Ds has bitten a hole in his bottle teat and i have no more, help!

astonsmummy

Hi
As the title says, he's bit a whole in the teat and i have no more, he's 2 and a half and has a bottle of watter to go to bed with every night, obviously he cant tonight, which in a way is good coz i cant stand the thing, has anyone got any tips in trying to not let him get hysterical at bed time, i can feel it's gonna be a long night!

looby75

You could try telling him santa has a special present for him but he has to give his bottle up tonight to get it. Maybe you could give him a little Christmas present in the morning if he goes to bed without getting too upset.

It worked with my friends dd who bit a hole in her last dummy the other day. My friend refused to buy anymore because she wanted her dd to get rid of them and it worked

alwaysonthego_2

HThe bottle is probably a comfort for him my advice is to put him to bed as ususal and when he starts to cry, wait two minutes and go to him, just say time for sleep, leave him in bed and see him again in 5 mins then double it till you are seeing to him every 30 mins. It takes about 3 days to see any improvements

tanith

Nip out and get another one.... sorry thats the best I can come up with...

astonsmummy

looby75 wrote:

You could try telling him santa has a special present for him but he has to give his bottle up tonight to get it. Maybe you could give him a little Christmas present in the morning if he goes to bed without getting too upset.

tbh he dont understand it is even xmas! he just asked for bot bot and i said its gone, so he just sat back and continued watching telly, so hopefully bedtime wont be too much of a struggle!

looby75

he might surpise you then If he asks for it tonight just make a big fuss of him being a big boy now and hopefully he will get the idea and settle.

liney

My little fella has 'lost' all his dummys between nannys house and home. They must have fallen out of the bag....

First night, it took him 1.5 hours to go to sleep, last night 30 mins. No mention of dumdums today! Woot.

Just bite the bullet and comfort him. He will go to sleep eventually, and i am sure it will be forgotten within a week.

mrcow

Tell him the monster under the bed took it....should take his mind off it [joke!!]


Whenever I've removed something from my son, I've always tried to replace it with a better (in his eyes) alternative. For example, when I removed his dummies at night, we started allowing him to have a small glass of warm milk before he went to bed. The novelty soon wore off, but by then, the dummies were long gone and forgotten.

Perhaps there is a special cup you could let him have as a replacement to the bottle? You could let him have the cup in his room and tell him that he can have a drink out of it for breakfast? Or is there a different teddy that he can go to bed with as an alternative? or a new story that you can say is instead of the bottle?

astonsmummy

mrcow wrote:

Tell him the monster under the bed took it....should take his mind off it [joke!!]


Whenever I've removed something from my son, I've always tried to replace it with a better (in his eyes) alternative. For example, when I removed his dummies at night, we started allowing him to have a small glass of warm milk before he went to bed. The novelty soon wore off, but by then, the dummies were long gone and forgotten.

Perhaps there is a special cup you could let him have as a replacement to the bottle? You could let him have the cup in his room and tell him that he can have a drink out of it for breakfast? Or is there a different teddy that he can go to bed with as an alternative? or a new story that you can say is instead of the bottle?

Ooh gosh, no monsters! he's scared of the dark and sleeps with the light on!
He has his bear that he goes to sleep with already, i wont try him with a drink before bed time coz he'll keep asking for more!
I'll just put him up with a story and see how it goes!:rolleyes:

djdido2

i had this with ds and it stressed me no end. i just used loads of encouraging stuff like what a big boy he was now and bob the builder took his bot bot etc. he hates cups too but we got there in the end!!

hth

x

tinkerbell1978

hi my little boy was two start of oct and now has bottle of milk at bedtime when did you start putting water in instead of milk i think it's me more than him i think he would go to sleep if i tried it!? sorry just being nosey!