OKAY HERES THE DEAL, MY 1 YEAR OLD STILL DRINKS FROM A BOTTLE WITH HIS MILK BEFORE BED AND IN THE MORNING, BUT DRINKS EVERYTHING ELSE FROM CUPS. HE STILL WANTS HIS BOTTLE NOW CAUSE I JUST RECENTLY HAD ANOTHER CHILD, AND HE SEES HIM WITH ONE.
2007-07-21 05:35:00 · 14 answers · asked by MOTHER OF 2 BOYS 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I have always thought to stick with 12 months, it was an easy transition for my oldest.
My youngest is now 16 months and he finds great comfort in an occasional bottle, but has just sippies all day.
It's normal for him to want the bottle more out of jealousy. I would give it a few more months.
2007-07-21 05:40:43 · answer #1 · answered by iampatsajak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now is the 'right time' to stop your older son from wanting his bottle. When he asks for it, sit him down and have a 'talk' with him (yes, he can 'understand' even if he can't really talk yet) ... tell him the new baby gets a bottle because that is the only way he CAN drink. Tell him he drinks from a cup most of the day because he's 'growing up into a big boy.' Ask him if he wants to go back to being a 'baby' with a bottle, or if he wants to be a 'big boy' you can play with and have fun with when his 'baby brother' is napping (which new babies do a lot of the time). Believe me, even if he first chooses the bottle and babyhood, he'll 'drop it' very quickly if you start to treat him in 'exactly the same way' you do the baby ... make him be wrapped up, sleep on his back all the tim, nap between meals, and have only one or two stuffed animals ... and DON'T LET HIM PLAY unless you are there to 'move his hands and feet for him. He'll want to be a big boy, and you can then tell him 'big boys don't drink out of bottles ... that's for babies. Big boys drink from cups.' Ask him if you should 'throw them out' or should you give them to the new baby ... and then do what he wants (with at least two or three of his 'old bottles') and give the rest to the new little one.
2007-07-21 05:44:05 · answer #2 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him sippy cup shopping and let him pick out a really cool cup. That will motivate him to use it. Try to replace either his morning or night bottle feeding one at a time. Once he's replaced one of those, go for the other one. Try to let him help out as much as he can with the new baby. Tell him how he's a "big boy" now since he has a baby sibling. Talk to him about how big boys don't use bottles anymore. Try to get him to feed his baby sibling with HIS bottles. Maybe that'll help him realized he doesn't need it anymore. Good luck! I know it's hard. Try to reward him with a new book or something when he uses his cups.
2007-07-21 05:41:37 · answer #3 · answered by Due Feb 25th with a girl! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No more bottles. If he drinks from a cup during the day, he should not be given a bottle at night. Tell him bottles are for the baby. He is the big brother and gets to drink from the big brother cup. If he has a fit, let him throw it. He will drink from his cup when he's thirsty.
2007-07-21 05:40:45 · answer #4 · answered by magix151 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot imagine my 1 year old drinking from a bottle. We changed her over to sippy cups around 5 months and she did very well with this transition. The earlier the easier.
2007-07-21 05:55:18 · answer #5 · answered by 3 Monkey Momma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 months old is the age when pediatricians say get them off the bottle. I hate it when I see parents with kids that are almost 2 and 3 running around with bottles! It's horrible for their teeth. You will have to explain to your one year old that he gets to drink from a big boy cup and that bottles are for babies (like your newest addition). Nuby has a great cup for starters at Walmart for $1.50ish a piece. That's what my son started out on at 10 months old and now at 15 months old he drinks from hard top sippies. If you are giving him his bottle back just because he wants it because your new baby has one, that reinforces that he gets his way and that he can manipulate you. You have to stand firm at this age because they will test your limits. At 12 months old, he should be off the bottle.
2007-07-21 05:43:44 · answer #6 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luke nevertheless gets his cup of milk at morning and mattress, even although he's been off the bottle considering that approximately 11 or 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. that's significant to make confident toddlers below 2 get around a million pint of milk (or different calcium-wealthy meals) consistent with day. I see no difficulty with continuing to grant a cup of milk at bedtime up til even if age, that's a helpful comforting drink for LO. Luke's isn't heated up anymore, yet he unquestionably prefers it chilly.
2016-10-22 06:38:20 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At 12 months she drank from a bottle only before bedtime and first thing in the morning. Two weeks after her first birthday I had weened her off all bottles.
I found that it was easier for her to transition to the sippy cups with the straws in them (that helped with her still wanting to suck), then I moved on to the traditional sippy cups shortly after.
2007-07-21 08:39:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doctors tell you to have them off of the bottle by 12 months, but some have said by 18 months. When a child gets a new sibling, I think it is normal for them to regress a little. This often happens with potty training. After a new sibling is born, the older child will regress and want to wear diapers again.
2007-07-21 05:38:59 · answer #9 · answered by Mommy in Cali 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son was 11 mos. He had been on sippys for about 5 mos already and so we just threw all the bottles out one night when he was asleep. Just tell him he is a big boy now and doesn't need it anymore. It may be hard for a few days but it will get easier.
2007-07-21 06:32:05 · answer #10 · answered by Go 24! JG is Awesome! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋