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The 12 month old REALLY wants the newborns bottles, any tips?
We gave up bottles at a year, which was 10 days before the new baby was born. You could tell that she really still wanted the bottle. She does get a bottle right before bedtime
Well, here comes Elsie - who is bottle fed. Cora throws a fit every time she sees a bottle. Tries to grab it, cries, etc.
I have tried to give her a cup, tried to distract her, etc. She basically is so upset until I put the bottle away.
Any tips? She is only 12.5 months old - so I don't htink it is a huge deal that she still gets the bedtime bottle. Plus, she drinks the majority of her milk with this bottle.
We obviously are not going to give the bottles back.
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Re: The 12 month old REALLY wants the newborns bottles, any tips?
DS1 still had a nighttime bottle when DS2 was born (he was15 mos at the time). I was BF so I didn't think there would be a problem...until we actualy started bottle feeding also. What I ended up doing was making a game out of it and prepping in advance.
Once, in between feedings, I showed him the big bottle (his) and the little bottle (his brother's). I tried to explain "This is N's bottle. This is C's bottle." If I had to feed the baby with a bottle I would make sure the big bottle had something fun in it like dried beans, rice, whatever objects were handy, etc (I put the lid on, of course). I would say "OK, bottle time!" give him his bottle first, and then start feeding baby.
He would have fun shaking it around to make noise, looking through it, or trying to put stuff in/take stuff out. If he ever stopped and got upset that he wasn't getting milk, I would just redirect him back to the fun of his own bottle. After a few times things were fine. Now he tries to give the baby milk out of his own sippie! :-)
Good luck!
DD is having trouble wanting to actually DRINK from a sippy (she does fine with it, but only wants to sip at it), so we've been continuing giving her a morning bottle and evening bottle. I think at this age, it doesn't need to be pushed.
I figured DD had so much changing when she hit 12 months (DS was born 4 days before her birthday) that she has plenty of time to figure out the sippy. She doesn't necessarily want DS's bottle, but she was having trouble adjusting to the sippy, so we aren't pushing it for now.
The girl I nannied several years ago didn't switch to sippies full time until she was nearly two. While I think that's a little late, it won't be the end of the world if DD has bottles until 15-18 months.
Lincoln still gets his bottle so this is not an issue here, but Nolan is now asking for one. It makes DH NUTS when he does this, but in the evening, I will give Nolan a bottle of milk, or water if he asks. What harm can come from this that I am not willing to live with? None IMO!
The age gap (or lack thereof) that you have going on is tough, and you are going to be a happier family if you pick important battles to fight! Give her the bottle if she complains. You are not "giving" in, you are just using your strength on a fight worth fighting!
I planned on taking DD's bottle way at 12 months, but I reconsidered this and figured she would be jealous and take her baby brothers bottle. She will be a little over 12 months when he arrives and there is no way I am taking her bottle. It is a since of security for her and there will be a better time to do this for us. I don't have any intentions of keeping her on it much longer but for now it will not hurt her.
I would have to say.. give the bottle back!