Help Getting Two Year Old off Bottle

I'll tell you what my sister did. She stuffed the nipples with the dirtiest stuff. Of course her kids didn't want to drink from the bottles anymore and stopped asking for it right away.

Another friend of mine kept cutting the tip of the nipples a little piece at a time until there was nothing left to it. It worked!

Hi H....

That's just as difficult as the pacifier. It took me forever to get my oldest off the pacifier (3 1/2 years!) but surprisingly the bottle was very easy. At 12 mos he weened himself from his nighttime bottle so I just took it away and started giving him a sippy.

I know (trust me, I KNOW!) it's easier said than done, but I think it the only way to really get rid of it is to just get rid of it.

GOOD LUCK!

K. - sahm of 2 boys, 5 and 2

My son was 2 1/2 and still on a bottle. I posted an add on craigslist and gave them away. I figured that if I had none in the house it would be easy to just say that there were no bottles left. He only had them at night and naptime so bedtime was a little harder for a while but he got over it. I think that just getting rid of them is the easiest way to do it. If you still need them for more children later then I would pack them up in a box and stick them out of sight.

My son was 18 months when we got him off of the bottle. It was really a security blanket for him and it took a major change to do it. He finally stopped when I had my second child. The only advice I have for is maybe do something special to get rid of them to make your child feel like a big kid. Perhaps you can wrap them up in ribbon and bring them to someone who has a baby or have a ceremony to throw them in the garbage. Let your child know they are a big boy/girl and that it is time they used a cup for big kids. Make them fee like they are part of the process, but get rid of all the bottles so you aren't tempted to give a bottle when they are crying for one. Stay strong and be tough.