Weening

I had no problem with that. I just cut down the bottle little by little and then when they were 1 we just did without. As long as they're drinking from a cup.
Someone said they would put water in their bottle and they wouldn't want it anymore.
I read not to put anything in their bottle besides formula.

Good luck.

start giving milk still in his cup and use the sibber. don't give him the bottle before bed time warm him up some milk and keep doing in put it in the sibbercup. He will get use to it and want ask for the bottle .I might take a little time on your part but it will happen.

I had to just take the bottle away and let them cry for the first night. They got over it quickly. When they still want something to drink at night I give them bottled water in a sippy cup with some of those flavor packs that you mix in with the bottled water. They are sugar free, completly sugar free, and they are drinking more water at the same time. I win and the kids win because they taste good. My youngest son had a bottle too long and now one of his teeth is in bad shape from the milk sitting on his teeth during the night. Try the water in a sippy cup with the flavored powder added to it. It worked for me

Hi S., what i did with my first daughter was take her bottle and if youre starting at 8oz go from 8 to 4 oz then 4oz to 2 and gradully do it that way he/she may scream at bedtime that they want there bottle the way mine did, I told her the BOTTLE BUNNY came and took her bottles for some other little boy or girl who needed them more, and it seemed to work. My second one just seemed to like the bottle less and when i thought she was ready to go to a cup didnt have any problems as she elected to drink from a cup on her own and prefered it more. Good luck they all give it up sooner or later, its like a binki to tthem. Have a great week.

S.,
I went through the same thing with my son who is now 22 months. My husband just packed all of his bottles away one day, and all we used from that point was the sippy. My son would ask for his bottle for about 3 days, and then it was like he never had a bottle. I still give him his sippy cup at the same times I would give him his bottle. He is just as satisfied. I have found that toddlers are "creatures" of habit. But whatever method you choose, be consistent. Good luck.

Hi, I went through this with my 3. They all delt with it diffrently, my oldest tried the cup and never looked back, my midlle had soem trouble switching over and my 3rd saw her big sisters drinking out of a cup ajnd wnatedd to do what they were doing asap.

I would see how your child likes it and go with how he wants to do it. There is no rush or a perfect age to do this so don't puch him. He is still young, I would introduce the cup and go from there.

I was told to make the hole bigger in the nipple that way when he drinks it spills and is harder then you say uh oh its broken time to throw it away and let him throw it away soon all bottles will be gone.

Hi S.,

I have 2 boys, my 18 month old wanted nothing to do with a bottle from 6 months on. I just gave him a sippy cup and he hasent had a bottle since 6 months old. Now my 3 year old is a different story. He actually still takes a bottle. He usually only has it around bed time. I think it's more of a comfor thing. I wouldent change it for the world though. It's not like he's sucking a bottle in public and the way I look at it is if he'd rather drink milk from a bottle then a sippy cup then that is fine with me, as long as he's happy. I figure as long as he's not sucking a bottle in kindergarten, he's fine. They are only this little for so long, before you know it, its' gone and you spend all your time taking everything away from them that makes them your baby then they are miserable. My boys are happy all the time.

My kids wanted their bottle at sleep time for quite a while. I started offering them a sippy cup to take to bed with them. That helped make the transition smoother. After a few weeks, I gave them the sippy cup right before bedtime and let them finish the contents. They then had to say good nite to the cup, put it in the sink, and go to bed without it. Good luck.

I had the same issue and we were at the point where our daughter was drinking more and more before bed and it was like her addiction to get to sleep. The first thing that I tried was only offering milk in the sippy cup, but formula in the bottle with the hopes that she would start to prefer milk and drop the bottle. However when she got upset or tired or really hungry she only wanted the bottle. I realized it was going to have to be cold turkey. Here's what I did and my pediatrician confirmed you do whatever you have to to break the bottle.
Day 1
In the morning I gave her her favorite breakfast right away so she wouldn't get hungry for the bottle. Then at her next bottle I gave her a piece of cheese first (to nip the hunger) and then introduced juice (watered down) for the first time in her sippy cup. The cheese-juice routined worked and I was sure to give it like 15 mins beofre her usual bottle so she wouldn't get fussy. Even before bed. The first night we ended up only giving her a couple ounces in a bottle right before bed.

Day 2:

No bottle and never again. My husband meanwhile was so upset that she was having juice before bed but i was simply amazed she was off the bottle.

Day 4:
Eventually we started offering her milk in a sippy and she would take that over the juice. Our doctor said it is easier to wean a kid off juice then the bottle so better to intro juice and then take it away once she likes the sippy. Literally 3 days later she didn't even need a drink before bed! And she now drinks like a quart of milk a day from a sippy.

Good luck!

With my daughter I didn't bother (weening) if it was time to be done with something it was time to be done. We got rid of it. If your son is overly attached this may not work out so well for you, but this was the best way to go in our house.

I weened mine by the time they were 16 mos from bottles. You have to do it gradually. He is still new to the sippy cups so trying to ween him immediately is too stressful for him right now. Start by gradually incorporating the sippy at nap time and then once he is used to that then add it to the bed time ritual. Do not get discouraged if he does not take to it right away. Enjoy the closeness that he is looking for right now and do not rush it. It will happen. I hope this helps, it's the same with potty training. Patience.

I have just done this with my 15 month old a month ago, and it worked like a charm. Is he asking for baba or are you just giving it to him? I would not give it to him, I would automatically give him the cup and say here is you cup. If he askes for the baba, I would just say,"Here is your cup". Dont give him the bottle. With the bottles, its hard to ween...you just have to take it away, and be calm....he will eventually not even ask for the bottle.....I wouldnt give it to him in the crib though, and that is just my opinion.

With all 3 of my kids I did it cold turkey. I hid all the bottles and showed them there weren't any anymore. I gave a sippy cup right before bed and then to bed they went, they got nothing in bed (very bad for teeth, I've personally seen bottle rot from children sleeping with bottle) They get used to it, first there is some crying, just be strong and grin and bear it, eventually it stops. They aren't going to die, and you aren't harming them, it's natural.

I did not have any problem with my oldest daughter. She took herself off the bottle, but my second daughter was another story. She was going to give that bottle up no matter what. However, I did find a sippy cup that had a soft, silicone, top. (It was a sippy - not a bottle). I gave it to her and told her it was her big girl bottle. She really warmed up to the idea and began taking the sippy insteed of her bottles. After a while, she left the soft, top, sippys for the regular ones.
Just a thought. It worked really well for us.