who is done with bottles?

bumpuser794640 · August 2014

Last night we dropped the last bottle (right before bed). He fussed minimally, and woke up a couple times, but I think that was mostly to do with teething and the resulting cough.

How's the transition for everyone else going?

Stacey099 · August 2014

No more bottles at nap time for us. We still have the one before bed and I think that will be a hard transition when I decide to stop it.

thegoodpotato · August 2014

We are on and off. They're not essential for bedtime as long as her tummy is full and she's tired.... But she doesn't drink as much out of as sippy cup at a time as she does out of a bottle, so she gets thirsty if she doesn't have at least one a day.

karen0477 · August 2014

We are done with them, but it's made naptime hell so far. But she has slept through the night every night since we stopped, so that's encouraging.

[Deleted User] · August 2014

We are not even close. It will be a couple of months before we try. She does not drink much out of her sippy cup. We are trying WCM this week.

MRads · August 2014

We've been done since Late May, but he's a June baby, and he needed to be bottle free for the one year old room.

LauraB1016 · August 2014

we are mostly done with bottles at nap time but still using at bed time.

grapeskittles4lyfe · August 2014

Encchanted said:

Still have a nap time and bed time bottle. I have yet to find a sippy or straw cup he will use consistently.

yup. she drinks water out of her camelbak at mealtimes. but I cannot imagine taking away her pre-sleep bottles.

Lelo2006 · August 2014

He still has one before bathtime because he drinks more out of it. I think we could replace it with a sippy cup at this point. Maybe we will try it tonight!

I think it's a developmental thing. At 11 months I don't know if he would have been ready to switch, but now he slurps down his sippies. My pedi told me at the one year to try to transition before around 15-18 months because they start getting very attached to bottles/pacis/etc at that point. So I made that my goal and it has been much easier than expected!

redhead610 · August 2014

Down to 1 right before bed. He didn't mind that I dropped it from 6 to 5 oz. I am going to try giving less to help wean him from it.

PrimRoseMama · August 2014

We never really had a bottle. We still BF for bed.

SMac85 · August 2014

We have been off bottles since 11 months. It was an easy transition and he didn't even notice the change.

beckyanddon · August 2014

Omg.... Not even close. I tried to transition from nursing to milk in a cup and that was a no go! So we just started the bottle (gasp). It's the only way he's drinking milk. I'll bridge the bottle to soppy when I can function like a human.

arlingirl · August 2014

We've cut down, but still do nap and bedtime. I don't see cutting the bedtime bottle anytime soon.

Stina2012 · August 2014

Riley has dropped them.

I mean, anybody get that subtle humor?

[Deleted User] · August 2014

No bottles since he turned 1. It was a pretty easy transition for us, I was shocked.

ashie624 · August 2014

We just got ger to actually take a sippy during the day. She has a meltdown at bedtime if I dont give her the bottle. One step at a time.

miss2697 · August 2014

When you all say bottles, do you mean you just put the milk in a sippy cup? Or are you all off of milk already? LO gets a bottle three times and day. She is still not holding them on her own and she's still not interested in sippys so im not sure if I should drop any feedings. She also gets 3 meals and 2 snack s.

bumpuser794640 · August 2014

miss2697 said:
When you all say bottles, do you mean you just put the milk in a sippy cup? Or are you all off of milk already? LO gets a bottle three times and day. She is still not holding them on her own and she's still not interested in sippys so im not sure if I should drop any feedings. She also gets 3 meals and 2 snack s.

I mean we are finished with formula. B gets a sippy of cow's milk at breakfast and another in the afternoon. Otherwise it's water or table food.

sdtchica13 · August 2014

No bottles here. We ditched the two daytime bottles at about 10.5 months, and then a few days after his 1st birthday, ditched the bedtime bottle. Gavin's really not picky though, and as long as food/milk comes out of something, he's happy, lol!

[Deleted User] · August 2014

sdtchica13 said:

No bottles here. We ditched the two daytime bottles at about 10.5 months, and then a few days after his 1st birthday, ditched the bedtime bottle. Gavin's really not picky though, and as long as food/milk comes out of something, he's happy, lol!

This sounds like us. He doesn't really care as long as he's being fed and he never even seemed to miss the bottle.

@miss2697 yeah Haddy just gets his milk in a sippy cup. My pediatrician said he needs 2-3 servings of dairy a day so we do milk, yogurt or cheese. He gets three meals and 2-3 snacks a day, just depends.

emandia · August 2014

No, I can't see it happening anytime soon. This kid hates every type of sippy I've tried.

dinomama13 · August 2014

Ditched the bottle at 8.5 months and took the sippy. Ditched the sippy a couple weeks ago and now on straw cups.

Altima80 · August 2014

No bottles since he turned one pretty much. Drinks WCM out of a sippy and nurses twice a day (when he wakes up and before bed) but nursing is basically like giving a bottle so it's not like I "pride" myself of weaning from the bottle.

danigirl7181 · August 2014

Nope, Wyatt still gets a bottle before nap and bed, and 1-2 at night depending on how many times he wakes up. He doesn't drink enough from the sippy, plus he won't eat meat or any veggies right now. I don't know what to do, he will eat green smoothies. So at least he gets a little veggie in him.

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