https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:28:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2044331 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:28:35 +0000 FannyMae 2044331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've gotta get onto weaning my daughter off the bottle. She's 2.5 and has one small bottle of milk at bedtime or else will not sleep and freaks out. Not sure the best way to go around it, its so much part of her bedtime routine. I've tried a few different sippy cups with milk but its so far ended up in tears :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2044288 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:57:33 +0000 SproutBee 2044288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agreed. When we stopped the bottle, we just made sure he had water or milk available after dinner to ensure he wasn't thirsty... but we changed our bedtime routine to eliminate any sort of drink. So it was brush teeth, books, song, straight to bed. He did great. But then again, we did it at 13 months, so he wasn't able to ask for anything yet. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2044241 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:19:09 +0000 ShootingStar 2044241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Would he notice if you just don't give it to him? We used to give a bottle before the bedtime routine, but he was either full from dinner or it put him to sleep, so we just stopped giving it to him and he never noticed. But he was a lot younger, which might make a difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2043663 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:40:41 +0000 .twist. 2043663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with pp's in cutting the bedtime bottle completely. We did this too, and now we give him a straw cup (or bottle if that's what he loves) an hour - half hour before bed. We brush teeth and that's it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2043624 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:24:58 +0000 HabesBabe 2043624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped her bedtime bottle cold turkey on her 2nd birthday. </p> <p>She had a few bottles during the first year since I nursed, but once she turned 1 and drank cows milk, she got MORE bottles than before. We eventually got her to drink milk from a straw cup, but still kept the bedtime warm bottle. The night we stopped, she asked for it once, but didn't freak out. The next night, she asked again, but that was it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2043388 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:35:22 +0000 LuLu Mom 2043388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ra: I've actually heard milk before bed is the worst time to give it due to the sugar content/teeth. We had to quit the bottle cold turkey, it was a rough week but she moved on (and she is stubborn.) We would give her a sippy of water at bedtime and most of the time she threw it out of the crib, but she had a drink if she needed it and she finally realized "bottles were all gone" and she moved on. Make sure to remove the site of bottles, she found on in a cupboard and that was a disaster, so I had to hid them in our closet! ha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042985 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 23:32:24 +0000 Espion 2042985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E would only take the NUK sippies for awhile, because they have silicone tips and are easier to drink from. (Sippies are ridiculously hard to get anything from!) If it is a comfort thing, I can see how he'd hate to have to work for it. </p> <p>When my sister was little, she had a three bears blanket lovey. My mother told her that "mama bear needed the bottle for baby bear". Then she dealt with the nighttime screaming fallout of my sister being afraid that the "bears were going to get her too" . At least she never asked about the bottle, lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042955 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:34:52 +0000 AprilFool 2042955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need to do this as well but am dreading it. LO acts like I am trying to poison her with milk in a cup and spits it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042948 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:14:46 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2042948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did it at a younger age but went cold turkey to a sippy. He took less for a few days but then it was fine. What about having water in the bottle and milk in a sippy? Let him choose between them and see what happens? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042926 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:47:01 +0000 blackbird 2042926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ra: yup. She definitely drank less. Now we offer some while we watch one TV show before bed. No more after her teeth get brushed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042913 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:31:59 +0000 lawbee11 2042913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ra: Nope, not at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042911 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:30:46 +0000 Smurfette 2042911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ra: we give a sippy of milk after dinner, while we cuddle and watch Mickey. We don't give it with dinner cause she won't eat as much. But then it comes in handy when she doesn't eat so it fills her up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042908 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:29:08 +0000 mrskc 2042908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just had to do it cold turkey. We did it around 19 months as well. I found that he preferred a soft spout sippy and we ended up having to poke a couple extra holes in it because the flow was so slow. After a couple days of realizing he wasn't getting his bottle back, he started drinking from the sippy. We still do warm sippy of milk before bed although it's more of an after dinner thing. He's a little over 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042902 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:21:02 +0000 Ra 2042902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: It didn't affect her sleep? B barely touched his dinner tonight so I was worried he wouldn't sleep without his bottle. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042896 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:19:47 +0000 Ra 2042896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: I can try that! Or maybe a reward? </p> <p>@JennyG: He will drink from a sippy/straw cup without any issues during the day. I think he's just attached to his bottle before bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042895 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:18:59 +0000 lawbee11 2042895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe just don't offer anything? M gets milk with dinner but that's it...no milk at bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042894 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:18:33 +0000 Ra 2042894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: If she didn't drink her milk did you just let her go to bed without any? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042886 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:16:21 +0000 JennyG 2042886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO wouldn't take a sippy cup forever, but then we tried this one. Its still pretty much the only cup he'll use, but hey, at least it's not a bottle. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/NUK-Large-Learner-Removable-Handles/dp/B00AU7G336/ref=pd_cp_ba_2" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/NUK-Large-Learner-Removable-Handles/dp/B00AU7G336/ref=pd_cp_ba_2</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042881 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:14:20 +0000 NovBaby1112 2042881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My toddler was obsessed with her baba for a long time...we only had 1 nipple top thingy left and it was becoming torn. I kept telling her once it broke, we would have to throw it out and she would need to drink from a big girl cup. One day it tore all the way so we had her throw it in the trash. She kept asking for it for a few days it we said it broke and she needed to use a big girl cup. After that she just forgot about it. Not sure if you could try something similar?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042872 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:10:35 +0000 blackbird 2042872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just kept offering. Out of sight, out of mind worked better for us. And there were tears for sure </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-bottle-weaning#post-2042862 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:07:44 +0000 Ra 2042862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 19-month-old still takes a bedtime bottle. Our pedi is pushing pretty hardcore for us to wean him. We tried to give him a sippy tonight instead and he freaked. the. eff. out. We then tried to warm his milk and give it to him in his sippy and he still freaked out. He became hysterical anytime we got the cup anywhere near his face and kept asking for his baba. It was heartbreaking...and we gave in.</p> <p>Any tips for winning a toddler who is super attached to his bottle? </p>