Weaning My 13Mos Old off of the Bottel

you could try the Nuby Sippy cups... they have a soft silicone spout like a bottle shaped like a sippy.

before I tried this for my older daughter, I didn't think there was much of a difference... but she would NOT drink her milk from a sippy cup, and she switched to the NUBY no problem!

then, 2 months later, she kept biting holes in the spouts, so I switched her to a regular sippy then, and again, no problem. I think it really helped with the transition!
hope this helps!

As a mother of 4 & a one-time Childbirth educator, I personally wouldn't be concerned about a 13-month old having a bottle, especially as infrequently as what you describe. I would cut the night time ones out simply b/c she doesn't need to bwaking at night for a bottle. Try encouraging sleep but simply patting her on the back & telling her "mommy's here. It's ok." and leave quickly (linger, but not long & don't pick er up!!!) Keep repeating this until she doesn't wake, but wait longer each time before going in to her. Once she's getting through the night w/out a bottle I would skip the naptime bottle. Replace it w/ a book, snuggles ina rocker, or something like that. Follow the same process as the middle of the night routine. I would allow several months of these bottle deletions to go on before worrying about the bed time one WITH ONE EXCEPTION: don't let her go into bed with the bottle. SHe needs to finish it while she's awake & NOT in her bed. There needs to be no assiciation with being IN bed & the bottle! If this doesn't work then I would suggest a certain kind of plasctic straw that hooks up to Dr Brown's bottles. It is flexible & will only work is the child is sitting upright. We used them with our most resistent child & they worked great. But again, I wouldn't do that yet b/c 13-months is still very young. If she's taking a cup the rest of the time, then just concentrate on middle of the night & naptime weaning! GOOD LUCK!
K.

Hi A.,

I had my son off the bottle when he was 13 months old. It was the best thing I did because now that he is 2 and headstrong, it would have been a battle.
What I did was started reading books to him in his room at those times that way we did something different, but still routine. He didn't miss it and it was very easy. Take one feeding away a week. Which ever is easier. Also, during that month, I didn't put anything but milk in his sippy cup, that way he didn't associate it with juice. I would still sit with my son and give him his sippy cup like a bottle at first. He didn't wake up in the middle of the night for a bottle...but, try giving her the sippy cup of water if she has to have something. Waking up in the night is a different habit to break:)

Good luck and it doesn't happen overnight.

D.

try a sippie cup. tell her she is a big girl and big girls drink out of sippie cups. go to the store with and pick some out with her and tell her she has to drink out of the big girl cup now. she should be old enough to hold it and manuver it.

Ask her, with enthusiasm, if she wants to drink from a big girl cup. Get her some nice ones with cartoons she likes on them.

She shouldn't be having milk in her bed anyway. It is really bad for her teeth. So, instead of feeling bad when she cries for a bottle know you are doing something really good for her. And to get it over sooner, just throw out the bottles or donate them to charity. Then when she is having a fit, you won't be able to break under the pressure & give her one. And out of sight is out of mind after a while. My son wouldn't do sippies only regular cups.

well, this may sound drastic, but with my guys when they were little two of them required extreme measures so what I did was to get all thier bottles and nipples brought them to the trash can and said to them "look, mommy is throwing away your bottle because you are a big boy now... you have your sippy cup and you don't need it anymore. I am so proud of you." You should start telling her what a big girl she is when you catch her doing something good for a day or so prior and remember to do it afterward... she may cry at first, but don't back down and make sure all of the bottle stuff is gone... out of sight out of mind..

Good Luck and God Bless You,
S.

When weaning my boys ( now 8 and 7) off the bottle, I made the bottle unavailable. The 'family law' in my family was to simp;y throw them out. The good thing was the sippy cups had the 'no-spill' option. I started my older son on the cup when he was ten months old. The younger one was easier because his big brother had some thing different.