https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 00:55:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1994387 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:14:36 +0000 LuLu Mom 1994387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped bottles cold turkey, she was too stubborn for me to wean them off so we just started on a Monday and said "no more bottles." She was fine except after nap and before bed, we struggled then. We did transition to full cow's milk by then, and she never had issues with drinking it cold, actually liked it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1994375 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:04:58 +0000 sailgrl18 1994375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're just starting to do this so I'd love advice. LO is 11 months and I BF and pump. As of last friday I'm done pumping so there is 90oz of frozen milk in the freezer and once he finishes that he's done drinking bottles during the day. At this point I'm not weaning him from BF morning and before bed but I'm done pumping. He will drink milk from a straw cup but never all that much and drinks 7oz of breast milk during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1994062 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:49:02 +0000 pinkb 1994062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped the bottle cold turkey. Just offered a sippy of milk in its place. It took her a while to drink a good amount of milk before bed. But there was never a fight about the bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1994054 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:42:28 +0000 illumina 1994054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We FF and switched her bottles for a sippy at 11mths, then at 1yr we switched to WCM. We did both stages cold turkey and it took a couple of days of her drinking less as a result, but she soon figured it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1993764 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:41:34 +0000 blackbird 1993764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped offering bottles except before bedtime and naps. We did it when she was 1. And then we would offer her her cup of milk and keep offering. If she freaked out, she got a few sucks off a bottle, then I took it away and gave back the cup. Took about a week but she had had the cup with meals and other times before so we just made the bottle disappear more. Bedtime was the tougher one but she figured it out in about a week </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1993654 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:05:46 +0000 fancyfunction 1993654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first few days I let her have a bottle of milk at night but the rest were in straw cups, then I just stopped the last bottle completely and she was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1993647 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:53:35 +0000 gotkimchi 1993647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: did your lo care? Did u just offer a sippy of milk? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1993642 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:48:25 +0000 Smurfette 1993642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cold turkey </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1993639 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:47:37 +0000 gotkimchi 1993639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: any weaning advice? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1993635 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:42:55 +0000 Corduroy 1993635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped bottles cold turkey. LO never seemed to miss them or warm milk (we never heated cows milk). Weaning was hard itself but stoppinh the bottle was surprisingly easy. Then again, our struggle was starting the bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1993595 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 14:33:24 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 1993595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still in the process but we're down to just morning and bedtime bottles. Sometimes we skip the morning one and do milk in a sippy but he really likes the bottle. His dr recommended just getting rid of the bottles and forgetting them but we're moving next week when he'll be almost 13 months and I didn't want to take away a comfort tool at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stop-bottles#post-1993588 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 14:20:58 +0000 gotkimchi 1993588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm planning to transition to whole milk by 1/4 bottle then 1/2 but what did you do when they were on whole milk? Just completely stop bottles cold turkey? I'd also like to stop nursing at a year. Lo can drink from a sippy/ straw cup but typically doesn't take much. </p>