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Update to take away the bottle day! LOL.

dairygirl19dairygirl19 member
in July 2011 Moms

We're actually not doing too shabby considering how addicted Rubes is to the bottle.

I started July 1 by taking away her morning bottle. She cried a good four days at nap for it..but I stayed strong and said I'd only give it back after 15 minutes. I never had to...she was always over it by minute 13ish. ;)

When the 5th day rolled around, no tears! On the 6th day I took away her afternoon bottle and it was like a switch clicked. We only had one day of tears.

Tonight I decided it was time to take away her bedtime bottle as well. She's in there now, sippy cup gone, talking to herself. We'll see how long that lasts and if she falls asleep. If she's screaming in 15 minutes, she can have the bottle. Nighttime is where her strongest sleep association is with the bottle, so I'm not going to push it. Night-time bottles won't bother for me a long time yet if it doesn't work, and we all need our rest!

She wakes up once overnight a couple times a week, I haven't decided what I'm going to do there yet. That's next week's battle.

I will say, slow and steady was definitely the way for us to go!

I also have to say, I really don't see what the excitement about taking the bottle away is....lol. It means my baby is a big girl. :( That and all we did is trade a bottle for a sippy..which TBH is the same damn difference at the end of the day...lol. ;) Esp. since she only likes the straw kind.

 

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  • BlueBird72011BlueBird72011
    I am slowly working my way to the no bottle zone. So when you give her a sippy with milk does she drink it all at once or sorta graze? My DD loves her sippy BUT with water only. She is not such a fan yet of it having any sort of milk in it. I am thinking I might just have to do what you did and take it away and be done. Glad things are moving in the right direction...I am not so sure my DD isn't going to go to college without a bottle, purees and still crawling!! :) 
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  • dairygirl19dairygirl19 member

    imageBlueBird72011:
    I am slowly working my way to the no bottle zone. So when you give her a sippy with milk does she drink it all at once or sorta graze? My DD loves her sippy BUT with water only. She is not such a fan yet of it having any sort of milk in it. I am thinking I might just have to do what you did and take it away and be done. Glad things are moving in the right direction...I am not so sure my DD isn't going to go to college without a bottle, purees and still crawling!! :) 

    If there is milk in her sippy she will drink it gone, no problem. It's her association with crib or highchair depending on the time of the day. She practically chugs it then throws it to the floor when it's done..lol. She did that with her bottles. That was pure luck TBH, she's always been that way, I did nothing to help that.

    If there's water in it, she'll graze all day. But I also make it a point to give her a water sippy throughout the day too/set on the floor as she plays etc. I'm a huge sipper and I think she is too.

    I swear the kid drinks her weight in liquids everyday anyways, so on the rare chance she doesn't finish a milk bottle I don't get too worked.

    As for the rest, just remember babies do it all eventuall on their own schedule. :)

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  • sharonstevens85sharonstevens85 member
    Awesome job!!!! For me the no more bottles is exciting because I no longer have to take a thermos of hot water, cooler bag and a container with me everywhere to warm his bottles and keep the formula cold. I can use my purse as a diaper bag. HaHaha ;) it does make me sad that my baby is getting bigger though :(
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  • MOONGIRL2467MOONGIRL2467 member

    imagesharonstevens85:
    Awesome job!!!! For me the no more bottles is exciting because I no longer have to take a thermos of hot water, cooler bag and a container with me everywhere to warm his bottles and keep the formula cold. I can use my purse as a diaper bag. HaHaha ;) it does make me sad that my baby is getting bigger though :(

    Great job on the transition! I was lucky and H had no tears leaving the bottle, I just didn't give it to her one day and voila! And like sharon- the only reason I am a little excited is because I don't have to lug two/three bottles and powder :/ but sad because she doesn't cuddle for milk! :(

    But I do agree- at the end of the day the sippy and bottle do the same thing. She's been bottle less for almost two weeks, and during night time I was putting water in her sippy..last night we did without it since its what the bottle did..and she didn't mind. We'll see how tonight goes.

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  • maiken1027maiken1027
    Good job. I packed up B's bottles last week. He's been doing great with just the sippy. He's become more like a little kid this past week. I'll make his breakfast and give him his milk. He takes a few sips, eats a few bites and repeats. He also eats off of a plate.  It's crazy how fast they grow up!
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  • dairygirl19dairygirl19 member

    imagesharonstevens85:
    Awesome job!!!! For me the no more bottles is exciting because I no longer have to take a thermos of hot water, cooler bag and a container with me everywhere to warm his bottles and keep the formula cold. I can use my purse as a diaper bag. HaHaha ;) it does make me sad that my baby is getting bigger though :(

    This is true. I never thought about that. I guess I've always been lucky. Rubes likes her bottles room temp. So it was just always a matter of taking a bottle with some formula in the bottom and adding water.

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  • sharonstevens85sharonstevens85 member
    imagedairygirl19:

    imagesharonstevens85:
    Awesome job!!!! For me the no more bottles is exciting because I no longer have to take a thermos of hot water, cooler bag and a container with me everywhere to warm his bottles and keep the formula cold. I can use my purse as a diaper bag. HaHaha ;) it does make me sad that my baby is getting bigger though :(

    This is true. I never thought about that. I guess I've always been lucky. Rubes likes her bottles room temp. So it was just always a matter of taking a bottle with some formula in the bottom and adding water.

     I wish Dylan liked his bottles room temp. I did have our little system down to a tee though ;) 

     

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