Does anyone have any advice for bottle breaking my 16 month old son?

Question

He only drinks a bottle before bed time, but it is a nightly ritual. I tried to give him his pacifier last night when I was rocking him to see how he would react and he cried until I gave him his bottle. Any advice?

Answer 1

Why do you have to break this ritual for him? Because other people question it? Does it bother you? If yes, then consider everyone's opinions but if he only takes it at bed time...really? What's the harm? We feel so pressured by others to do unto our kids what they think is best. You'll read thru your options and do what's best for you both.
My 15 month takes a bottle at nap & bed time and I'm OKAY with this. Good Luck!

Answer 2

When it was time to get rid of the bottle, I gradually watered it down. I started with half water and half juice for a night and then kept adding water. After a week, my son was only getting water and wasn't interested in the bottle anymore. I also switched to sippy cups (big boy cups) and showered him with lots of praise and hugs when he'd choose the cup over the bottle. He'll still ask for a bottle from time to time but I remind him that's he's a big boy now and all of the bottles are now gone. Good Luck.

Answer 3

I have 2 kids ages 5 and 6 years old . This is realy easy and neat also .Go to the store and get one of those water bottles with the squrt tops like a sports bottle .It is a fast flow this is how I got my kids off of the bottle with in a week .and at home I let them have a cup not a sippy cup my a kids cup with water .Water is realy easy to clean and doesn't make a mess. Matter of fact I beleave the floors stayed cleaner back in the day with mopping up all the water .

Answer 4

after 12 months children loose their suck reflex that makes them dependant and addicted to the bottle. Now it is just routine to him, simply take it away. let him watch you cut the nipples off and throw them away. then he will know and understand that there are no more bottles. It will suck really bad for a few days while he gets used to the change to just haveing a sippy. Unless you havent started giving him a sippy cup at all then the best way is to only put water in his bottle, put his milk and juice and things he likes into his sippy what he gets out of it will be more important to him that where it comes from

Answer 5

He is far too old to still be on the bottle. Like a week after my daughter's first birthday, I took her into the kitchen, and I let her watch me get all of the bottles out of the cabinet. Then I let her help me put them in the trash. Then we both put sippy cups in the cabinet and the next morning we went outside and waved bye bye to them when the trash man came. You have to get rid of the bottles, that way when he cries for it, you can't give in. It will be rough for a couple nights, but that's what is best for him. Tough love.

Answer 6

I have thirteen mouth child and the he did it without a crisis, however all babys aren't the identical.Not each and every system goes to paintings good for each and every baby, so, listed here are a few recommendations to get you began weaning your infant off of the child bottle and right into a cup. there are tons of approaches. one million., furnished the sippy cup rather of the bottle,Your baby would possibly cry and fuss in short or for an extended interval of time,however relaxation confident that she is fine. When they get hungry adequate they're going to check out it. If you'll deliver it the whole day (morning til night time) and spot the way it is going. two . is to present your baby their favourite beverages within the sippy cup and simplest make the fewer preferred beverages to be had within the child bottle .additionally (It would possibly aid to discover a rather colourful cup or one who has images in their favourite animals or characters on it)three. Give them time.All you must do is to ensure you've got sippy cups without problems to be had normally in your baby and after they begin making use of cups eliminate the entire child bottles.4Make it a a laugh sport. Give them the sippy cup and clap or do whatever humorous every time they select it up or attempt to take a drink from it.

Answer 7

This may not be the BEST answer, but we threw all of the bottles in the trash, told our son that another little boy needed them and gave him a sippy. It took him probably 20 minutes of crying the first time, and it got less and less each time, he never got dehydrated and as long as you can withstand the crying - it's fine within a few days. Good luck!

Answer 8

I told my son that he is a big boy now so we are going to throw out his bottle and we both threw out his bottle together and he was pretty good with it. The only thing he did was asked where it was when he went to bed and I reminded him that he is a big boy and didnt need it anymore.

Answer 9

Give him a sippy cup and throw away all the bottles! If they are visible he will want it and you might give into him. It benefits both of you. I guarantee that you have a bottle cupboard, show it to him with no bottles, only sippy cups. Its either that or nothing.
Good Luck!

Answer 10

try getting him a sippy cup wiht a soft nipple about the same size of his bottle. and try distracting him with sokething else like a realy god book with lots of colors and big words with little babies in them read it to him like and hour b4 his bed time and then when its bed show him the book again then read it to him for bed time. he'll start forgetting that he ever had a bottle. or a favortie toy he likes. my son was the same so I did reading and he started to love cars and trains so he will sleep with that.