Need Advice: Weaning from Bottles to Sippies

dandlelyon

Hello Ladies.

So, I feel that I am a little behind because I am still allowing the girls to take bottles with WCM before each other thier two naps and before bed.  They don't always drink all of it, but general drink most.  I was going to switch to sippies of milk before bed and then work on getting rid of those.  I especially want to make the switch before our next LO comes in Dec.

Is the best method to put away all bottles one night and just offer sippies? Or would it be best to switch the naps and then the bedtime bottle?  We just have the hard top sippies, should I buy a few soft sippies that are similar to bottles for the switch?  In general the girls are pretty laid back about changed (one more so than the other), but they seem to truly enjoy their bedtime bottle.

I guess I should also mention that they are still needing both naps and I don't see that changing for the next 2-3 months.

Any advice and or experiences you have would be greatly appreciated.

 

butterfly62682

When I switched from bottle to sippy I just did it one day. It was easier for us. Avery will only take milk in a soft spout but will drink anything else out of hard spouts.

milesc

I did it cold turkey as well. She didn't eat quite as much as she normally would for the first day or two, but by the 3rd- it was no big deal. We just use the straw sippy cups, soft spout sippys & nipples are too much alike I personally think

dandlelyon

butterfly62682:

When I switched from bottle to sippy I just did it one day. It was easier for us. Avery will only take milk in a soft spout but will drink anything else out of hard spouts.

 Great info.  Thanks!!!

dandlelyon

milesc:

I did it cold turkey as well. She didn't eat quite as much as she normally would for the first day or two, but by the 3rd- it was no big deal. We just use the straw sippy cups, soft spout sippys & nipples are too much alike I personally think

I was thinking of buying a special cup (straw or soft spout) that is for naps and bed time.  Is that sort of what you did?  Or do you only use straw sippies?

lovebugkim

I just have to ask... Why have we never seen your cuties?!? Being a MoM I love seeing other multiples!!

As for your question, we JUST got rid of the bottles about a week & a half ago. I weened them by dropping one bottle at a time. They were on 4 bottles a day so we dropped the 2 afternoon feedings 1st a few days apart. At first they were not very happy & would throw their cups on the floor & then throw a fit, but eventually they would go back to them & drink their milk. The next one we dropped was the morning bottle. One day I just gave them a sippy & there was very little fuss.  So a few days later we ended up finally dropping the before bedtime bottle & now we a bottle free!!

It's sad because that's just one more thing that tells you they are no longer babies, but it's a good thing too. GL!!