https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 03:45:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles/page/2#post-1469916 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:56:50 +0000 edelweiss 1469916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: i'm not sure if they sell it at target--i bought them on amazon. i should mention that they're not perfect, like the straw can get a little pushed down (not all the way) so that i have to pull it back up, but in terms of leaks this has been my favorite. hope you find something you like!</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Philips-Avent-Straw-Ounce-Blue/dp/B008M0TUO2/ref=pd_sim_k_3?" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Philips-Avent-Straw-Ounce-Blue/dp/B008M0TUO2/ref=pd_sim_k_3?</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles/page/2#post-1469891 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:53:26 +0000 kiddosc 1469891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started the transition around 11 months, and took them away completely right after he turned a year old. He preferred regular cups to sippy cups. He took to it really well though, we never switched from newborn nipples and I think he really liked the fast flow of the cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles/page/2#post-1469873 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:51:25 +0000 meganmp 1469873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coacheswife123: This is our dilemma. LOs are 15 months, and I've TRIED to get rid of the bottles, and it's just not happening. Epic fits. I am going to keep trying, but I figure that they're not going to be on bottles forever, and I'm just going to take my time and not stress out about it. They'll be done when they're ready to be done. They take water out of their sippys like champs, it's just the milk that they have problems with. Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles/page/2#post-1469850 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:47:23 +0000 mrsjyw 1469850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: we haven't had any issues yet! Not even with overflow milk in the straw, because there's a + cross suction on the straw end! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles/page/2#post-1469840 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:46:04 +0000 LuLu Mom 1469840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>13 months cold turkey. We tried gradual at 12 but she was not having it and was too stubborn. She was over it in a week, after naps were the worst. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1469833 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:44:51 +0000 Smurfette 1469833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: OXO drips for us. I don't remember someone suggesting the Avent. I will add that to the list to try. Does Target sell them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1469828 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:43:50 +0000 edelweiss 1469828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: i think i mentioned this on another board to you, but i have tried the avent and oxo straw cups--i like the avent best. when it tips over, some of the milk in the straw comes out, but i think there is a valve or something that prevents too much milk from coming out. i used to like the oxo cup, but it has been leaking more and more. when it falls on the floor, it will drip and drip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1469827 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:43:17 +0000 Smurfette 1469827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: They don't leak?!?! I think I have those in my pile from Target to try yet. I don't want to think about how much money I have spent on sippy and straw cups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1469810 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:41:39 +0000 mrsjyw 1469810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: nuby! bought it at tjmaxx for like $6 for three!</p> <p><a href="http://c2.diapers.com/images/products/p/ny/ny-268_1z.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://c2.diapers.com/images/products/p/ny/ny-268_1z.jpg</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1469805 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:40:31 +0000 MarieJ 1469805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11 months. She has always loved her straw cups, so the transition was easy peasy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1469803 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:40:11 +0000 Smurfette 1469803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: What cheapo ones? I am still looking for a leak proof straw cup.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1469754 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:29:18 +0000 pl0508 1469754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@RubyCali: I should've updated this! On day two or three he shared my morning smoothie with me from a straw! Ever since then I've been making him a large smoothie in the mornings. He drinks about 6 oz of it in the morning and 6 oz in the afternoon. And - we are still doing a night time bottle. Not ideal but I'm glad we are at least done with the daytime bottles!!! I haven't been worried about his milk intake with the smoothies each day! As soon as he wakes up I just give him his smoothie instead of his bottle. He loves it! </p> <p>GOOD LUCK! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1469631 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:00:09 +0000 RubyCali 1469631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coacheswife123: How are things going now? I'm going to attempt the switch again but am worried it's going to be really rough. DD always wants her bottle of milk first thing in the morning and is NOT going to be happy with a cup instead! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426865 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 21:24:31 +0000 mrsjyw 1426865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: we were using playtex ones but they leak like the zoli. The skip hop one is good but cumbersome w band. Just bought a cheapo 3 pack no spill easy grip and it's AMAZING </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426854 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 21:17:16 +0000 lawbee11 1426854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Which straw cup is your fave?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426849 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 21:16:05 +0000 mrsjyw 1426849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds took to a straw cup pretty early when we started solids. We weaned btls completely at 11 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426831 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 21:06:09 +0000 pl0508 1426831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are up to 14 oz of milk from the sippy ! Cautiously optimistic over here ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426766 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:34:07 +0000 loveisstrange 1426766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>22 months and still goes to bed with a bottle of water. She finds a lot of comfort in it, so we let her. We tried recently to cold turkey it but it was a fail.</p> <p>I feel like it's just water and she'll give it up when she's ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426427 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:43:51 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1426427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>21 months and still gets a bottle a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426406 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:30:12 +0000 pl0508 1426406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update : I've been offering him the sippy whenever I can ! He's had 8 oz so far( 2 oz less than he would normally have had at this point ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426392 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:01:29 +0000 tequiero21 1426392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After 22 mo, I finally eliminated nighttime bottle. Unfortunately, they drink so much less milk now. They will just sooo much with the bottle and with cups, they just drink less. O well, trying to fit dairy in in other ways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426387 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:58:33 +0000 bushelandapeck 1426387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He only used a bottle for a month after we weaned at 16.5m. He was having a hard time transitioning to nothing so we let him have one bottle at night. We just stopped cold turkey after his 18m appointment, per his Pediatricians recommendation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426381 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:55:48 +0000 CottonCandy 1426381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is going to sound bad, but lo still gets a nap time bottle (and whenever she asks for it) at 2 &amp; 1/2. She drinks from her sippy regularly, but only liked milk in bottles. I'm just going with it. DH would like to eliminate bottles completely, but really she only gets like 2 4oz bottles a day so I don't think it's worth the battle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426376 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:52:45 +0000 regberadaisy 1426376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 13m? I wanted to wait till we fully transitioned to whole cows milk. But she had been using a straw cup since 7 months and was very good at that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426372 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:49:50 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1426372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She took a bottle until she was almost 2. She used a zippy during the day but at night she wanted to nurse and when we weaned the only alternative was a bottle. So thats what she got until she was 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426369 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:47:00 +0000 Lindsay05 1426369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did at 12 months. LO was never attached to any kind of nipple (mine included) so it was easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426322 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:05:53 +0000 PinkElephant 1426322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO gave up daytime milk (opting instead for a straw cup of water) when I tried to switch her bottles to sippy or straw cups around 13 months. So I've kept her night bottle a bottle...but at 20 months and with LO#2 due at the end of April/Beginning of May I think I need to try again to swap the night bottle for a cup of some sort. I'll just feel terrible if this makes her give up milk entirely though, so I'm torn. I'm considering telling her we have to give the bottles to the little baby and buying her done cool new big girl cups... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426064 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 08:55:04 +0000 fancyfunction 1426064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were done at 12 months. It was about a 3 day transition and she was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1426007 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 07:44:49 +0000 pl0508 1426007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well I have a long weekend so I gave him a sippy when he woke about 45 min ago. So far he's only had 1oz out of it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-took-away-the-bottles#post-1425996 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 07:34:06 +0000 heffalump 1425996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 months she quit cold turkey. The first day she didn't drink much milk but the second she scarfed it down during every meal. </p>