18 months and refuses to give up the bottle!

NFL_Wife · January 2010

DS has been so good with everything else- gave up the paci around 7/8 months, is now starting to tell me when he needs to use the potty, etc. But he is still getting 2 bottles of milk a day (one at naptime at daycare, one at bedtime at home) and he refuses to give it up!

He does really great with cups- with a straw, or with no lid at all. Never really cared for a sippy, so we never pushed the issue. He'll take milk from a cup no problem, but as soon as he's tired he asks for his bottle. It's like it is his relaxation time before he sleeps... I have no idea how to take it away! Help?

smiling76 · January 2010

DS is the same way. He will take water from a sippy--but he loves LOVES his bottle. Drinks from it all day and especially for naps. However, he's in daycare 2 days a week and they just transitioned him to a new room where only sippies are--and they CLAIM he's drinking milk from it. But when I've tried it at home he won't.

I don't want to force him, but I'm worried that he's really NOT drinking enough while at daycare.

Fordlor · January 2010

What's the problem? If he isn't ready then he isn't ready.

If you are that concerned about it, get rid of it cold turkey. Yes, the first few days will suck but he'll get used to not having the bottle.

NFL_Wife · January 2010

smiling76:

DS is the same way. He will take water from a sippy--but he loves LOVES his bottle. Drinks from it all day and especially for naps. However, he's in daycare 2 days a week and they just transitioned him to a new room where only sippies are--and they CLAIM he's drinking milk from it. But when I've tried it at home he won't.

I don't want to force him, but I'm worried that he's really NOT drinking enough while at daycare.

So just curious- will you force him to give it up, or give him a few more months and see what happens? I really wanted DS to be off the bottles by the time DD gets here, but that is only 3 months away and it's not looking good...

SBMBride406 · January 2010

My boy is the same...he loves his morning and night bottle. I'm not stressing about it yet.

Erin&Ryan · January 2010

Then don't force the issue! Give it a month or two and try again - it sounds like he just isn't ready.

momtoRaegan041008 · January 2010

We were in your same position 2 months ago. We were still giving a nighttime bottle. We went on vacation in Disney and that week we decided to give up the bottle. We didn't offer it at night. When we came home she did ask for it, but we just told her she was a big girl and didn't need it anymore. We've had luck with doing things when we are not home, better than when we are home. I feel like if she is at home she is in a comfortable environment and knows the routine. When we are gone, she goes with the flow more. Now, the pacifier is a whole other story, we're still working on this.

Cec07 · January 2010

I wouldn't worry about it. He'll probably grow out of it. My ds LOVED his bottles and would refuse milk from a sippy. I just kept offering and one day he took it. We've been off bottles ever since. If you really want him off the bottles, you could always cut him cold turkey.

missfire · January 2010

With DS, we're going to stop the naptime bottle when he mvoes to the next class at daycare. He tends to do pretty well quitting things cold turkey when there's another transition happening at the same time (Plus, he won't be watching the other kids with their bottles as much as he does now. Right now he's begging me for a "baboo" all day long, I think because there's a girl who recently joined his class who drinks 4 bottles a day still.)

For nighttime, we're hopefully going to tie it into getting him to finally sleep in his own room instead of ours.

smiling76 · January 2010

NFL_Wife:
smiling76:

DS is the same way. He will take water from a sippy--but he loves LOVES his bottle. Drinks from it all day and especially for naps. However, he's in daycare 2 days a week and they just transitioned him to a new room where only sippies are--and they CLAIM he's drinking milk from it. But when I've tried it at home he won't.

I don't want to force him, but I'm worried that he's really NOT drinking enough while at daycare.

So just curious- will you force him to give it up, or give him a few more months and see what happens? I really wanted DS to be off the bottles by the time DD gets here, but that is only 3 months away and it's not looking good...

I don't know what to do honestly. My DH wants us to do cold turkey and just force him--and he'll be thirsty if he doesn't drink his sippy. I know my son and it'll be all out screaming torture and honestly, I can't do that to him. I mean, it's MY fault--I should have began weaning from the bottle a long time ago but didn't. I keep thinking it'll take some time--but we'll see. I think I''ll wait another couple of weeks and see how it goes with him getting a sippy only at school--and maybe he'll realize it's not so bad?????

KatieandTommy · January 2010

Same thing here but I am just not pushing it. He does not love or ask for a bottle anytime but at night but he refuses!! to drink milk from a cup. I am going to go cold turkey at 2ish if it doesn't happen before then. He is small for his age so I want to get some milk still. I think it is normal and the cutoff at 1 year thing is not for every baby. I wouldn't worry too much:)

punkfiction_v.3 · January 2010

whats the big freaking deal? so he drinks out of many times of cups - one includes a bottle.

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