Best Way to Wien 13-Month Old from the Night Time Bottle and Binkie

What I did was I had started putting her formula in a tippy cup and giving it to her during the day instead of the bottle and it went over great. We never had any problems getting her off the bottle that way. As far as the Binky? My girl is 2 and last night was the first night I tried weening her off her Binky and I cut the tip off a little bit. She cried for a little bit and I just kept giving her the cut off one and she went to nap and to bed last night basically without it. I guess the point of cutting the tip off a little bit each week makes it less appealing and it doesn't serve its regular purpose. Best of luck to you!

Hi D.,

My oldest son was really attached to his bottle at night as well...however, he never took a binkie. I tried alot of different things to have him "let go" of his bottle and nothing seemed to work. The only thing that I found that worked was to actually throw the bottles away in the trash. I was told by my aunt to throw them away in front of him so he would understand what was going on. I took it one step further and actually made him throw it away. I explained to him that he was too old for a bottle and that we were throwing them away and he would only get sippy cups. That night at bedtime he asked for a bottle. I reminded him that he threw it away. I told him that big boys didn't need bottles anymore....I basically went over the whole conversation we had at the trash can earlier in the day. I then offered him a sippy cup instead. Of course he would argue with me alittle about it but soon gave in. After the 2 or 3 nights of this, it finally sank in. He never asked for his bottle again.

Instead of thowing all your bottles away, if you plan to have more children in the future and wanted to keep them, just take one of your older, non-expensive bottles and just have her throw that one away and just hide the others.

Good luck & God Bless!
K.

Yeah I'd let her keep the binkie a while longer. She just might not be ready. If you really want to loose the nighttime bottle then still having a binkie will help her not miss the bottle so much. You can wait another 6 months or year for sure before worrying about the nighttime binkie, and losing the binkie just might happen on its own.

I've always wondered why one year old is the magic number of when kids should stop having a binky or bottle. I've always waited until my kids did REALLY well with a sippy cup--and we always started with a soft silicone spout (nuby) so it'd be more like a bottle--and they were more like 2. Neither of them are dependent on their milk before bedtime, though. It's just the only time I can get them to drink it. My 20 mo old girl still gets it in a bottle. My 3 yr old gets it in a sippy cup. I would much rather have my 1 yr old get the milk she needs than worry about whether or not she's getting it from a bottle or a sippy.

I'd say, just go slow, don't force it, let it take days or weeks or months.

I think each child is different, but I do agree with Kathy C. My kids never took a binky but they sure loved a bottle at night. We put water in the bottle at first, and that helped a lot. A friend of mine went from water bottle to just the nipple/lid. I don't know if that's safe or not, but it worked for her. 13 months is pretty young, so if you can't get her off the binky right away, wait until she is a little older and make her feel like she's a big girl, not a baby, and can throw the binky away herself. Maybe you get her a nice little stuffed animal to sleep with and tell her that when she's a big girl and can throw away her binky, she'll get the little animal to sleep with. I still remember my mother making a big deal of throwing my bottles away! I remember feeling very special about it. My mom had me throw them away at our house and then we went to grandma's house and threw the ones there away too. (Obviously, if I remember this I was much too old to have a bottle!!)

I say the bottle needs to go, but don't be so quick to take the binkey away. The day my oldest son (now 8) turned 18 months I decided it was time to say goodbye to the binkey, I kept it hidden during the day and allowed him to have it at night for a couple days, then I got rid of it altogether. This whole process took me one week. I was so proud, only to find that he is now what they call a chewer, he chews his pencils, clothes, fingernails, etc. Supposedly this should stop by 10. I can't help but think that I took the binkey away too early. My daughter was a thumb sucker, we are still dealing with this, she is now six. My youngest, 2 1/2 still has his binkey. Mind you, he doesn't run around all day with it, but he still needs it to fall asleep. There is loads of literature out there on what is right and wrong but really, only you know your child, forget what people say and follow your instincts. My sons teeth are fine and he is slowly weaning himself from his binkey. When you do decide to take it away I suggest doing it first during the day then working your way towards the night.
Best of luck!

with my oldest daughter, we gave a bottle of warm. then cut back on the amount of water. then just gave a empty bottle, it was like it was her security bottle, not really drinking it. as for the paci i just took it from, threw them all away.