Advice Help Bottles

krisstyk1224

I need advice and help we are one week into two under 2. DS1 is 1 year exactly and Dd2 is one week! I haven't started getting ds1 off bottles he has 2 a day nighttime and nap bottle and takes water from dippy during meals. I am also guilty of putting him to sleep with bottle in crib- I know this is awful ,

 

How do get DS off the bottle when DD takes the same ones?

 He currently will walk up to her while I'm feeding her and pull the bottle out of her mouth. 

 

Thank you! 

LDQAM516

Time to introduce the sippy cup.  

kagl08

Have you made the transition to WCM? If you haven't introduced milk yet, I'd suggest making the transition with sippy cups and not allowing WCM in the bottle. If you have already transitioned to WCM, then I'd suggest cold turkey or slowly taking away 1 bottle at a time and replacing it with a sippy cup. 

As for the bottle in the crib with him, I'd offer a water cup instead. It may be time to revamp your bedtime routine if he's used to falling asleep with the bottle in his crib. Maybe allow him to have his sippy (or bottle) before bed while you read to him in his rocking chair, then put him in his crib without his bottle.  

MammaBear81

LDQAM516:

Time to introduce the sippy cup.  

This- give him sippys, and don't let him take the bottle away from the LO... he will probably have a few epic meltdowns and then get over it.  We still do a sippy before bed, but we always brush teeth after and then put down to bed, it's not good to let milk sit on their teeth all night.  GL

smerka

We want cold turkey with the bottles when my older son turned one.  My younger son started with the smaller sized bottles so it wasn't a big deal.  

orangecurls

So I didn't have this exact challenge, but if I were you, I would just continue to give LO 1 bottles. Revisit this issue again at 15 or 18 months. My oldest had bottles until he was 17 or 18 months. I slowly replaced his bottles, one a week,with sippy cups at 16 months.

I would really start encouraging sippy cups, give watered down juice, iced water, milk, whatever. Also, I would change his bedtime routine. Bottle before brushing teeth, if absolutely necessary a sippy or bottle of water at bed.