hey how do u get rid of the bottle wen ur child stresses for it so bad

Dezere - posted on 10/31/2009

just keep introducing the sippy cup or a regular cup and let them know that big kids use them and only babies need bottles. i slowly weened my daughter off the bottle by age 1. they make sippy cups with the soft straw, it reminds them of a bottle. if that doesnt work, u've got one tough cookie. lol

Sherry - posted on 10/31/2009

Hey I just went through this and I got the sippy cups from walmart I think they are nubby. Preston took them just like they were a bottle and I really had not much stress.

Janine - posted on 10/29/2009

thanks for your advice guys i apreciate it would are your opinions on the nappies situation

Becky - posted on 10/29/2009

With my older son we actually got where we were down to only having 1 bottle because he always lost them. One morning I cut the nipple off the bottle and put about 2 ounces of water in it. Next to it I put a sippy cup of juice. When he woke up and asked for his bottle I brought him to the table where the 2 were sitting & I said "ba ba broke" He repeated me then picked up the bottle & tried to drink from it...he ended up spilling the water all over himself & kinda coughed on it a bit because the water poured out so fast. Then I handed him the cup & told him to try it & he did. I kept the "broken bottle" around for a few days with a little bit of water in it & he tried it a couple times but soon realized it truly was broken. Then I suggested to him that we just throw it away & he actually put it in the trash himself.

Rachelle - posted on 10/29/2009

I mixed reg. milk w/ formula then slowly took the formula away each time, my kid refused it unless his milk was warm, but it did work for me

Rachelle - posted on 10/29/2009

well I just broke my son from the bottle and he hated the fact of not going to bed w/o his ba ba, and even nap time, i took his bottle away completely and replaced it w/ a tummy tickler bottle, the ones that come w/ the characters on the lid w/ apple juice, well i found those are his favorite sippy cups so it took about 2 days to get him to stop wanting his ba ba, he would cry and scream, but eventually he figured out i wasnt giving in to him, and now he goes to bed and naps fine as long as he has that sippy in hand

Janine - posted on 10/29/2009

thanks for your advice guys!!!!!!! will have to try it she is still on formula as well she wont drink other milk i've tried everything she kws the difference she makes herself that stressed out to the point she makes herself sick!!
whats your advice on the nappie situation she's still in them!!
i'm a young mum by the way so its a first for me! thanks again!

Taylor - posted on 10/28/2009

I bought a sippie cup that had stages. the first stage is the sippie cup with a nipple, then the long nippie, and then the sippie cup nipple. it did wonders! and you can do it gradually. i did each abt a month! hope it helped!

Shannon - posted on 10/28/2009

Two words Straw cups.

Amanda - posted on 10/28/2009

I gradually started introducing sippie cups...I tried every brand available until my daughter found one she would drink out of...she definitely wasn't happy in the beginning but slowly I started replacing the bottle with the sippie until she got used to the sippie and then after a while I just took the bottle all together.

Amanda - posted on 10/28/2009

I gradually started introducing sippie cups...I tried every brand available until my daughter found one she would drink out of...she definitely wasn't happy in the beginning but slowly I started replacing the bottle with the sippie until she got used to the sippie and then after a while I just took the bottle all together.