Stopping bottles

onlyroz

I have tried many many many types of cup, and this is the best I've found:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-SCF609-05-Decorated-Training/dp/B0044BBTY2/ref=pd_cp_by_3

It doesn't leak, and it flows well.

JodyBPM

I'd just switch him to milk in a cup instead of a bottle at night as he is clearly able to drink out of a sippy cup/sports bottle as he uses one during the day.

If he chooses not to drink the milk out of a sippy cup etc then its no big deal, as long as he is having plenty of calcium in his diet in his food/milk drinks during the day. Mine were off the bottle at a year, as I believe is advised. One thing I did do is give them their nighttime milk in a sippy cup downstairs about an hour before bedtime, as they took a lot longer to drink it out of a cup than the bottle. They'd have quiet time with a story, a chat or bedtime hour on CBeebies whilst they drank it. This also broke their association with having to take a drink to bed, although now they are older they both have a drinking bottle of water beside the bed.

Children seem to find it much easier to stop having bottles than their mummies do! I wonder if that is because the bottle is the last sign of babyhood!

**curlywurly**

The bottle fairy visited our house one night, took all the bottles (although she did leave me one in case of emergencies) and left a much-wanted toy in their place. I never needed the emergency bottle. The other day my daughter (now 11) found the letter from the bottle fairy, which explained that the bottles were needed by another toddler.

Dazi

are you worried because you think that at his age he shouldn't have a bottle, are people telling you this?

I would say if he just has the bottle for comfort, it is no difference to a dummy.

Both mine had bottles, in fact my DD used to have 2 lined up at the end of her cot for during the night! by the time they were 18 months all the bottles contained was tap water.

I once threw her bottle out of the window saying it was going to the fairies at the bottom of the garden...cue one desperate mum out there with a torch trying to find it after 3 nights without sleep

Mine would drink quite happy during the day out of a cup, but just wanted the bottle when they were tired or at night.

Am happy to say neither of them took a bottle to school! so if it makes your little man happy, don't worry xxx

PS DD is now 27 with 3 children of her own and DS is 26, and neither have been affected by having a bottle :rotfl:

busiscoming2

**curlywurly** wrote: »

The bottle fairy visited our house one night, took all the bottles (although she did leave me one in case of emergencies) and left a much-wanted toy in their place. I never needed the emergency bottle. The other day my daughter (now 11) found the letter from the bottle fairy, which explained that the bottles were needed by another toddler.

Ha! This bought back memories for me as this happened in our house with dummies and the spouty cups. We used to leave ours on the stairs although I have no idea why!

leos-mummy

Lol some funny stories I dont think he would understand the concept of the bottle fairy just yet. I think partly its because of me wanting to keep him as my baby lol. He doesnt take a dummy and not too concerned what people think because he doesnt take the bottle out with him... no-one sees it. It does come in really handy when he gets sick though as often its the only way he'll take fluids so I'd be reluctant to stop it for that reason. Think its one of those things im going to have to pick a week to stop it and stick to it and not give in. Prob be harder for me than it will be for him

*Louise*

I think you are right to get him off it now - the longer they have them the harder it is to take them away. I got rid of bottles when mine were a year old for this reason.

I agree with the poster who said change his routine so he has a drink downstairs with a story etc. Just fling them out. If he asks for the bottle, tell him it's broken, and let him choose a 'big boy's cup' if needs be.

freejunkie

Although my likkle man LOVED his bottle, and I LOVED him having his bottle, I felt the time was right
I told him when he is 2 and a big boy he cannot have a bottle anymore.

Every other night or so I'd remind him that we would have to give his bottle to the babies that needed it, (not really beliving it would work.)

When it came to his birthday he asked for his bottle and I reminded him of the babies needing it as he wasnt a baby anymore he was a big boy, and gave him a beaker of milk instead.

But the beaker wasnt as soothing for him as the bottles and he didnt enjoy it (because they drip or didnt have that teat on it etc) but to my suprise I had no problems at all and within a week he was off the the bottles all together. HTH x

leos-mummy

That sounds like a good plan! For he'll be 2 in July so might make a start by getting him prepared for no bottle... hopefully he'll understand

leos-mummy

I know my mums told me not to worry too much for my brother had a bottle for quite a while but he's 14 now, absolutely normal and most certainly didnt take a bottle to school with him lol