bottle weaning...

mummy2girls wrote: Ok Jenna is now 13 months and refuses to even give up the bottle. I want her to not be on it anymore because of her teeth and such. I tried every known sippy cup under the sun and she just wont try. She will give a wrinkle nose look and throw the cup away. Ive tried the ones with handles, without handles, the non-spill ones and the ones that do spill..LOL. I have tried the disposableones also. I even saw a cup that the spout is shaped sorta like a noipple but she isnt falling for it. Im not sure what else to do. Should i be nasty and just take it away cold turkey and she will just have to get used to the cups? Im not sure what else to do about it.....

booey2 replied: Not too sure what to suggest. We kinda got lucky with Matthew, at 3 he still had his bottle, got really sick and the doc said no milk or milk products for a while, so we told him no more bottle. At that time he was only using it to go to bed at night. ( I know bad mommy) But hey, he didn't have anything else he was attached to. So he just said okay and that was that. We are slowly starting to do that with Thomas, now 2, both boys will take cups so there really wasn't a problem with that. I just have to get the gumption to start taking it from him. I may do it this summer at the cottage or something and tell him I lost it or something who knows.

Sorry this didn't help much, just wanted to share my experience with you.

jem0622 replied: Well, I have had two experiences with the bottle. My eldest DS had to be weaned. He was down to two bottles a day, then one. And then Grandma stepped in and weaned him for me. LOL. I am such a sucker! LOL. But he was already drinking out of sippy's and cups too. He was 18 mos.

Gabe started spitting out EBM (expressed breast milk) around 1 yr and DH didn't want to waste it...so he just stopped offering them. So I put them away. BUT he still nurses a few times a day. So it's give and take with something. LOL.

Does she get more than milk/formula out of the bottle? B/c then it would be hard. Both of the boys only got EBM/formula/milk out the bottle. Everything else was in a cup. So once you swap the milk/formula for water then they don't want it and it can help with weaning.

I wouldn't go cold turkey b/c I think it's cruel. Especially when they aren't ready. I would try cutting back how many she gets. And leave a no spill sippy out for her or offer her your cup. Gabe (14 mos) hates the no spills b/c he has to work for it. So we watch him closely and let him drink at the table or out of our cup. Start eliminating bottles that aren't centered around sleepy time and then work from there. Trust me when I say she won't go to kindergarten with a bottle in hand!

Julie

aspenblue1 replied: Have you tried to have her drink from a straw. Isabella likes drinking from a straw the best. She will drink her milk from a straw but wont if its in a sippy cup.

mummy2girls replied:
She only has milk in her bottles thats it.

She has maby 2 bottles during th e day and one at nighttime before bed.

Im going to try leaving the sippy cup out for her and maby she will play with it more and hopefully drink out of it soon...

mummy2girls replied:
everytime i try the straw she just thinks it is a toy and ends up playing with it...LOL

maliksmommy replied: I wish I had some advice for you, I was very fortunate when it came to this. We had our 1 year appt and that night we just stopped the bottle and didn't have any problems. I am sure someone here has got some good suggestions for you, they always do Good Luck!

jem0622 replied:
Okay, well then you have some place to start. You can replace one of the bottles with a bottle of water. She likely won't care for it and then you can slowly do that during other times of the day. Just remember to take away the one that she really clings to last (bedtime maybe??).

HUGS
Julie

mummy2girls replied:
yes she clings to the bedtime one like a viper grip..LOL.

ediep replied: I am also thinking about this with Jason. I was planning on starting eliminating bottles 1 at a time after the holidays. Now, he gets three 7-8 ounce bottles of milk. I was going to start with the afternoon bottle and put some milk in the sippy cup. He drinks water from a sippy with meals so I am hoping that it won't be too hard.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: I guess we were pretty lucky with Zach...he started on sippy cups around 8 months. STARTED. He'd get a bottle, then a sippy cup, then a bottle, then a sippy cup. (Always no spill) Now, he gets a sippy cup for whenever he wants it, and he gets juice or water in a cup for meals. He drinks ok with a cup, but we can only put enough for a sip or 2 at a time, because he'll dump it.

I think yo ushould just take it slow.... if she's not ready, she's not ready.

CantWait replied: I just wanted to wish you good luck. I had a really hard time getting Robbie off the bottle.

kimberley replied: hugs and good luck. i know that it isn't an easy task to get them off the bottle. i agree with julie, going cold turkey just won't work... u'll just end up with a very sad baby. try to only give in when Jenna is gonna have a meltdown if she doesnt get it. i know james was fine if i "forgot" his bottle somewhere as long as it wasn't sleep time. let us know how it goes.