My son will be 1 in a few days and i want to start weening him off the bottle, but he hates sippy cups, he has to have one to go to bed, I dont know what to do. HELP
2007-01-11 16:18:27 · 17 answers · asked by Danielle B 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
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2007-01-11 16:28:03 · answer #1 · answered by kyras_mommy121205 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Put water in the bottle and milk or juice in a sippy cup. Try a soft top sippy cup and a hard one but the soft one might work first since they are used to the bottle. That should do the trick!
2007-01-11 21:30:36 · answer #2 · answered by Booty32 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well this one calls for tough love. My two boys both handled it differently. All children are different. My second son had no problem letting the bottle go. Now my older son was different. At one and a half we started to take it away. He would cry and scream for it and I'd cave and give it back to him every time. I even tried different sippy cups w/ his fav. characters on them, thinking he's want them. He would use his sippy cups, but he still wanted his bottle. One day I got brave and threw the bottle away. He cried for 3 days for a bottle, looking in all his fav. spots for it. It broke my heart but, by the fourth day he didnt care for it anymore. From then on he loved his sippy cups.
2007-01-13 06:42:36 · answer #3 · answered by Erica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just take it away, he will get use to it. You might even have some sleepless nights. Eventually it will get better. Talk to him, tell him he is a big boy now and needs to throw that dirty bottle away also think about potty training as well. He will be getting less liquid and more solid food so pottying is alot less frequent. Take him to the restroom every hour until he catches on. Give him incentive like getting him his own potty chair and also getting him a big boy cup. Maybe like a coffee cup with a lid. Not much liquid comes out as an open glass. Make him feel important when he accomplishes something every time he does something good.
2007-01-11 17:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some babies take longer than others by 2 years old is pretty normal to give up a bottle. some babies even go to a regular cup and skip the sippy. try offering sips of water from your glass or cup during the day time, babies like to imitate,
2007-01-11 16:23:54 · answer #5 · answered by bluebird 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will take a little time but do it gradually. A few things you might try:
--keep giving him that nighttime bottle for now - it will probably be the hardest to take away
--try offering a bottle AFTER he's already eaten, so he won't take as much
--what is his least favorite beverage? put that in the bottle after he is a bit weaned
--maybe put some baby cereal mixed with the milk or formula - it will be harder to get out and will decrease his interest
--put a little bit less in each bottle, very gradually, till he is down to just a couple of ounces
Another option is to just give him another few months and try again. There are a lot of schools of thought on this, but if he needs a couple of months more with a bottle it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. Mine gave up their bottles as food got more interesting to them with the different flavors and textures, so only that last bottle was a problem, and even then it wasn't a big problem, so maybe they were just more ready.
2007-01-11 16:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by Cris O 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Be sure you've offered a wide variety of sippy cups... They have some with a soft top that are more like a bottle...
2007-01-11 16:23:53 · answer #7 · answered by Tina 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something different. As a mother, one feels obligated to stay on certain developmental schedule - to not screw up the kid.
Honestly, by 5, I stop care. Because first it's the bottle, then potty training, then pacifiers, my kid wasn't on schedule. The more I wrestle with her, the more frustrated, and the more angry for both of us.
Quitting bottle and pacifier just happened some night we couldn't find it. Seriously, couldn't, because misplace. We all got worried and just went to sleep after a long search. Like that naturally.
The kid's teeth are fine. Anyways, they will fall off later or cosmetically adjusted. Why be frustrated?
2007-01-11 22:07:29 · answer #8 · answered by Cappuccino 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just use the bottle less and less. Start introducing different types of sippy cups, until you find one he likes. Then it should be easy from there.
2007-01-11 16:22:37 · answer #9 · answered by Olivia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i will just be honest and hopefully you will not feel offended, weening is ok, but when that time comes and he is not ready just throw them away and before the other parents judge me think about it, have your child go cold turkey without the bottle, or be responsible for their problems with their teeth, children need to be comforted like with anything they lose but it can and has been done. The longer you wait the worst it will get, waiting until he is 2 (which is crazy) will only make it harder on you!
2007-01-11 19:06:15 · answer #10 · answered by passionfire2k4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋