Hi, Everyone I have a question for you all. My son is 13 months and I have twp problems first is trying to get him to sleep in crib at first for a couple of night he did until last couple of weeks. He's been having a tough time with is teeth and I thing it bothers him and wake him up and then he wants to come with us and my poor husband is sent to couch. 2nd how to get him off bottle to sippy cup. I tried giving him the sippy cup by he dosen't drink from, Please give me you advice.
Love, J.
For teething, I use Humphrey's teething tablets. They work great.
As for the sippy cup, just keep offering the sippy cup to him any time he needs a drink. My daughter likes the ones with straws. She drinks from them the best.
I don't know how big your room is, but we put a twin mattress on the floor next to our bed and my son at 12 months slept there instead of our bed. He knew he was close and I could go lie with him for a few minutes until he felt comfortable if he was waking for some reason and couldn't fall back asleep. It is all a matter of preference. I didn't like hearing the crying! Also, my son was completely breastfed, and REFUSED a bottle at any time. I ended up finding a sippy cup that he loved, it is called Nuby, carried by CVS, Kmart, Babies R Us among others and has a silicone spout more like a bottle. They also have some with straws that are great as they get older. But my son still (21 months) uses that Nuby sippy by the bed incase he gets thirsty at night. A lot of friends have had success with the Nuby too! Hope it helps!
I agree with Jessica, you have to just be firm and make him sleep in his own bed. All babies teeth but not all babies wake at night because of teething. He may just want you! This is the age of separation anxiety and this might be all that he is going through. I also agree with Jessica about the sippy cup. Put the bottles out of sight, go cold turkey. It is better for his health. I always tell the story of my oldest son who could chew through a nipple at this age and the hazard of choking became my driving force to get him off of the bottle and pacifier! Believe me, he WILL find a sippy cup that he likes in order to quench his thirst.
if you have a special place you keep the bottles take all of them out and hide them. we put ours in storage so i was not able to get them when my son cried for it. show your son the area you used to keep them so he sees that they are no longer there and replace them with sippy cups. try the ones that are a soft rubber instead of the hard plastic.
They make so many cool sippy cups now. I would take him in the store w/ you and let him pick one out and then let him hold it while you do the rest of your shopping. When you get home fill it up and maybe??? he will want it.
Hi J.,
I am sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with your son , It can be tough when you are battling multiple things. My advise on bedtime are two things .
First on teething , there are teething tablets (you can buy at Walmart in the vitamin section ) they are all natural and dissolve under the baby's tongue . I have used them with all three of my children and I swear by them. Give these to your son as you are putting him to bed . I seems like it melts the pain away and they can rest better. Not sure how because my husband has put many of them in his mouth at one time to test them and can not figure them out. :)
Second, try putting a fan in his bedroom to drown out sounds that might disturb him. This way he can get a peaceful sleep.
I am not sure about the sippy cup except maybe try letting him drink out of a regular cup a few times and he might get the idea .
Good Luck ,I wish you the best
A.
Hello. Has your son been sleeping w/ you for this whole time or did you have him w/ you just some of the time? My son would usually start out the night w/ me and his dad, then once he was asleep go back into his crib and then before morning be back in bed w/ us again. When I started trying to do the crib full time, it just wasn't working at all. I ended up starting him right on a twin bed w/ a biiiiiiig bedguard. That way I could lay w/ him 'til he fell asleep and then ease out. Also, about the sippy cups.... Have you tried the Nuby brand? They have silicone sippy parts so that it's mroe of a transition from a bottle than immediately to the hard plastic.
About the bed thing... you just have to be firm and keep him in his crib. If his teeth are hurting him then give him something to help soothe them and put him right back in his crib. If he cries for too long then go in and lay him down and rub his back or something. But I would suggest not picking him up... he might think that he will then get to come sleep with you. It might take a few nights of him crying.... but he will get the picture. You are making the decision to let him sleep in your bed, so if you tell yourself you won't do it anymore, then don't! Be firm and tell him he has to sleep in his own bed. About the sippy cup thing; start buying different kids of them, Nubby has ones that have nipples that are somewhere between a bottle nipple and a sippy top. I used those to break my son into a sippy cup. Also, like the other mom said be sure to have all the bottles put away and only offer him the cup. After a day or so, he will get the point.
Hi there, When my 22 mo son was teething, we would give him a freeze pop before bed...it seemed to numb his gums and he would sleep through the night. A little bit of tylenol didn't hurt either, but only when all else failed! As far as the transition to a sippy cup...when I was making the switch, first I just put an empty cup on his high chair tray and would let him play with it, check it out, that sort of thing. Then, after maybe a week or two of getting him familiar with it, I began substituting it for a bottle...every few days, instead of him getting a bottle, I would give the sippy cup. The first few days, for breakfast, then once he got used to that, I would add it for his lunch, then a few days later, dinner, then bedtime. It made it a smooth transition since it wasn't like culture shock. Hope that helps and good luck! Steph
I agree with what someone said about him staying in his crib and checking on him.If you have been cosleeping and are trying to get him in his own room that can be a battle itself.I know when my kids went through a period of getting up at night it seemed to help if i put one of my tshirts(that i have worn)in their crib(not where they could get it)and the"smell"of me helped them sleep at night.He could be having a fear of being without you.And if it is teething maybe Motrin(it'll last all night)and Hyland teething tabs.
The sippy cup thing..just try different ones and he'll find one he likes.But keep offering him the sippy cups instead of bottles.I know with my kids we kept 1bottle and pitched the rest and just told them they had to drink from regular cups and that worked.
Good luck to you
J.
Your son sounds like his teeth do bother him. Put some baby orajel on his gums and then give him a dose of baby tylenol. That always seemed to work for my daughter when her teeth hurt in the middle of then night. Well, it still does help. (She's 20 months)
As for the sippy cup problem, give him whatever he is used to drinking in the sippy cup. Water, milk, formula, whatever. Then if he still won't take it then you can try different types of sippy cups. My daughter didn't really like regular sippy cups so we tried ones with straws (make sure they can be closed) that were leak proof. She loved it. And we have not had a problem since. In fact, I just reintroduced regular sippy cups and she loves them now too. I think she didn't get the idea of sucking on something that was so odd shaped. I hope this helps.
