Need help getting 3yr old off the bottle
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Topic: Need help getting 3yr old off the bottle
Posted By: KirbyO
Subject: Need help getting 3yr old off the bottle
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 10:06pm
Hi all my 3yr old son Thomas is extremely reluctant to give up his bottle. I try to take it away but as i still have a little one on a bottle im finding it hard. Ive tried telling him that only babies have bottles and that he is a big boy and has his cup but he says he is a baby and needs a bottle. Im a little lost on what to do as he requires up to 3 bottles to go to sleep at night and frankley im shattered by the time he is down. His brother who is 21 months has one bottle and is out like a light. I need help badly im am wanting to settle down in a more suitable routine.
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Posted By: NikkiB
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 8:40am
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I don't know if this will help, but to get my DS1 off his night bottle, I started giving him his bottle earlier and earlier at night, so he was having more and more awake time after his bottle, before going to sleep. It got to a stage when he totally forgot about a night bottle. Once in a blue moon, he'll ask for a bottle and I just say to him he doesn't have a bottle now, that he just had a book read to him - he seems pretty happy with that.
And when DS1 stopped having a day sleep, that bottle also got dropped. Hope this helps. I found it a very stress free approach  ------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 9:55am
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With my daughter we chose a special big girl cup at the supermarket but she was only allowed to use it when she stopped having her bottles.
We left it on the bench all ready to go and let her tell us she wanted that instead of the bottles. We put all the bottles in a bag and sent them away for new babies who needed them and when she asked for them were able to remind her they were gone. I guess it is not so straightforward for you, having the younger one still on the bottle but maybe you could make a big deal about him being big enough to have the special new cup and little brother is not big enough yet so can't have it? Good luck! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: KirbyO
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 8:55pm
| Thanks for the posts will be trying out both methods as i think he is definitly ready to come off the bottle. |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 11:07pm
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Another thought is that you could get your younger one off the bottle too..... special different cups for both kids. Make it a big deal, talk about it lots, send all the bottles away so that it's just not an option. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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