Getting rid of the bottle

I just thought i would post and ask for advice about getting Paris off the dreaded bottle. I know there are a fair few of us with kiddies around the same age, so i am picking there's probably others going through the same thing, and hopefully a few that have been successful!

She only has it before bed and nap time - and will only drink about 100 mls unless she is really thirsty. It's basically a winding down comfort thing before sleep.

I thought of maybe trying her with a sipper cup - but she will not touch it, she likes to lie down to drink it, so i even tried a sipper cup with non-spill so she still needs to suck to get the drink, but still, no, she will not even try it. I have thought of letting her pick out a new, special cup for her to use especially for this, but am not going to pay out if i am going to end up sticking it in the cupboard. A few people i know didi the cold turkey thing, but i'd like to try a nice approach first.. certainly right now i don't need the hassle of a grumpy kid at bedtimes.

I know that it's not a huge thing in the grand scheme of things, she doesn't suck on a bottle all day long or anything like that, but I'm getting a bit sick of the whole bottle thing and think it's about time she graduated to a cup before bed. she uses a cup or sipper bottle for every other drink she has.

any suggestions? what worked for you?

Edited by mum2paris

Yeah agree with vick,u may have to wait a lil bit longer especially seeing as Paris knows theres a baby coming shortly.

Xander is like Paris in that he doesnt drink his milk from a sippy cup but will happilly drink other fluids from it no probs.

I have been told to wait a lil bit to wean Xander off his nighttime bottles because of the new baby.

Maya was the same, fully breastfed to 10 mths, then a real fight to get her on the bottle, so she was never that attached to it. We left her bottle out on xmas eve to give to Santa for a "new baby" and in the morning "Santa" had left her a really cool My Little Pony cup. She's been fine with it ever since, only has the bottle now once in a blue moon when she is sick and I need to get more fluids into her.

kewl. Thanks for the suggestions etc. I may wait till my sis gets here (tomorrow) and try things while i have some extra support, lol. she has a neat winnie the pooh cup with sparkles she likes, and I may go and get a twirly straw or something. but other than that if it doesn't work then I guess we'll leave it a bit.

can't really get rid of the dummy right now, cos if baby needs one it will have one.. and that'll just be asking for trouble. good to know others have the same probs.