how and when is right time to take away the pacifer and bottle? He is already drinking out a sippy cup with water in it. i have tried to give him juice but he wont drink it in the sippy cup. He will drink juice from a regular cup. i think he looks at his sippy cup as for water only and his bottle is for his milk. He does not take a bottle before bed. He has his last bottle around 4pm and then he drinks some water with his dinner around 6:30 and then after his bath. When i have put milk in his cup he just takes little sips from it and throws it across the room. He only really takes the pacifer at his naps and bed time. His molars are coming in so he has these crying episodes and he will go get his pacifer when he needs it. i just dont want it to be a bad experience.
2007-07-09 02:38:39 · 6 answers · asked by Tiffany 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
If he only takes the pacifier during naps and bed time then why can't he have it? Both of my children used it for naps and bedtime and in the car seat for until 2 1/2. My son who will be 3 in September still has it at bedtime. They will naturally wean themselves from it when they are ready.
My daughter threw out her bottle at 15 months and wanted to be a big girl so that was the end of it. My son had a bottle for his milk until he was 2. He brushed his teeth morning and night and only had the bubba as we called it for naps. Other than that he drinks his milk at the table with a straw. My doctor told me that it was a personal choice and as long as he was receiving some comfort that it wouldn't hurt him.
There are such bigger battles to fight I chose not to add stress to their little bodies and both kids have beautiful teeth and were what my doctor calls self weaned. I didn't leave the pacifiers around, (I put them in a cabinet) when they asked for them I gave it to them. I did the same with the bottle.
Do what our heart tells you and you will be fine.
2007-07-09 02:48:24 · answer #1 · answered by New England Babe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't stress about the pacifier either, although I would definately only give it to him at nap and bedtimes, otherwise he'll become very dependant on it. (As I found out with my own daughter) Also persist witht the milk from the sippy cup. Try not giving him much too drink before his bottle time so that he really wants it. I think leaving it much later than a year to get rid of the bottle will make it much harder on you and him.
2007-07-09 02:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by KBKIDZ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my kids were that age, I learned that the best way to break the pacifier/bottle habit was to just take them away. My son was really sneaky, and appeared to be hiding them, too. I did a "clean sweep" of the whole house and made sure I had them all. He was at the point where he would try to talk around them, and he got to the point he realized that if he wanted a drink, it would be from the cup and not the bottle. The first few days were the worst! My daughter was much easier to handle after I did not let her have her way with it! Good luck!!
2007-07-09 02:47:34 · answer #3 · answered by jerseydevil 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
only offer liquids from a cup at meal and snack times. you may continue to use the bottle at regular milk only times until he doesn't seem to care about it any more. it didn't take very long with my daughter. she would only drink water and juice for a while, but eventually she wanted milk with her meals and gave in.
as for the paci, we cut the tip on one paci at a time, starting at age 2. As each one "broke" my daughter threw them in the trash herself. The last one broke (she actually bit a hole in it) about a month ago ( she is now 2yr and 2 mo). She threw it away and talked about it occasionally for about a week, but she knew that it was broken and in the trash, so she didn't stress about it.
2007-07-13 06:43:29 · answer #4 · answered by froggymommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not quite sure with the bottle, we just kept trying until they wanted the big cup. The pacifier I can say that my dr advised me to start cutting the tips off. Cut a little chuck off the end each week and then it will be just the nub and they wont want it anymore, the key is to cut all of them though. Hope this helps. :)
2007-07-09 02:47:26 · answer #5 · answered by scrapbookindiva79 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't stress about it yet. The AAP now states that until age 3 they cause no harm either physically or developmentally. So take it slow still.
2007-07-09 02:44:24 · answer #6 · answered by Betsy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋