He bascally has it mainly at night but for the most part it can be a all day thing. whenever i say no to the bottle he just cries and cries... I have been told to just let him cry and he well get over it, But i was wondering if there is any other way to make this work so i dont have to hear him cry
2007-11-26 09:27:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I took my daughter off the bottle shortly after a year. The first few attempts were failed, she cried and won. So when I finally made up my mind that she was going to be finished with bottles I just threw every bottle in my house, car and her room out. She still cried for it, but since there were no bottle to give her it was no option for her to win. After a week she gave up and moved on to the sippy cup completely. (even after the week of crying for it she survived and has no memory of it now) Good Luck
2007-11-26 11:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by BugsNSofie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Give it to him empty or fill it with water or cut the tip off of the nipple, just a little bit, any change in the bottle might be enough for him to become uninterested. OR you could get him some really cool sippy cups that he picks out and let him throw all his bottles in the garbage and remind him that he threw them away and "big boys" don't use bottles they use sippy cups. He will be resistant and might not want the cup, but eventually he will. My son was like that, but I took it away at 20 months and now he is just fine. It's not good for their teeth, just keep the dental bill in mind during his tantrums. Good Luck!
2007-11-26 17:40:16 · answer #2 · answered by fiona t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i feel for you, my almost 2 year old drinks everything from a sippy cup, but her milk has to be warm and in a bottle. I dont want to take it away, because i hear of kids not drinking milk anymore once you force the bottle away. I'd rather her have her milk how she wants it, than not drink milk at all.
Although i guess the longer it goes the more concerned i may get.
When im ready to offically get her off, i'm going to just not give it to her anymore, i mean.. really theres no magic way...its hard. good luck, let me know what works for you!
2007-11-26 17:36:57 · answer #3 · answered by SueWithTwo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take him around older kids that use sippy cups. That will make him want to use a sippy cup so he can be like the older kids or tell him his favorite cartoon character uses sippy cups because they are sooo cool. Hope that helps.
2007-11-26 17:36:16 · answer #4 · answered by Eva L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a war of wills. He is winning. You have to be prepared to ignore crying for several hours in order to win this battle. After it's won, you won't have to do it again.
suggestion: water only in bottle. Good yummy stuff like juice in sippy cup. Also, hide all bottles where he can't see them and tell him they went bye-bye because he's a big boy now.
2007-11-26 17:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by suzanne g 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, he is three years old, there is no reason for him to still have a bottle, and he is old enough to understand why he can no longer have one. Just throw them away and let him cry.
2007-11-26 20:57:41 · answer #6 · answered by sarah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should of already took the bottle away that was your mestake its hard to take a kid off the bottle when you given them to wen there older??
but just try to keep giving sippy cups
2007-11-26 21:01:43 · answer #7 · answered by One Lov3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't sweat it. Left alone, I promise he'll be off the bottle by the time he hits high school.
2007-11-26 17:31:58 · answer #8 · answered by TimWarneka 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
give him a sippy cup to replace the bottle
2007-11-26 17:32:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
just throw it away and be done with it your the frigging parent act like it hes controlling you end it now
2007-11-26 17:37:15 · answer #10 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋