HOW DO I TAKE MY SON OFF THE BOTTLE?

Julie - posted on 09/28/2011

Each child is unique and so are their needs. You will know when he is ready to wean. Hold him close as often as you can and that meets just as great of a need.
DO NOT allow others to pressure you into what you should do - I did and my precious little girl paid ... (my husband had just died and I listened to others...)

America3437 - posted on 09/27/2011

Just throw them out! You could buy them a new special sippy cup and tell them the, bottle fairy took the bottles and left them a sippy cup! They will cry for a day or two maybe but everytime they ask for a bottle give them the sippy cup,and tell them they are a big kid now! We tend to give in to make it easier for us so just stick to it and you will have success I'm sure.

Shara - posted on 09/27/2011

I stopped giving both of mine bottles throughout the day, they only had a bottle at night for about a week, then I switched to the nuby cups and completely got rid of the bottles. I didn't have a problem at all since the nuby cups are soft like the bottle nipples so it never phased them. Just make sure after you switch, make sure to get rid of the bottles cus once they see them, they will want them again, ( out of sight, out of mind) :) Good Luck!!!

Emily - posted on 09/26/2011

I used Nuby sippy cups. They are small, have handles and come with two different soft nipples. One looks like a baby bottle nipple and the other looks like a regular sippy cup spout. Start with the one that looks like a baby bottle nipple then about a week or so later, try the other one...My son really liked these, plus he learned to hold the sippy cup on his own! Good luck!

Lacye - posted on 09/26/2011

I took my daughter off the bottle at 11 months old. We went the cold turkey route. I threw all of her bottles away and I bought a selection of sippy cups. I would fix water in them (all of them!) and I would sit them down on the coffee table where she could reach them. If she went to one more than once, that would be the one that we mostly used. She didn't like it at first but she finally got the hint that this was her new cup.

Kelsey - posted on 09/26/2011

A week before my daughter turned 1 we went to wal mart she grabbed a sippy off the shelf and we went home and I put the bottles away. It was easy for her and for me, but cold turkey worked, "out of sight, out of mind" was the motto. Be strong and good luck.

Catherine - posted on 09/26/2011

My daughter didn't seem all that attached to her bottles and we just didn't give her any, just sippies and she did fine with it. I've seen people say that the Bottle Fairy is coming to collect all the bottles for the new babies at the hospitals. Bottle Fairy leaves a special present for the child who leaves his/her bottles out for her.

Anna - posted on 09/26/2011

My son is 17 mo. and when I'm at work, the nanny still uses bottles to give him my breastmilk. However, he never drinks water from bottles, only cups, sippy cups, or the poland spring sports bottle. He got interested in cups when he saw me drinking water from cups. Babies are like little monkeys in that they love copying adult behavior. Try drinking from a cup and act out in front of your son how good it tastes - he'll surely want to try too.

Maria - posted on 09/25/2011

thank you for all of your advice i will keep them all in mind i appreicate it a lot

Talishia - posted on 09/25/2011

Have confidence in yourself and child that this will be no big deal. Throw all the bottles away if there even around theres a chance you will give in and if you give in then the next time you try the fight will be longer and tougher. Have faith and stick with it. It may not even be that big of a deal to your kid.

Shae - posted on 09/25/2011

Try the Nuby Soft Spout sippy cups. i started giving my daughter juice and milk in them during the day, and still did bottles at night. once she was comfortable with them during the day i switched them out at night. she is now 15 months and completely off bottles.



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These sippy cups are great because they are easy to hold, and the spout is silicone, much like a bottle nipple. They are available at Zellers for super cheap.

Liz - posted on 09/24/2011

To be honest, I didn't get rid of the bottle with my oldest until almost 18 months, she still had one at night before bed, it was a sense of security for her. We gradually weaned her off the bottle, at her first birthday, we started taking her snacktime bottles away, then we took the breakfast bottle away, then we took the dinner bottle away etc. etc. etc. It worked well for her and never once did she throw a tantrum with it. Some people just throw them out at one time (like my sister), but I choose to pick my battles (I have a daughter who likes to fight about ANYTHING) and this was a battle I wasn't willing to fight (at 18 months, she had the vocabulary of a 2.5 year old so she was quite articulate). Do start now but if you're not comfortable taking it all away at once, just wean gradually.

Medic - posted on 09/24/2011

Just throw them away....if you don't have them you can't give them. Kids generally get over it rather quickly. My son threw all his bottles out on his first bday in exchange for new cups and my daughter switched at 6 months but we officially threw them out on her first bday for some new cups. On their second bdays the sippy cups meet the trash also.

Keli - posted on 09/24/2011

Try taking him to a store and have him pick out a new sippy cup o straw cup,explain this is what your milk will be in...worth a shot.