Middle of the Night Bottle

I have a son that just turned 2 this month and we still cosleep sometimes when he falls asleep I mive him to his bed. As for the bottle my son got off the bottle at 16 months but it was hard. Stick to water.(is she on regular milk or formula) and start to use a sippy cup all day or a sippy cup with a straw and only a bottle at bedtime for about a week then start going straight to sippy cups it took my son 3 days to adjust and then she will have to start eating more solids. But the bottle is not helping her it can and will delay speech. Let me know if there is anything else you need feel free to email me at ____@____.com

First off I don't believe in a child being speech delay because they take a bottle beyond 16 or 22 months. Speech delay is already there. My two daughter still take a bottle 2 &3 at night only. The two y/o screams for her bottle and we were co-sleeping but all of a sudden she wants and now sleeps in her crib. I'm amazed. She still cry for her bottle and right now I don't think I going to take it away for the fact that one new change is enough for a month. I feel for you not sleeping for 22 months thur the night. I finally had a good night sleep after 3 years of having kids sleep w/us. I won't worry so much ya'll are adjusting to the move, try in a couple of months. Do only one thing at a time move her to her own bed or giving up the bottle. Hope I have offer you some good advise. Take care of yourself...
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This could be totally off base, but have you considered reflux? I've had a little of it all my life--stomach acid coming up my esophagus at night because the valve that separates it from the stomach doesn't shut quite right. It's not that big a deal, and for years (until age 30) I thought I was having hunger pains in the middle of the night (it feels exactly the same). I managed it by drinking milk in the middle of the night, which made it stop so I could go back to sleep. Anyway, to make a short story long... the answer turned out to be to tilt myself (on pillows) so that I was sleeping with my shoulders slightly elevated over my waist. My dad, who has also had this issue, put phone books under the legs at the head of the bed to tilt the whole bed, which also worked. Just a thought.

You need to also consider that since she has her teeth now, she is at risk of decay of those teeth. Milk turns to sugars and can quickly rot their teeth. I am a surgical nurse and have worked with many children having the silver crowns placed on their teeth at the age of 2 or three. In many cases have had to crown all of their teeth.

Tell her that the midnight bottle is going to stop and that she needs to eat more during the day. Feed her what she likes as long as it is good for her. If she got enough during the day, she will not wake up hungry. If she won't eat in the daytime, remind her that that is okay, but she will not be getting a bottle that night. Then if she wakes up hungry, remind her again what you told her that day. She and you may have to learn the hard way, but she will not stop wanting it if you don't stop giving in to her every night. Co-sleeping doesn not have much to do with it other than her crying in your ear is making you give in.