We are trying to break the night bottle right now. Is this a bad idea? I can see it being one down the road.
So....yay? or nay? If he wakes up and wants the bottle, should I give him a sippy of water/milk and let him have it in the crib?
I feel like this has been the biggest debate of the entire day. LOL
Re: Do you give your LO a sippy in the crib?
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Yes, and it actually worked. Some mornings her sippy will be empty, and some mornings it will be half-full of water but that was what finally got her to STTN. I'd say it's worth a shot.
ETA: We just put it in her crib when she goes down for the night.
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I've kept a sippy of water within DD's reach pretty much since she weaned from night feedings. I would rest it on the crib rail (ours is wide enough to do that) instead of putting it in the crib.
She wakes up very thirsty in the night. We live at a fairly high altitude and I keep a glass of water on my nightstand b/c I wake up thirsty, too.
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I would avoid the milk for sure. Our pedi told us some water during the night was fine as a way to transition off his middle of the night feeding. We ended just cutting it all out cold turkey and he did fine after 2 nights.
We dealt with that too!
I finally got rid of the bottle a couple weeks ago. I would try water and see if that works.
This. We figure it will have to break this habit when we night time potty train, but we'll worry about that later...
Should you break him from the bottle now? IMO, yes.
Should you give a sippy of water/milk in the crib? IMO, no.
Joseph takes his straw sippy to bed. He doesn't have anything like milk or juice that will sit on his teeth, and in general, he just likes to have it nearby. We also take it and refill it with more water and put it back after he's asleep so that he can have a drink if he wakes up. If he wakes up enough to cry for us to get it for him, he doesn't go back to sleep. If he just reaches out, gets it and has a drink, he'll drop it and passout again.