Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Weaning DD from bottle
My DD is a year old and it is time to wean her off of the bottle. I know I should just go cold turkey. How did you guys do it and what was your experience? My DD loves her bottle before her nap and before she goes to bed. I am praying she won't fight me now for nap time and bed time. How long did it take for your LO's to forget the bottle and change there nap and bed time routine. I am playing on starting by at least Thursday.
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Re: Weaning DD from bottle
It took me a week.
I switched out one bottle for one sippy every 2 days. She was only getting 3 bottles as it was. The first day she freaked out. The second day, didn't care a bit. GL!
It took us 2 months, but that's because I just took them one at a time when I felt she was ready. She was a pro at the sippy by then, too. First to go was her pre-nap bottle. She never needed it to fall asleep, and the day of her birthday party she was so worn out when we got home that she went straight to a nap, no bottle. After that we figured she didn't need it and started offering her a snack and sippy instead.
About 3 weeks later I just didn't offer a morning bottle - offered a sippy and breakfast instead. She was a little annoyed, but went with it and that was that. Three-ish weeks after that we offered her sippy before bed instead of a bottle. She was angry that night and the next, but after two days she was fine.
DD1 Feb 2010
DD2 Sept 2011
Same. I did it just before 10 months.
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