I had to switch my son because when he was getting his molars he was chewing and making huge holes in the nipples. If she doesn't use sippy cups yet go to either Walmart or Target and get the Nuby sippy trainers. They have leak proof silicone nipples that are shaped like the spouts on a sippy cup. My son was a preemie and had a hard time learning how to drink out of sippy cups, but about a month after buying these he used them just fine.
2006-12-07 16:04:32 · answer #3 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Limit her to only water in the bottle. Limit bottle use to nap time & bedtime. Try offering her a cup the rest of the day. Eventually she'll begin to show dis interest. If not... take her shopping for big girl cups... explain to her bottles go "bye bye". It may be tough the 1st couple nights but soon enough she'll give em up.
2006-12-07 16:04:06 · answer #4 · answered by Christa Joy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
introduce her sippy cups.
but the point is, dont pressure her. wait for the right time. my niece still use bottle at the age of 3.
2006-12-07 16:06:27 · answer #5 · answered by johannea 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you should of tooken off the bottle on her birthday and let her cry for three nights staight and that should work my mom did it to me and it worked just fine what she was through my bottles in the garbage and my pacifiers also and just let us cry for only three nights most babies only cry for three nights unless they were born at least a mont early then let them off when thay are ready
2006-12-07 16:04:08 · answer #6 · answered by flower_1988_s 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋