What do you give your baby?

Question

My son just turned 1 a week ago, and I know that he is supposed to drink out of a bottle anymore, but sometimes he doesn't like using sippy cups, so I have to give him a bottle. When he wakes up in the middle of the night, I used to give him a bottle of juice or milk, and then lay him back down. But if he can't use bottles anymore, what can I give him? Sippy cups don't put him back to sleep, he wakes completely up after using one at night.

Answer 1

Ok, so the experts say he shouldn`t have a bottle. do they live with your baby? do they know your baby ? No!
It is more important to have a contented baby than to follow `experts`
Use the cup in the day and the bottle if he wakes in the night. Your baby will wean himself off his night bottle when he is ready.

Answer 2

First, congrats on your son turning 1. My little girl just turned 1 two days ago. She is my 3rd child and I'm used to nursing her. Now that she's old enough to use a sippy cup, I let her play with one or two during the day so she gets used to holding it and using it. I still nurse late at night, for the sake of salvaging some sleep! She'll take the bottle during the day as a 'snack' but she enjoys eating at the table with the family. Your child will let you know when they are ready for the next stage in their development. Don't worry!!! My two boys used sippy cups until age 4 and their teeth are fine, no cavities, no overbite. Try treating it as a game, you should use the little cups sometimes also and let him see it's okay. When he gets really thirsty he'll take the cup. Also I would start putting the kids favorite drinks in the sippy cup, nothing else. Mine love chocolate flavored milk and lemonade. The only way to get it was to use that darn cup!! Wouldn't you know it those little cups became their favorite?! Hope this tidbit helps you some.

Answer 3

First of all, try to avoid giving your son anything to drink in the middle of the night. What really worked well for me was to gradually decrease the amount of milk that I gave my daughter, until she realized it wasn't worth it to wake up for. Keep using the bottle though, until he's not interested to wake up anymore. You know what soothes him and there's no reason to change that. About the sippy cup, no-one is gonna come to your house and tell you off because your son isn't driking from the sippy cup yet. Again, do it gradually. What helped my daughter was to take out the valve from the lid of the cup so that she realized what was coming out of it. I would still give her the bottle every now and then, but mostly the sippy cup. I know it takes time and patience but from one mom to another- you can do it!

Answer 4

realize that giving a baby a bottle in a lying position can cause the liquid to run into the middle ear and helps cause infection

at this age he is well past having a bottle - or should be

it takes time but will adjust to a different type drinking cup - may have to go by trial and error until figure out what works best for him

at night, put him into a routine of having a drink at at certain time before retiring for the evening and do what deter for will realize there is a routine and will train to it sooner than you think - do not give in - it is for his best .... unless of course illness requires for do not want to dehydrate

be patient for as with any other stage must go thru this also for all part of being a big boy

Answer 5

Kids do what they need to do in their time. They say that it's not good but them not getting rest isn't either. I took my daughter's paci at 1 yr old. I explained it to her and she accepted it eventually. She kept biting chunks of of it. I told her it was bad and I had to take it. The bottle was way b4 that. She kept drinking at night till 11/2 yr. I just threw them all away. When she would wake at night I'd let her drink a little lay up with her til she fell back asleep. Try warm cocoa. you could always try the radio too. Good soft elevator music. That will do it for anyone. LOL. All in due time. Enjoy him being a little guy. Mines is 5 now. She's a scholar in kindergarden.(got an award and all). But now I have to kiss her before her friends see, she' got an mp4, likes to help cook, can read a little too well and has a karoke machine and a dream. All I can do is sit and wish for the "old days". :) Enjoy Them While You Can. (now I'm getting all fuzzy eyed)

Answer 6

Too bad if he doesn't like sippy cups! You are the mom! Just DON'T GIVE HIM THE BOTTLE! End of problem. Put him to bed with nothing and let him cry till he falls asleep. Every nap, every nighttime. He will be free of his addiction in about a week.

Answer 7

There is a sippy cup that has a soft top, its called a nubbie, I think. It feels like a bottle but is a sippy cup. It worked for my nephew.
Good luck
http://www.babybungalow.com/nunosp10ozgr.html
try this link

Answer 8

we gave our son a bottle at night til he was a little over a year. we always put water in it though never milk or juice. my sister gave my niece juice and milk at night and shes now 7 and her teeth are all rotten. her teeth started to rotten out as soon as she got her teeth in. so just be careful and if you do give them juice or milk at night make sure before you put them back in bed that you brush there teeth. oh and make sure you dont let them go to sleep with the bottle cause it will cause alot of ear infections and then they will have to get tubes put in there ears.

Answer 9

maybe try a new routine with him so he doesnt wake up for a drink?


this may help

Teaching a child good sleeping habits takes time, energy and steely persistence - all of which I'm sure you have none of at this moment! Enlist your partner’s help or a friend. Let them take care of the baby for an hour or so in the evenings whilst you concentrate on introducing your son to a good, solid bedtime routine.

Begin by setting a specific bedtime, say 7:30pm. Introduce bathtime at least one hour before bedtime. Devote yourself solely to him during this time. After bathtime, brush his teeth and then allow him to choose two bedtime stories aiming at 20-30 minutes reading time. Create an atmosphere of calm by drawing the curtains or lowering the blind and keeping noise and distractions to a minimum. Cuddle down together and read stories and then, without a lot of fuss, tuck him in and say goodnight. Make sure that he has water by his bedside and a night-light on. If he insists, keep the door slightly ajar, but keep household noise down to a minimum so as not to distract him. Introduce this routine at the same time each and every night to develop consistency.

The fun and games will begin as you prepare to leave the room, with endless stalling techniques. I suggest you abide by the first one or two but then simply return him to his bed without a fuss. If he is not used to being put to bed this will come as quite a shock and he will respond with negative behavior. But you must remain consistent and pick him up and place him back into his bed. Leave him kicking and screaming on the floor, if need be, but insist he stay in his bedroom.

Be prepared for him entering your bedroom in the middle of the night several times. Repeat the same pattern and return him to bed. If he is upset, stay with him and calm him by gently stroking him and uttering Shhhh! Then leave the room again. Prepare yourselves for one to two weeks of interrupted nights. But if you remain calm and consistent, results can begin to shine through after three to four nights. Be encouraged by this and keep reinforcing to yourself all the good benefits of a good nights sleep for all.

Hang in there!

Answer 10

its ok to still give him a bottle at night. my mom gave me and my sisters bottles at night until we were like two and our teeth are fine and we had no problems from it.