still LOVES bottles!
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Topic: still LOVES bottles!
Posted By: 2boysnbug
Subject: still LOVES bottles!
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 11:50am
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i have a two year old son who continually takes his bottles everywhere and is always asking for it. he doesnt have it at daycare and never asks for it there. its the only way that i can get him to have a day sleep if he has his bottle with him and same at night.... he packs a big mental if he hasnt got it... i have tried bottle fairy, cups, sipper bottles... am i asking for too much for him not to want a bottle anymore?
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Posted By: hooper
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 1:07pm
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iam having the same probs with Paige, she wont go to sleep without hers. ------------- Desiree 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 3:14pm
both my boy and my newpew were in love with there bottles we just waited till they were ready to give them up and then stuck to that with cups for drinks good luck ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 3:20pm
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so he sleeps fine without it at daycare? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: 2boysnbug
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 4:40pm
| its weird- yeah daycare not a problem. i think he is more entertained there and hasnt got someone thinking of housework and other things at home and needing something to keep him out of the way while we get things done..... maybe i should just wait, at least he is happy when he has it... it is just weird to see one in a two year old mouth |
Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 7:02pm
| If you really don't like it you could always try a variation of the dummy fairy, only the bottle fairy. Get or make a special looking bag, explain that he is a big boy now and doesn't need a bottle and that if he wants to he can put his bottle in the special bag and the bottle fairy will come over night and take the bottle to give to a little baby who needs one. And for being such a lovely boy, giving his bottle to the baby, the fairy will leave a special present for him. You will probably still have a tough few nights as he get used to not having his bottle but he will come right. My son is just about to turn 2 and we are going to have to start thinking about when to phase out bottles as well. He has already self weaned off one bottle so I am hoping he will do that with the others too. |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 8:55pm
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That's exactly what we did with Caitlin's dummy when she was about 18mths.
We're in the process of phasing the bottle out here. She only has 1 in the morning and 1 before bed. We started with 200mls in both and have slowly reduced them down to 120mls with no complaints. I'm hoping that when we get to 50mls we'll just explain to her that there's no more milk for the bottles (but will still offer it in a cup just before bed). That's how we're dealing with it and works ok so far. Good luck  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 21 January 2009 at 1:18pm
| Dom self weaned off his afternoon bottle just after Isobelle arrived and has started taking 50mls less for his morning and evening bottles. I have started moving bottle time closer to his meal time so that he is still feeling full and doesn't want as much. It also means that it is further away from his bedtime and makes the bottle less of a sleep association. Im hesitant to take the bottles away too quickly because even though I am BF Isobelle because she spills so much (with her reflux) we have to top her up with a bottle after each feed and I don't want Dom to feel any jealousy towards her. |
Posted By: 2boysnbug
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 8:58am
| Jackson has cut his bottles done a wee bit this week. i have been giving him small amounts in the bottle but really he only wants to suck on the teat. we had a baby here yesterday that had a straw cup and he decided that he wanted to be like his mate and started to drink out of his cup :-)... funny how a baby helped us out :-) |