Feb
bottle. I have tried everything.
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Try filling the bottle with more and more water and less and less milk ( I assume that is what is in there), also using less and less of the total amount each time. Until you stop giving it at all. It is difficult but he will go to sleep without one eventually. The trick is to stick to your plan. No matter how much crying goes on.
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hot sauce on the nipple it always works
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have you tried enrolling him in AA?
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well, he's only 15 months and if that is the only bottle he takes, then I would let him have it.Other than that, you'll just have to let him cry it out and try to give him comfort other ways. Mine all outgrew theirs before their 3rd birthday.
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Unfortunately, it's one of those things that you just have to take away. We always told kids in our family the rats got them or we sold them to the gypsys or something crazy like that. He's gonna be upset, but he'll get over it, and he won't be traumatized by it. He'll go to sleep once he gives up. It's not mean, it's just one of those milestones they all have to cross.
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Have you tried sending him to bed with the sippy cup? It took my son a while to get away from the bottle at bedtime. During the day one time, I had him watch me throw all the bottles in the trash, he didnt know I had 1 hidding somewhere else. When he started crying for it at night, I said remember we threw them away because we are a big boy. He cryed for a couple of hours but after that he never asked for it again.
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do you only give the bottle when going to bed and the sippy cup all day? Try giving the sippy cup for bed, you can take the bottle away completely and within a couple of days he will be over it, my daughter is 16 months and she will drink out of sippy cups but likes her bottle for bed, im not too worried about taking it away yet, 2 years old then no more, she only has them for bed so its not too bad
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Fifteen months is still pretty small. My first child had a bedtime bottle until about 20 months. My next two were done with bottles by 13 months. It's important to not let him fall asleep while drinking the bottle. It can contribute to tooth decay. Also, he shouldn't be drinking juice from a bottle. It's bad for the teeth, too.
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You have to just suck it up and listen to the baby cry! You have to be persistant and not give in to the whining and crying! My doctor said to have the baby throw the bottles in a bag and tell him they are all gone. Then throw them out! Babies at that age do understand what is happening! The baby may not be super excited but after a few days the crying at night will simmer down until there is no crying at all!
Just think….your babies are more prone to cavities and over bites when they use a bottle after 12 months!!! I took my daughters bottle away the week after her first birthday and it was hard for the first few nights! It will get better!
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you show him that the bottle is gone by throwing it in the trash … you let him know he goes nite nite with out the bottle that he does not need it anymore.. he will cry for a while and then go on to sleep.. you on ly have to do it once… do yourself a favor.. don't let the baby use the sippy cup in place of a bottle it rots out there teeth .. let him have his drink at nite and then out him to bed…
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This is what I did with my youngest daughter when she was at a similar age. She was also at that stage where she would just need a bottle when she went to bed.
One night, when she had (for like the millionth time) taken the lid off of her sippy cup and got milk all over the crib.
While mom cleaned up the mess in her bed, I carried her into the kitchen, sat her down on the counter, opened the cupboards and let her see me throw all of the bottles and nipples into the garbage can (it was clean with a new liner).
I told her that that was it, that she didn't need bottles anymore and that they all went bye-bye.
It worked and she didn't ever need or want a bottle again.
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If it is only 1 a day, just pick the right weekend, and take it away. My son had a pacifier only at bed time. I pick a weekend and took it away on a Friday night. Not much sleep for either of us. Saturday night was rough, but we got some sleep and by Sunday night, he was over it and slept the night trough! I held my son all through the first night so he didn't feel completely abandoned.
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Do you celebrate Easter with the Easter Bunny at all? What worked for us is putting out the bottles (ALL of them) for the Easter Bunny (or Santa or whomever) and the Easter Bunny replaced them with new sippy cups.
I agree with some previous answers…15 months is still little. I would personally be more concerned around 2 years old or so. But that's just me.
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Try to stir your baby's taste and mind. Put something to your baby's milk to disappoint him/her, like something sour,spicy etc.. then give to your baby just a little bit(just to show him/her the bad taste)then try to give your baby a sippy cup with milk without your stirring ingredient and tell him/her that in his/her age when he/she uses a bottle to drink the taste of the milk became sour or spicy but when he/she uses a cup the taste are really good/delicious. I tried it and experienced it already…successful for my baby. try it and goodluck.
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You can first start off by not letting the baby use the bottle during the day and just give it to them at night when they go to sleep and then after a while they will soon get off the bottle.
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well i am sorry you have to go thru this, but unfortunately you started the 'going to bed with a bottle routine' so he now has been sorta trained that he needs 'something' to sooth him to go to sleep.
Instead of just throwing them away as suggested- make sure you talk to him about this for a period of time. maybe a week or so-every day reminding him that the day is coming. get him prepared of what to expect and make it sound like something special. ie 'you and i are going to pack up these bottles together and give them to some other 'baby' who needs them:becuz you are a big boy now and you dont need this at bedtime.'
make it sound as interesting as if you are saying -on the weekend we are going to make cookies and you get to help!!!
start slowlly to introduce some other soothing activities before bed that are new to him. reading books, a childrens cartoon to watch together ( my husband, myself, and 2 1/2 yr old watch bugs bunny every nite before her bedtime-on tv)
buy him a new stuffed animal or new book. or maybe have an evening snack if he doesnt already-my older kids used t have a bowl of cereal or oatmeal or dish of fruit before bed.
talk to him contantly-never any negativity-he understands more than you probably think- let him know your expectations so he knows what to expect.
allowing him time to absorb what will happen, allowing him to be a part of the process, and also allowing him to help pick a new bedtime routine will empower him and help the whole process.
yes he is still young, and there is no special age. my older daughter had her bottle till just after 2, my middle daughter was totally done by around 16 or 17 mos.
there is no rush, and you know him best..maybe you can simply incorporate the bedtime bottle during the routine but not actually in bed-that may help, becuz it sounds like he needs first to learn how to sooth himself and fall asleep himself-just a suggestion.
Also you can start giving only and absolutely only water in the bottle!
hope some of this helps
good luck