How did you break your son/daughter from the bottle??

Question

My daughter is 16 months and she only takes a bottle at night. During the day she has her sippies. At night her milk bubbas. Is she too old for a bottle? Just wondering what age your took your son or daughter off of the bottle and any good suggestions on how to do it?

She takes a bottle to bed with her and then she'll wake up (still) like once a night for another one. Any suggestions would be great!! Thanks!

Answer 1

The sooner the easier, honestly i took my son's bottles away at 10 months. But I never gave him a bottle after 7:00 after he was 6 months old. He never got used to having one at night except for when he was an infant. Just give her a sippy cup all the time, she may cry for her bottle but she will get over it in a few days.

Answer 2

I don't think she's too old, but if you want to get her off the bottle here are a few tips:

1. Start putting apple juice in her bottle at night, to get her used to it.

2. At dinner give her a sippi.

3. Durring the night before bed, give her a sippi.

4. A few weeks after having apple juice in a bottle give her a sippi. When she wakes up in the night give her more juice.

It's going to be hard, but she will be able to do it.

Answer 3

I haven't had a child but my mom and the rest of our family has basically shown the child that you were throwing the bottles away and then they realize that the bottles aren't coming back and if they want anything to drink then they'll have to drink from a sippie cup. If your kid is already okay and doing sippies in the day time, then you should have little to no problems.

Answer 4

First of all, have you ever heard of bottle-rot? It's a serious tooth problem that starts very young when the child takes a bottle to bed and the liquid sits on her teeth all night. It begins to rot and the acids eat through her enamel slowly. You should take her to the dentist to see if she is showing signs of this.
Now, this is how my mom got me off the bottle, she told me when I was eight. One night she snuck into my room and cut the nipple off my bottle. I freaked out in the morning and started crying for a new one, but she said we didn't have anymore, which was true because she threw them all out. In our grocery store, there were two baby aisles, one for food and diapers and stuff, and one for bottles and toys. Next time we went to the store, she only went down the diaper aisle and said "I don't know, I guess they stopped making them!" I pouted for a few days but eventually got over it and took to sippy cups easily. This may not work for you, but I hope I helped somehow!

Answer 5

My pediatrition told me at Maya's 12 month visit that it was time to take the bottle and it should be gone by 13 months. So I went home that day and Maya and I put all her bottles, nipples, etc and put them in a bagout to the trash. I even had Maya throw the bag in the garbage.

I talked to her about how big she was and it was important for her to act like a big girl. That night I spent a little longer on her night time routine, and gave her a sippy cup of water. She still has to have a cup of water at night, but she doesn't ever even drink it. It is just part of the routine now.

Also, the important thing is that you no longer give milk at night or before a nap. Maya's dentist showed me photos of what is called ''bottle rot'' on childrens teeth. It happens when children go to sleep with a bottle in their mouth. I am sure these images are extreame cases, but even so, you don't want to risk it.

http://www.nursingbottlesyndrome.com/

http://www.toothlandclinic.com/pics/milkdecay.JPG

http://www.dentalcareforkids.com/images/slide13.jpg

Answer 6

both of my daughters stopped having a bottle at 12 months, and i never had a problem, but the trick is (and it is too late for your child) never give them anything but the formula or breast milk in the bottle. juice or water always in a sippy, bottle was for feeding only and i never laid my girls down with a bottle, even when they could hold it on their own i held them when they ate. never putthem to bed with a bottle as this just promotes tooth decay and makes it harder to take the bottle away later. they should learn to use a blanket or stuffed toy as a bedtime soother, not a bottle

Answer 7

mine son was like that, we starting giving him water @ night. well his cup of milk ( a half hour before) and then would offer a bottle of water. Anytime he water a bottle I only put water in it. It took a few days maybe even a week but not to much longer and he didn't want it. I took my children off of them @ 1 but my first son didn't want it and my 2nd keep trying to eat the nipple! my 2nd son was hard because he was so used to the Playtex and they are a lot wider then the cup. Also, I never did the " Binky". I have heard that helps out a lot but it is bad for their teeth and i hate seeing older children with them things! My friends son is 4 and still has one.

Answer 8

We always did it cold turkey. With this though comes a few nights of crying, so that is a personal preference if you can handle/accept that. But in 2-3 days all of my children had completely forgotten about the bottle. We did it at 18 months each time. Probably longer than we should have waited, but each time I was either very pregnant or had a newborn at home so it was convenient for us.

Answer 9

give her the bottle at bed and if she wakes during the night give her the sippie cup. i would wait till she is 18 months to take the bottle completely away.

Answer 10

i assume that all human beings had there own opinion in this. I took my daughter off of the bottle while she grew to become into between 8 and 9 months previous and placed her on a sippy cup. Pacifier, grew to become into out approximately eleven months. She nonetheless beverages out of a sippy cup, yet on condition that we are interior the automobile. I dont think of that taking those issues remote from a toddler is going to steer them to have damaging behavior.