The only way we were able to get our children off completely was to just throw them away. It is so easy to give in to them crying for one if you have them around. Just get them out of the house and keep giving her a sippy cup and she will adjust within a few days. It is rough but that is the only thing that worked for us. It is much better listening to them fuss for a few days than it is to have your daughters teeth get real bad decay from the use of a bottle. Good luck:)
2007-09-24 07:33:23
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answered by stephensbaby 3
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You're already on the right track, don't sweat it. She won't starve or suffer if she doesn't get the same amount of milk while she transitions. Also, at her age she need to start relying more on solids and less on milk for nutrition anyway.
Some people put the "good stuff" like milk & juice in the sippy, and only put water in the bottle. However, since your daughter was willing to test drive the sippy, I say you just pitch the bottles altogether.
ps: to the person above: wow, maybe YOU need a bottle to relax. Her child is one, not three as you said, and every parent is nervous about transitions.
2007-09-24 08:41:52
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answered by eli_star 5
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I'm a second time Mom and I'm working on the same thing.
Here's what's working for me;
First make sure she's getting 3 meals of baby food or solids each day. The bottles should be used simply for snacks and not meals.
Then start to give her solids for snacks, like fruit and/or crackers, to wash down with a sippy cup. Make sure to offer her a drink occasionally throughout the day to make sure she's hydrated.
The goodnight bottle is often the last to go and I think this is okay. My girl has taken to one kind of transitional sippy cup very well and the last 2 nights she's had that instead of a bottle, with little fuss.
2007-09-24 07:33:12
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answered by KC 7
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OMG!! I can definitely sympathize. I just FINALLY got my son broke off the bottle. I started a little later than you, but can tell you, it was NO EASY TASK!! He was very adamant about getting his bottle. We went through so many temper tantrums that it wasn't even funny!! Finally, I started buying different kind of cups. I found that my son liked the nuby's the best. They are shaped like a sippy cup, but don't have hard plastic to sip on, they are rubber like the nipple of a bottle. Try that! It may be that your daughter doesn't like the cup that you are trying to give her. I also got rid of all the bottles. (Out of sight, out of mind.) When my son asked for a bottle, I handed him a sippy cup. This will take time. They also make bottles that come with different nipples to help transition from bottle to cup. These are just a few suggestions. Feel free to email me at BECKYLAWRENCE05@YAHOO.COM with any more questions!!
2007-09-24 08:08:01
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answered by LT'SMOMMA 2
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Honestly, most kids will be fussy about this so you will have to just toss out all the bottles and let her get used to sippy cups and transition cups. She will probably decrease her fluids for a while because of this, but she is old enough to eat solid foods and not use a bottle. good luck cuz this is a hard one.
2007-09-24 07:27:49
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answered by Malina 7
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nicely till you pick thrush or bottle rot provide up letting the baby have a bottle in mattress! and brush her gums with somewhat one toothbrush and toddler toothpaste... i will't stress sufficient how undesirable it incredibly is on your toddler, and that i'm hoping she does no longer have a pacifier the different time than after a bottle and for a max of quarter-hour, considering that's what they're for... just to be informative... occurring... in basic terms introduce the sippy cup for the duration of her superb hours of the day, don't get mad she would be in a position to drop, throw, and hit it... she would be in a position to make it drip (i pick to advise the rubber real sippies at walmart... the real it like a sippy yet has that versatile rubber like a bottle much less confusing to transition)... do no longer stress it in the start, yet whilst she gets a cope with on it throw the bottles and don't seem back... have confidence me it works additionally pick which one you pick to alter, attempt watered down juice interior the sippy cup or formulation (do no longer attempt too lots too quickly or that's going to crush her... so something candy is inticing or something comforting like formulation... no massive deal if she has it exceeded a million 12 months... it won't harm her.. yet a baba is somewhat under her point and you pick her recommendations to advance no longer halt and have a sluggish time adjusting to new issues... so i could say shop formulation and attempt sippy then after a pair weeks take the formulation slowly from her eating habitual... attempt one meal to no longer have it an afternoon for some days, then another meal, and then a million time an afternoon and then none (over 2 weeks nonetheless) in case you haven't any longer given her solids then that's lots too late you may desire to permit her bulk up some and experience existence and flavor... ______________________________________...
2016-10-09 18:38:00
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answered by miceli 4
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ok keep water in the bottle and put the god stuff in the sippy cup and slowly start 2 make the bottle go away it works belive it does its magic
2007-09-24 07:28:46
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answered by Anonymous
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it really sucked, but we just took them away. eventually she will be thirsty enough and drink out of the cup. i kept caving and giving her the bottle and my husband and i talked about it and if they know you will cave and give the bottle they will wait for it. we jsut threw them all out and kept offering her the cup and by the end of the day she drank out if it and didn't ask for the bottle anymore. good luck!
2007-09-24 08:24:25
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answered by Carrie H 5
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why does everyone make things like this so difficult. DONT GIVE HER BOTTLES ANYMORE. she wont starve/dehydrate her self. give her an option for liquid ( cups, sippy cup, juice box, ect...) if she doesn't want it TOUGH CRAP! when she is thirsty enough she will use what ever you provided her. she is fricken 3 y/o! tell her NO MORE
2007-09-24 08:39:16
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answered by Lew A 3
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