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KGF625
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Taking away the bottle, so scared!
KGF625
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First time mom here, and my doctor told me that I should make it my goal to get my son off of the bottle by 15 months. I am so worried about how this is going to go so any advice would be GREAT! Being a first time mom, I made the mistake of getting him used to having a bottle before sleeping so now he really doesn't fall asleep without a bottle as of now. That being said, we are only down to three bottles a day, but all of them are associated with sleep! I know, this was a horrible thing to do, but hopefully I learn for the next time! Anyone else do this and come up with a magical way to transition away from the bottle smoothly?
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Re: Taking away the bottle, so scared!
This, I didn't take away my DS #1's bottle until 18 months and he doesn't have anything wrong with him. He also never took a binky. I plan on letting my LO take the bottle until 18 months and taking it cold turkey like I did the first time. After the first day he never even missed it.
Have you tried just switching cold turkey and putting milk in a sippy instead?
Why can't he have milk in a sippy before bed?
Honestly, I just packed all the bottles away one day and all milk went in a sippy. The first 2 days sucked, I am not going to lie. He cried a lot, he didn't sleep much, and he was crabby. But he got over it. Now he is fine, and goes to bed just fine. He has a sippy of milk that has been warmed a little bit so it isn't ice cold and goes to bed.
Give it a shot, you may be surprised.
Or, if the idea of cold turkey doesn't sound right for you guys, just drop one bottle at a time and replace it with a sippy of milk or a snack. I have heard the afternoon bottle is the best one to do first, then then the morning, then the night one.
Good luck!
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I started offering him a sippy cup throughout the day. He loves cold water & fruit juices (homemade) so that's what I put in the sippy cup. Once he was comfortable with that I started giving him milk in the sippy cup. It didn't take a long time to transition once he started drinking from the sippy cup. Now finding a sippy cup he liked took months (Soothie from The First Years). I had him off of bottles by 12 months but I started offering a sippy cup at 6 months.
I would just start offering a sippy once a day and see how it goes. You might have to buy a few different types to see which kind your lo will like.
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If we did it, YOU can do it! Seriously. We were in the exact same boat. DS went to bed with a bottle of milk every night. I was terrified to wean.
We finally did it at 18 months [a little later than I would have liked but DD arrived].
The first night I put him down with a sippy of milk. He chucked it at me before I even left the room, but I kept walking.
The next night I did the same thing except gave him a sippy of water. It worked. & there was no looking back.
Good luck!