https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 07:18:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1919208 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:45:57 +0000 littleveesmommy 1919208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We dropped DD's bedtime nursing session around 15 months and she didn't really complain so we got lucky. When we first dropped it I replaced it with extra bedtime books and snuggles so I think that helped the process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918756 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:21:10 +0000 illumina 1918756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 13 months I think it is on it's way out. We offer a few oz in a sippy before nap/bed, but most of the time she doesn't really touch it. I do it more for my own peace of mind...I wonder if she'd even notice if we didn't offer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918746 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:11:34 +0000 winniebee 1918746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took away the bedtime bottle at 18 months but at that point he wasn't drinking much maybe 2-3 oz. he wS previously totally addicted and would cry from jammies until the moment he had the bottle. We offered his straw cup at bed for awhile and sometimes he drank a little and sometimes he didn't. It was surprising that he adapted really well but he did with some extra cuddles and distraction. We stopped offering the straw cup right around 2 and instead offered water and it didn't seem like he missed it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918726 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:56:43 +0000 PrincessBaby 1918726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This actually makes me feel like less of a parenting fail. At 23months, DD still has a bedtime bottle:/</p> <p>Our goal is to somehow wean her and get her to go to bed on her own, in a big girl bed which we don't even have yet, before LO2 gets here in early May. No idea how we're going to do it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918693 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:30:44 +0000 travellingbee 1918693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never did this. When I weaned at 13 months, we just never replaced it with a bottle or sippy. I never even thought about it until I saw this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918684 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:24:21 +0000 RsMom 1918684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After he was weaned from bottles at 12 months we never offered a nighttime sippy. If he's really thirsty before bedtime he'll ask for water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918668 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:03:17 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1918668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: Great! I want to start next week hopefully but she's getting 6 (!) Teeth right now so we will see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918667 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:01:05 +0000 mrbee 1918667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: She brushes with fluoride at the sink, then in bed she brushes with a xylitol-based toothpaste that she doesn't have to spit out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918666 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:01:01 +0000 hellobeeboston 1918666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We swapped the evening bottle of cows milk with water at around 18/19 months and he handled it super well and shortly after that just stopped. He sometimes still had a sippy with water at bedtime, and if it's been a rough day/evening we give in with a bottle of milk for comfort!</p> <p>Now, the a.m. Bottle of milk is another story... Have to try to quit that now that he's two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918663 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:57:49 +0000 Andrea 1918663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 cut it on her own around 15 months. DD2 still likes milk before bed and she is almost 2! Why do you need to brush again? I give her some milk while I read bedtime stories and then brush her teeth afterwards. It is just one time...am I missing something? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918658 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:53:13 +0000 Ajsmommy 1918658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD cut it out on her own. I used to nurse her to sleep and then around 10 mos she stopped wanting/needing to nurse. I never offered a bottle in its spot so she doesn't get anything at bedtime. She eats dinner around 5-530 and then goes to bed around 630 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918650 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:31:48 +0000 erwoo 1918650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With our oldest, gosh, so early I can't remember! With our youngest, around almost 2.5 years old. He still takes a morning sippy right after he wakes up. Otherwise, he won't drink much milk at all during the daytime. I try to add in calcium rich food during the daytime...but it's hard sometimes too! Or have him eat more cheese which he loves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918647 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:23:04 +0000 Adira 1918647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: We're the same. We never offered a nighttime bottle/sippy.</p> <p>We stopped nursing before bed around 9 months (I think) so his last nursing session/bottle/sippy was around 5:30 p.m. with bed at 7:00 p.m. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918628 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 03:34:20 +0000 Pumuckl 1918628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO last cup of milk is his first sleep cue not his last. So he first gets his bottle of milk, then straight to the bathroom to change diapers and put on PJs, brush teeth etc. Then of to his room for bedtime story etc. So the time between milk and bed is maybe 10 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918599 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 00:07:25 +0000 birdofafeather 1918599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She still gets a straw cup of almond milk before bed at 21 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918559 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:23:35 +0000 Beehive 1918559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He has a straw cup of milk that we keep around for the hour before he goes to bed, and he takes sips here and there, but it's not essential for his bedtime routine. After weaning around 16-17 months he was much more interested in playing before bed than sitting and drinking his milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918558 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:23:31 +0000 photojane 1918558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We weaned the night-night bottle the same time we weaned from formula/bottles... 13ish months. Her last drink is at dinner, which is like 1.5-2 hours before bed time, but she still manages to pee SO MUCH at night. We have to use night time diapers. I don't know what we're going to do when potty training time comes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918554 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:20:10 +0000 lawbee11 1918554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She never had a bottle before bed, but I would nurse her. When she weaned at 13.5 months I just never introduced a bottle/sippy cup before bed. We bottle weaned at around the same time, so she gets a sippy cup of milk with dinner and that's it for the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918543 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:09:16 +0000 QBbride 1918543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 16.5 months and has just started refusing the bedtime nursing session, so it looks like 16.5 months :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918540 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:03:55 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1918540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: was a total non event. It went way more smoothly than I expected! We kept the rest of her bedtime routine the same, except no nursing before bed and no replacement with bottle or sippy cup. She went down normally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918524 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:35:57 +0000 Jess1483 1918524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: My son is a tiny little thing and feeding is an issue, but once I weaned (18ish months), we dropped a bedtime feed. He does go down within an hour of dinner, though. If he eats poorly, sometimes I let him take a sippy of milk into the bath, but once teeth are brushed, we're done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918516 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:31:36 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1918516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: we will be fully weaning soon (13.5 months) &amp; I'm toying with just not replacing her before bed nursing session with anything. She hates cows milk &amp;will sip soy milk but I haven't tried to replace a session with it yet. She loves her sippycup BUT I really don't know if she'll take a replacement at all if it's not in a bottle at least. How did it go for yall? Was it rough? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918494 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:21:07 +0000 Mrs. D 1918494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so glad I'm not the only one to let her daughter go to bed with a bottle! In our house it's 75% water, and no more than 25% apple juice, more often even less.</p> <p>Our air is so dry here that I feel she needs it, but I'll gladly have her give it up because the rest of the day she drinks from a combo of cups and sippies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918320 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:37:13 +0000 MrsF 1918320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She started refusing her nighttime bottle just before she turned 1. I was a little worried that she wouldn't sleep as long without it but it turned out fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918315 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:35:16 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1918315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5 and still getting a bottle of cows milk at night! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918301 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:23:37 +0000 ShootingStar 1918301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8.5/9 months I think? He gets a sippy of milk with dinner, but then nothing after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918254 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:39:04 +0000 mrbee 1918254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: our kids don't eat much, so that was a factor for us. If your daughter is eating a lot during the day, it sounds like she's in a great place! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918250 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:37:34 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1918250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we weaned.... around 14 months? She wasn't into cows milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918248 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:37:26 +0000 mrbee 1918248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Confetti: Massive bribes! Plus we talked about how he was a big boy now... and how he could drink milk at meals instead if he wanted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-completely-drop-their-bedtime-bottle#post-1918247 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:36:06 +0000 delight 1918247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have never done a bedtime bottle. I stopped the nighttime nursing session at 13 months and didn't offer a bottle in it's place. She's just 15 months but basically she gets her last bottle at 5:30 with dinner and she goes to bed at 7. Now I wonder if I should be giving her more before bed! </p>