When to take away the bottle?!?! da na na.....

BinksMomma3016

So I have a 14 month old son who has never used a binky but he DOES NEED a bottle for naps. He takes a nap in the morning and a nap in the afternoon and he cant fall asleep without his "Ba ba". At night he falls asleep without it fine. Anyway I was wondering what everyone thought about when its time to start getting him off the bottle. Its hard because I am expecting again and I know when he sees the new baby with HIS "ba ba" he is going to regress and get upset. Dont you think? Any advice? Thanks

Alexandra*sMom

Personally, I think if you eliminate it now (or in the next month), I do not think he will have issues with a baby having it in 4-5 months.  My DD does not have a desire to BF and we weened 3 mo ago.  It will be harder to eliminate the longer you keep it.  GL!

Nelliep32507

I just responded to a comment from oncloud999... where she's got a very good point. Everyone is in such a rush to move to the next step. If he's refusing the bottle then start weaning, but I think now, even in my own situation (#1 just turned one, #2 coming in then next month or so), I'm going to let her wean herself. I got lucky that she quit formula cold turkey... but she's about 50/50 on the bottle/sippy. we generally do a bottle in the am, and one at night and sippy's in between. I think she'll do what she's ready for in the next month- then we'll have #2. I don't think it'll be a problem with him and his bottle.

mishy611

I don't necessarily agree that it will be harder to get rid of it later.  DD was still very attached to her bottle at 14 months and would put up a fuss if her morning milk was not served in a bottle.  She drank milk/juice/water out of a cup at daycare, but still seemed to want that morning bottle.  We didn't stress about taking it away from her since she seemed to enjoy it so much still and our pedi said there was no rush or need to really take it away -- just the social stigma and obviously not allowing them to go to bed with a bottle for the tooth decay issue.  At 18 months, she gave it up quite easily.  We just started serving her milk in a straw cup, and she didn't reject it like she did 4 months earlier.  I think some toddlers just have a physiological need to suck from a bottle or nurse longer than others. 

JDB3358

DD started weaning herself around 13 months. She eventually got down to only her morning bottle, and then started refusing to drink her milk in the morning if it came out of a bottle.  She was completely off her bottles by 14.5 months.  I say give it some time and they will eventually wean themselves.

Mamita1028

Even though the Dr recommended us to remove the bottle once my son turned one I didn't feel he was ready so I waited.  Unfortunately I don't remember exactly when I took away the bottle for good but the way I did it was that I would give him his bottle an hour to a half hour b'fore bedtime.  Plus, I would also give him an ounce less each night.  He gradually got use to no longer having his bottle at bedtime. 

Good Luck! 

stacinsean

UGH, we're trying to switch from bottle to cup now. It's so hard. I feel like I should just do it but at the same time I don't know if he's ready. I feel like if I don't switch now I'm just holding off because it's easier to give him a bottle, but I'd love the simplicity of a cup. This sucks.