she is 11 months and i am starting alittle late on weaning her but i am 16 and didnt know when to start weaning her i started today and she wont take a sippy cup and she doesnt want a binki.can someone help me please
2007-10-09 07:59:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Make sure you just give her the sippy cup. Don't give in and give her a bottle. She will eventually get the hint that she can't have the bottle anymore. You need to talk to her and tell her that she is a big girl now, and that the bottle is for babys, and that she is not a baby anymore. Make her feel like a big kid, and tell her she is a big girl for drinking out of the cup. I hope this helps, and good luck.
2007-10-09 08:05:21 · answer #1 · answered by smilest_16_2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
11 months isnt old to take the bottle, but if it is a major thing for you and you definitely want her off, then try just giving her a bottle before bed, (not in her crib) and that is it, that way you know she is getting some milk but stick with the sippy cups through the day. Also, you may have to try a few different brands to find one she likes. my daughter was 15 months, we ended up having to make chocolate milk in the sippy cups and now that is what she drinks.
2007-10-09 08:07:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't start weaning until 12 months. Did your doc tell you to start weaning this soon? Babies need their formula or breast milk until 12 months. Anyhow... what I did when I was weaning I just put water in the bottle. The bottle isn't so much the problem, it is bottle rot from the milk sitting on their teeth (especially at night) so I would give my son water in a bottle and he would go right to sleep. It's worth a shot, I hope I helped some! Good luck, I know it's hard listening to them cry!
2007-10-09 08:04:59 · answer #3 · answered by Christine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to be strong & just give her the bottle at bed time & nap time. Any other time only offer her a sippy cup. You don't need to completely wean her off the bottle until she is a year old. She is going to be fussy so do it gradually.
2007-10-09 08:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by 2020 A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which bottle time are you trying the sippy cup with first? I would recommend a walk around sippy cup for 2 weeks. Letting her get used to receiving juice and milk from this type of container.
I wouldn't' start with a bedtime cup. That bottle is more about comfort than about the apparatus that she drinks out of.
I would re-ask this question with more details:
which bottle are you trying to sub with a cup?
What is inside the cup? formula? Milk? Breast milk?
What is her normal routine at bedtime?
2007-10-09 08:04:57 · answer #5 · answered by Katie C 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is there a reason why she has to be cut off so soon?? well my daughter how we weaned her off (she just turned two and was cut off the bottle just before her 2nd birthday), we started giving her sippy cups during the day and a bottle at nap and bedtime, do you put milk in her bottle when she goes to sleep? If you do we started putting water in her bottle during nap and at bed time and she totally didn't like that and kept throwing a fit and throw the bottle out of the crib, so we would go back in the room put the bottle back in with her and walk out, after a few times we would just quit going back in the room after she threw the bottle out and let her cry herself to sleep, takes a lot of patience but worth it in the end. Through out the day just keep offering your baby sippy cups (maybe try a different sippy cup with a different spout maybe a nuby sippy cup it has a soft spout like a nipple I bought mine at wal-mart?)or regular cups during the day. What I also did was only offered her water in a bottle and nothing else during the day so when she cried for her bottle all she got was water and realized that if she wanted milk or juice she would only get it out of a sippy cup or regular cup, that helped with switching her over, it took awhile of her whining for her to realize she isn't going to get anything but water in her bottle and she had no choice but to have milk or juice out of a cup. She has been off her bottle for two weeks now, but she still cries every once and awhile at bed time, but we don't give into her, cause once you give in you have to start all over again, I learnt this with my first daughter, so don't give in. We went through a lot of crying but that eventually stops. My 2 year old cries at bedtime, we put her in the crib at bedtime with no bottle now and let her cry it out, she cries for at least a few minutes but crashes right out after that then she is out for the night...... Good luck it requires a lot of patience but hang in there, it gets easier.
2007-10-09 10:13:38 · answer #6 · answered by shady20001978 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You divert her with other activities, set up a regular time when she does get her bottle (unless you're taking it away completely) and only give it to her at those times.
Part of being mom is knowing youre doing whats best, and putting up with the crying. Babies cry and complain, its what they do. You dont HAVE to do anything about it, so long as you know she's okay.
2007-10-09 08:03:20 · answer #7 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't take it away all at once, give her one at bedtime and one when she wakes up. Slowly start to wean her off of that routine as well. I am sure you will do fine, she just has to get used to it.
2007-10-09 08:02:38 · answer #8 · answered by ☆ღWifey Wifeyღ☆ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whatever you do don't give her a binky!! Then you will have to ween her off that!! Try making it fun be silly you drink out of one!! It is hard too ween off a bottle for some kids you just have to keep at it!!
2007-10-09 08:03:57 · answer #9 · answered by Wendy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing bad is going to happen if she has a bottle for a bit longer.
2007-10-09 08:02:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋