Paci & Bottle help!

arilevine

I'm in desperate need of help! My 15 month old drinks milk in a bottle twice a day ( morning & night) and refuses to drink it in a sippy cup although she drinks water in the sippy cup all day long. She also uses a paci at naps & nighttime- we saw the dr today for a checkup & she was very adamant that we get rid of both. Her two front teeth are pushing forward and she said that the paci is causing that & it will continue to get worse. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

orangecrush32

No advice on the pacifier because DD pretty much constantly has one, but for the sippy cup we just completely took away bottles. Didn't give her the option of anything but a sippy. The first two days were pretty much awful at bedtime. She was screaming and refusing to take the sippy, but by the third night she took the sippy without complaint.

Maybe try milk in her sippy during the day? Or try a different sippy cup. We went through 6different ones before we found one that worked well for DD.

arilevine

I definitely appreciate any and all advice- I just don't get why people have to be rude theresat858. It might not be hard for you but it is for us so I would rather hear nothing than snotty comments.

kjsmith9

Have you tried straw cups? If they're already worried about the alignment of her teeth, sippy cups should probably be skipped too.

We're in the process of getting rid of the paci (DD is 13 months). She hasn't had it at nap time for a week - DH says she has cried a bit but overall has done well. We're going to stop giving it to her at night cold turkey next week - I'm currently in the middle of working 9 days in a row and I didn't want to die lol I think if you can do cold turkey on things like this, it's best... A few days are awful but babies forget quickly!

emberlee3

I agree with PP that cold turkey is best.  Do it on a Friday night.  By Monday, she will likely be over it.  Don't worry about drinking milk.  DD drinks only water, and she is fine.  She has a sippy of water at bedtime and loves it even more than her bottle.  But maybe take your LO to a dentist to find out what's going on?  She seems so young for this to be causing a problem. 

kerbear135

I agree with PP...try a straw cup. DD likes them better than sippy cups, and maybe since it's a new cup, she'll take milk from it. For the paci, like PPs have said, I think you're just going to have to try cold turkey. I might do one and then the other- doing both at the same time might be too big of a change and make both transitions go poorly.

SunshineShades

My DD threw tantrums over all sippy cups if they had milk in them.
I found the Nuk Learner cup and now she loves it. She would rather drink from it then her bottle.
I found giving it to her in her high chair at meal times helped to start. Now she will drink from it anywhere.

BLPL101

My pedi was much more concerned about the bottle than the paci so I'd get rid of that first. I put milk in the sippy and she was fine so I just stopped offering bottles. She didn't seem to notice. My DD takes a paci for naps and sleep too so I'm interested in what others have to say! I'm kinda terrified because she NEEDS it to sleep.

arilevine

Thanks so much! I am going today to get some sippy cups with straws to try out. She did a little better with the cup this morning so I am hopeful! The paci is definatley going to be more of a challenge!

ashiscute

I'd get straw cups with a handle so she can easily hold it herself.  I'd probably also go cold turkey with the bottles.  She may surprise you and take to it quickly!  

Neither of my kids did a paci but if she only has it at bedtime and naptime right now I probably wouldn't sweat it.  Do the bottles now and then set a goal of 18 months for the paci.  Good luck!

zbeesma86

We stopped cold turkey with the bottle- around 11.5 months-- instead of handing her a bottle I handed her a sippy and we stuck with it.

The pacifier is still in the works. It is hard. DD only uses the pacifier at naps and bedtime. She never has it during the day so we are slowing but surely working on it. The pediatrician said to try taking it at naps then move to bedtime. The first day we tried she cried and cried and I caved I may just wait until she's a little older and understands no more pacifier.  I guess I should start saving for braces

arilevine

theresat858 said:

Nicb13 said:

arilevine said:

I definitely appreciate any and all advice- I just don't get why people have to be rude theresat858. It might not be hard for you but it is for us so I would rather hear nothing than snotty comments.

That's kind of how she rolls.

But seriously, just stop the bottle cold turkey. Your LO will be fine Once she realizes you won't give it to her, she will most likely defer to a sippy. I stressed over this as well but it was much easier than I thought it would be. Being consistent makes things much easier. GL.

Yup. I prefer to be straightforward. Particularly when there is a post about the same issue with 20+ replies not too far down the page.

Then my suggestion would be to not respond at all- nobody's interested in what you have to say.

janinekrause

You can do what the above posters suggested, but I would also not stress about it and worry about doing it overnight. Some pediatricians in my opinion make the biggest deal about it. My pediatrician was low key about it, and her teeth were getting like that. I waited till she was 2 for bottles and 2 1/2 for the paci. She is 5 and her teeth are perfect.

Do one thing at a time, try different sippys, drop one bottle, etc.

I also don't get the adamant about dropping bottles if the paci is apparently causing the problem. It is up to you to decide- but I could care less if my pediatrician said to get rid of a bottle she liked. I don't get the whole rush but that's me. Mine was so attached to the bottle- I wasn't get of rid of it before she was a little more ready.

Jenelle101

janinekrause said:

You can do what the above posters suggested, but I would also not stress about it and worry about doing it overnight. Some pediatricians in my opinion make the biggest deal about it. My pediatrician was low key about it, and her teeth were getting like that. I waited till she was 2 for bottles and 2 1/2 for the paci. She is 5 and her teeth are perfect.

Do one thing at a time, try different sippys, drop one bottle, etc.

I also don't get the adamant about dropping bottles if the paci is apparently causing the problem. It is up to you to decide- but I could care less if my pediatrician said to get rid of a bottle she liked. I don't get the whole rush but that's me. Mine was so attached to the bottle- I wasn't get of rid of it before she was a little more ready.

I agree with all of this. My DD was addicted to her plug. I mean ADDICTED. We didn't get rid of it until she was 2.5. I was also concerned about her teeth because I noticed they were sticking out a little. We took her to the dentist for the first time when she was a little over 3, and the doctor guessed she never had a pacifier..that's how straight her teeth were. The dentist said that teeth can move back into place after being moved forward from a pacifier. I really wouldn't worry about it so much. My son is 15 months now and is still on the bottle. I give him a sippy cup with milk every day just to get him familiar with drinking milk out of one (he takes water in one just fine). He takes sips out of it, but starts throwing it and screaming for his bottle. We took bottles away for 2 days and it was a nightmare. I'm not forcing it right now, and I'm really not worried about it either. My advice to you is to just keep introducing milk in a sippy cup. Some people to say take bottles away completely. Good luck!

EDIT: I forgot to mention that my son still uses a pacifier for nap and bedtime. I'm definitely not getting rid of that for a few more months. I'll probably try to take it away at 2 if he hasn't weaned himself already.

arilevine

We are actually doing really well with the sippy cup- I've decided not to stress about the paci & just let it run it's course. I appreciate all of the awesome advice!