How do you put a 11 month old down for nap/bed times with out a bottle?

Question

I know they say never to start this but I did it when he was younger and now hes used to it and now that hes about to be off formula I need suggestions on how to get him to go to sleep with out a bottle. He doesnt take a pacifer and I really am not willing to start(my 2 yr old is way to attached to hers ). I dont rock him to sleep or anything like that. He shares his room with his 5 yr old & 2 yr old sister and I have tried just letting him go to bed without a bottle. He screams so much he makes them cry because hes being so loud.
HELP!

Answer 1

Get rid of the bottle. Replace all his bottles with sippy cups. Then don't give him one at nap or bedtime. Let him eat his normal meal and drink his milk out of a sippy cup. When he's done, clean him up and put him to bed. He'll scream, but it won't hurt him. Eventually he'll go to sleep.

If you put him to bed before the other kids then his crying won't bother them. Just figure out how long it will take him to go to sleep and put him to bed that much earlier. Your girls will probably like it that they are big enough to stay awake when the baby goes to bed.

You could also try taking away the bottle and your daughter's pacifier at the same time. She might be more likely to give it up if the baby's going to do it too.

If you don't feel capable of throwing away all the bottles yet, you can try putting water in his bed-time bottle. But he'll probably still scream, and the water will drip all over his bedding.

Answer 2

11 months is not a physical maturity level to get rid of the sucking for your child. Your child's tongue is likely still using the sucking motion. It's a development thing. But the naptime bottle, this is a good stopping time.

When you put your baby down for a nap,
one option is to increasingly water-down the formula, until you are putting more water than formula into the bottle, with the goal of eventually making the bottle's contents 100% water.

At the same time, lessen the quantity you put into the bottle.
For example, if you usually put in 8oz, drop it intially to 7 or 6 oz. for a couple of days, then lowering it again to 5 or 4 oz. for maybe a week, backing off gradually until what you are giving him is only 2 oz. of water. To a child, that isn't much to hold his intrest for long, and soon you will have weaned him from drinking his bottle at bedtime.

Dealing with crying, make sure he has been fed before putting him down for a nap. That way he will only be crying for the bottle that has emptied sooner than he likes.

For the week or two that he does the crying for the bottle, let your older 2 sleep on the couch or on your bed for their naps.

I know it tears at a parent's heart to hear the crying for very long. Remember, for all your parenting issues, they will continue to cry until somebody gives-in. As a parent it's very important to establish that YOU ARE THE PARENT -- THE ONE IN CONTROL. Remind yourself that you are TEACHING your child through this lesson with the bottle

Note: Don't put juice in the nap-time bottle. My child needed to have her front teeth capped at age 3 -- the dentist said it was because of letting her sleep with her bottle, and that the acidic juice ate her teeth!

Answer 3

You can try substituting the bottle with a sippy cup. By 6 months, you should of fed him juices and water in a sippy cup.

My son never slept with his bottle, but he did like sucking his pacifier. He's 10 months now. I'm going to have a problem getting him to stop using his pacifier since he's so attached.

Answer 4

some say that the rice cereal will make the baby extra finished and sleep longer. i've got heard that's a fantasy. I under no circumstances placed cereal in my infant's bottle ever. additionally, at 2 months, the baby's digestive equipment isn't waiting for something to boot breastmilk or formula. i began spoon-feeding my daughter rice cereal at 5 months which grew to become into truly watered down and slowly have been given thicker each and every week consistent with the pediatrician's suggestion while my daughter confirmed warning signs of now not being content with basically breastmilk. have faith your instincts and constantly be at liberty to ask the healthcare expert any questions.

Answer 5

Try singing a soft lullybye or putting on soft music w/ no words in it. Give him a soft stuffed animal. Rub his forehead just inside the hairline -- very relaxing (get you man to do it to you!) Rub his back until he calms down. Read a short story, or make one up -- use your imagination. Stick his pinky finger into his mouth -- not the thumb, that creates an overbite. Be gentle, not everyone is the same; maybe he needs the couch or a matt on the floor for his naps.

Answer 6

give him a sippy cup with water in it. just walk away, and dont give in. he might scream for a few minutes, but he will soon learn that the cup is all he gets. it will take... 3 days, at the most.

he should be off the bottle in a month anyways, and he is old enough for it! (mine started using one at 7 months)

Answer 7

You could put him in his own room. If you absoulutely have to put water in the bottle or let him have a cup he is old enough for that.