Toddler That Wont Give up the Bottle

You'll just need to throw the bottles away - do it in front of her, and have nothing but cups to offer. Yes, she may cry and have tantrums, but the more times you give in, the more times you'll have to go through it. If you simply throw the bottles away so that she knows you don't have a bottle to give her anymore, she'll get over it.

We always threw all the bottles away on a trash day, said "bye-bye" to them, and watched the trashman take them away. then when they asked for them, the answer was always (sad face, Mom), "they're all gone." If you want to save them for the next baby, just fish them out of the trash when she's not around.

Just toss the bottles. I always wonder why parents are so willing to negotiate with their children on such topics (nuks, staying in their own beds, bottles, potty training, etc), once they are of an age to be rid of them, etc.

I had limited issues with such things with my own child (who is now 16) and with all of the many daycare children who have come thru my doors in the last 13 years. I am a "meanie" I guess. But I have alot of years of experience getting kids off the bottle at 12-13 mos, potty training at 22-28 mos, and getting rid of nuks, etc. Be the bad guy for a few days and it will all smooth itself out...and that works for most issues!

You can do it!

I just let my kids sip from cups without lids at all. It wasn't until much later I actually gave them a sippy cup.

You can juts get rid of all the bottles... the tempers will start, but will fade eventually when the child gets thirsty and realizes the bottle is no longer an option.

here is a great expert answer on the subject:
http://www.babycenter.com/404_my-toddler-refuses-to-give-...

Take the bottles away and dont give her a option. I know it is harsh but it will work I promise. Both of my boys were off bottles at 11 1/2 months and never once cried for one. It might take a day or two for her to get used to it but stand your ground and it will happen.

It's very easy, just take the bottles away and offer only sippy cups. We did this with both kids, it only took 2-3 days to adjust(with tantrums and all). It's really not a big deal.

depends on child's personality, Put a really cool cup with a straw in the fridge and tell her its for when big kids visit. Give the bottles to a very small baby (that mother can throw them away if she wants or save them for you to give next baby -but it shows your daughter that bottles are for infants and that infant needs them) and keep trying to give her sippy cups. Keep telling her that baby really needed those bottles as he/she is too little for cups. Do not offer the cup with straw but relent if she begs for it. good luck

You answered you own question. You need to be more consistant. Throw the bottles away and they won't be there anymore. She'll get used to them within a few days.

So long as you give in to your daughter's demands to have the bottle, she will never "want" the sippy cups. You need to make it impossible for her to have the bottles, just throw them all away. She will cry and have tantrums. There is no way to avoid that. But, it won't last for long....a few days, maybe. Once she figures out that there are no more bottles, she will stop the tantrums and start drinking from the cups.

Good Luck!

I agree, we threw them all away the night before her 1st birthday. I had been giving her a heads up that on her 1st bday, 1 year olds are big girls and "get to drink from cups!"

We went to Target and I let her pick out one. I then also picked out one.. I left them on the kitchen counter so she could see them.. Sometimes I would tell her she was "allowed to hold it.." On the morning of her birthday I asked her, do you want juice or milk in your big girl cup? She said milk and she did great.. At her party that day she was given cups by everyone and from then on, I allowed her to pick the cup. I always gave her choices.. Milk or water? Milk or juice? At dinner she always had milk..

She never looked back..

Oh my gosh we are going through the exact same thing right now with our 17 month old. She still wants a bottle at night and first thing in the moring. We are in the process of trying the nibby cups. I think those are working. They still have a small nipple on them, so I think it might work.
Good luck.

These cups worked great for getting my son off the bottle. They have a soft spout like a bottle. We still call it a "baba", so i think he still thinks it's a bottle, but it's not! Here's the girl version: http://tinyurl.com/2vwqdhl

my 2 year old was 20 months old when i finally got him off of the bottle. he only wanted it before bed, which is the worst time because of tooth decay. I just one day threw all of his bottles away. now he had been drinking from a sippy at meals since he was under 12 months old though so i didnt have a problem there. when he asked him for a bottle at nite i handed him a sippy w water. after about 3 days he stoped asking for it. this was the same scenerio with my older two also. if you just pick a sippy (spillproof) don't give her her bottle but the sippy instead she will get it in afew days.

Why don't you wait until 18 months. At that time, tell her she's 1 and a half, time to give up the bottles to babies who need them. Go to the store and ask the cashier to play along with you. Tell your daughter that she can choose a big girl toy in the toy store but she has to pay by donating her bottles. Choose the toy. give in the bottles ($ or credit card on the sly) in a bag and leave them in the store-they throw them away and your daughter can not beg for a bottle at home b/c there are none. Worked for my three kids like a charm (the fourth never took a bottle) and the pacifier too btw. L.

get rid of ALL of the bottles and you'll have no choice but to be consistent. she'll get use to it.......she'll have to. good luck!

We just mean my 16 month old. We simply put the bottles us and kept offering a cup. You might try a straw cup, my son never would drink out of a sippy. You're right, you do need to be consistent. Just take them away, don't give her the option.

Try a straw cup. Sucking through a straw is good for theit oral development anyway.

Make it a party. Buy her some new special cups. Have some balloons and a cupcake. Make it personalized. Try putting her name on these special cups (you can get those personalized bands that wrap around cups). Talk about her being a big girl a couple of days ahead of time and having a party to give her a present.

Hope that helps!

She's not too young to discipline for tantrums. I'm disciplining my one year old right now, and she's gotten a lot less tantrummy than at 8 months (ya, she started early, my other two didn't try it until 18 months). If you do that first, you won't have to worry about setting her off for whatever comes up including sippy cups etc. I have a great book if you want it. Don't cave to tantrums, or it will become a nightmare. Give her the sippy cup. Just pick one. Don't offer the bottle anymore, she won't dehydrate herself to death! Good luck!