My daughter is 15 months old and....

Sam - posted on 05/07/2009

my daugghter was the same for ages i just ave her a bottle of normal cows milk at bed time but only a beaker full not a proper bottle and she hated the cows milk so within 2 days i got her off it and just gave her juice now all she ever drinks is juice. if i was you i would just keep giving her less and less milk everyday till she is finally off it and just give her juice. this should work hope it does for you. just dont give in good luck x

Marvic - posted on 05/06/2009

My son is going to be 16 months tomorrow, and he still takes about 5 bottles a day and uses his pacifier when he is tired or he wants to cuddle. My other son used his bottle till the age of 2 and he stopped using the pacifier when he was nearly 3 years old. I dont think that its wrong, and in my opinion if your child feels comfortable with it continue using it he still a baby!!

Esther - posted on 05/05/2009

My son is 16 months old and still gets his bottle & paci before bed. It had never even occurred to me yet to consider that a problem. I don't feel any need to rush getting him off it.

Qiana - posted on 05/04/2009

Last weekend I took the pacifier from Avery and she is doing well. I did it cold turkey. My challenge right now is training her to use her cup.

Jess - posted on 05/01/2009

my daughter had a dummy until she was about 5months old and she wouldnt have it anymore, she still has a bottle of milk for bed as that along with her snuggle bear are her comforts,,, she drinks from cups and beakers all day and only juice or water so i dont begrudge her a bottle of milk for bed

Kerri - posted on 04/28/2009

I too took the bottle away at 9 months. My son was drinking whole milk, eating regular food and started to reject the bottle. So I guess he broke himself. The pacifier is a different story. I have no clue where to start. I keep thinking that with the nice weather out, he will be so tired that he wont even notice that he doesn't have it, but no luck yet. I know that it will be a long fight with this, but trying to decide when to do it. Once he is sleeping he spits it out and is fine, but he seems to need it to fall asleep. That worried me. I know someone who has a 3 yr old that still has one and I see older children in local stores with one in their mouth. I don't allow my son to have it when he is awake. Just for sleeping.

Jennifer - posted on 04/26/2009

Nuby makes a transition bottle/cup that has a soft silcone top like a bottle but has a spout like a sippy cup. We used that on our daughter as a first step to weening her off the bottle and it seemed to work.

Serli - posted on 04/26/2009

fill the bottle with water and give milk by using sippy cup, try that....:)

Kelly - posted on 04/25/2009

My son never really wanted the pacifier....but his thumb on the other hand is another story. But anyway, I've heard from several friends and family members that if you take a scissors and cut just the very tip of the pacifier off it makes it more uncomfortable (more of a just not right feeling) and the kids eventually stop taking and asking on their own because it no longer soothes them. They did say that once in a while they would get used to the little snip so then they needed to take just a littel more off. The key was all the pacifiers had to be snipped so that they couldn't stash one and go back to that one when the others didn't work. Good luck.....I may be posting on here in about six months getting ideas for thumb suckers. LOL

Natasha - posted on 04/25/2009

My 15 month old still has a bottle for sleep time and i dont really have a problem with it. She doesnt have a dummy or anything else to go to sleep so it is her one comforter.

Heather - posted on 04/24/2009

My daughter is the same, minus the Pacifier, she never took one of those. All the professionals I talk to tell me to make her stop, that she should have been off the bottle at 1. All I can tell you is you know whats best for your child. I am currently getting my daughter off the bottle. i was told by a WIC advisor that for about a week i just have to deal with the crying. I will sit my daughter in her crip and let her drink as much milk (from a sippy cup) as she wants, then I lay her down and wait for her to fall asleep. I try different things while I'm sitting there, Read a story, play classical music, sometimes I lay down on the floor to show her I want to sllep too. The big thing is for me not to take here out of the crib, once she's in there.

Pamela - posted on 04/24/2009

My daughter is the same way. She'll drink out of a cup all day long till bedtime then she wants a bottle of warm milk. She still sucks on a pacifier at bedtime but only at bedtime. I'm slow taking it away. It seem to be working.

Britt - posted on 04/24/2009

Well, I know it is hard to take those things away. You can read every book in the World on it and it could still not be right. I took my son's bottle away at 9 months because he was already eating real food most of the time and drinking whole milk. I know it sounds horrible, but you hust have to let her cry. I took the pacifier away about two months ago. Doctors say that they will get rid of it on their own, but I didn't want a two year old with a paci! I just took it away. At first I would let him cry for fifteen minutes at a time and then go in his room and sooth him. (But still not giving his pacifier)... After about a week, he was tired of crying and got over it. It's all about being strong. Even the doctors will tell you it doesn't hurt to let them cry a bit. Hope this helps!