need advise for weening bottle off daughter

ALYSSA - posted on 05/16/2010

I started my daughter on a straw at 6 months because of doctors orders and I thought it would be a hastle, but after two weeks of pursuing she took it. It is the same sucking motion and I think it was easier to do. She doesn't know how to drink out of a sippy cup, but she is a champ at the straw.
There are bottles at Wal-mart that are 8 oz. and have a straw. They are like mini water bottles. You can squeeze them to squirt small amounts of milk in her mouth so she knows what it is.

Monique - posted on 05/16/2010

ok well i do warm the milk up so i thought ill try it cold seem she likes it warm it has workd a lil aslo threw the bottle away and she found more which i didnt even no we had and she just screamd i have brought so many sippy cups atm she is throwing them away her self this is a really hard thing to do one thing i have learnt not going to give next child a bottle lol.... gana try the vinger thng and somethng gross for next couple days see if tht will work thanks heaps

Kristol - posted on 05/12/2010

I just weened my son off the bottle, he is 25 months, i threw the bottle away and chopped the nipples so that no matter how bad it got i wouldnt give in, i got him a hard spout sippy a soft one and such he took to the hard one, get a sippy that has the spout twords the end and its small so they can lay down with it, also put something nasty in the bottle, like i took pickle juice and stuck in it and put the milk in the sippy, if they think bad taste with bottle they wont want it, hope this works for you

Ashley - posted on 05/12/2010

I'm weening my daughter off the bottle right now. She only gets one at night before bedtime, and here in a few days, that'll stop. I found what works best for my daughter to drink milk in a sippy is to warm the milk up.

Monique - posted on 05/12/2010

thank for the ideas she drinks from a sippy cup but throws them in the rubbish wen she has finshed it really has stumped me i have watered her milk down and she drinks twice as much its a hard one alright but i will try the tips i just wont the bottle away cuz she is nearly two and like my mates and tht they all have had no problems taken bottles away...

Krystle - posted on 05/11/2010

You could also try gradually watering down the milk you give her starting with like 1oz so that it might not be as tastey as before and begin slowly introducing a sippy cup at the same time. Start with like once or twice a day...you can try to hand it to her or put it on the table and tell her that it's he new big girl cup, or set it next to her at the dinner table....just things like that. It might take some time for her to accept the change but the water in the bottle should help.

Christy - posted on 05/11/2010

my friend told me he soaked his daughters nipples in vinegar to make them not want it.also my mom told us that the baby smurfs needed our bottles more then we did so we would put them in front of the tv at night. just a few ideas