26 month old drinking bottle?
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When she eats offer her milk in a cup. She will whine and cry for her bottle, but if you really want to help her kick the habit, don't provide it. Keep in mind that when she whines for her bottle it's not because she needs it for emotional stability. It's the change she's resisting. She loves her bottle, it's familiar and comforting. Through this period of transition, she'll need extra holding, comfort and understanding from you.
Make certain at the start that you're going to stick with your plan to gradually eliminate the bottle. If you're wishy-washy you only confuse her. If you fear you'll buckle under when her whining turns to demands and temper tantrums, let her keep it she may eventually lose interest all on her own.
Make the cup more desirable than the bottle when weaning your child off the bottle. Consider putting only water in the bottle. Offer milk or your child's favorite drink in a cup. Offer her drinks in a fun cup with pictures on it or with a straw. She may think the cup tastes better than the bottle and give it up more easily.
persistancy.
First and foremost, it's ok for her to drink out of her bottle as long as you clean her teeth. Next, you can try reducing the amount of milk in the bottle. then offer her the cup to drink the rest. She just misses her mommy and associates the bottle with you and your hugs. (I would bet!)
Try to let her know you would be willing to cuddle with her while she drinks out of the cup, give her BIG approval for using the cup and ignore using the bottle. Don't hug her while she has it. I assume you get my idea- which I guess I'll have to do soon too. Hope you get there!!
i had the same problem with my daughter. we moved just at the time she was giving up her bottle and the insecurities of moving made her want it back. she would cry herself sick also. i kept giving it to her. after that she was stuck. i finaly managed to get her off after she turned 3 because she started playing with other friends around the house and so she had no time to miss it. i'm not sure what my advice would be except to keep trying to get her to listen to you and maybe try only giving her water in her bottle and everything else in a cup. she may figure it out that if she wants the good stuff that only comes in a cup and start wanting it.
ok on that idea try giving her the choice. each time she wants something to drink fill a cup with juice or milk and the bottle with water. let her choose which one she wants. this way even if she chooses the bottle of water, it's less harm to her teeth and she could always use the extra water i am sure. so either way you win though maybe not what you quite want :-)
Try hiding all those baby bottles and telling and showing her that there are no baby bottles and the only thing is to drink the sippy cups..
My daughter told her daughter that This was the Last nipple. When it was gone, there were NO MORE like it. When the end came off of the nipple, it upset her, but she was just old enough to know. She was 2. (We even tried putting mustard on the nipple, yuck, she just rubbed it off.)
I totally understand that you dont want to hear her screaming, or have to clean up her throw up(my cousins baby does this too) But you have to be persistent with it. With my son I just threw all of the bottles away and it took a couple of days, but he forgot about them after that. It was not a pleasant 2 days, but it worked.
While drinking out of a bottle can be bad for the teeth, I feel your pain. Our daughter loved her bottle. I bought a sippy cup with a nipple top to get her used to a cup. I bought it at Walmart for like 2 dollars. It got her used to the cup idea and then we just switched the harder top ones and now she is drinking out of regular cups.
She is old enough now to understand if the bottles just happen to disapperar. Throw them all away when she isn't around and tell her they are gone. If she doesn't believe they are gone, let her look for them. If there are no bottles there will be no bottles. It may seem cruel, but now she will come to understand they are really gone. If that doesn't work, don't stress too much about it. She WILL eventually give them up. Another thing you could do is offer a few m&m's inexchange for the bottle. Reward use of a cup instead of bottle. Hope this helped.
i truly sympathize with you the journey ahead is going to be rough. what you need to do is throw them away every last one of them the sooner it is known that there will be no more bottles the sooner the throwing up will stop. she knows that is what freaks you out and she will do it as long as it works if it wasnt the bottles it would be something else. after a few days of you not giving in and not letting the vomiting bother you (at least not that she sees) she will move on to something else. it is similar to kids that hold their breath she wont hurt herself too badly especially if it doesnt benefit her to do so. my daughter is 30 months and we adopted the saying "we do not negotiate with terrorists" in my house contrary to a previous answer on here it will hurt her teeth even if you clean them just like a pacifier as a single mom im sure braces arent appealing to you good luck
Give your daugher a day's notice. Tell her that after today, there will be no more bottles. Take all her bottles and throw them out. Yes, she will continue to ask. Show her that there are no more bottles. Eventually she will get the idea and stop throwing a tantrum. It will take time. You can have her pick out a favorite cup to drink from, if you want. Reward her for drinking out of the cup instead of the bottle with reading a favorite book, sticker, favorite food for dinner one night, trip to the park, play time with you, ect.
I totally know what you're going through. This one take a little subtle manipulation. Try this.cut the top off of the nipple so that it looks normal except that it has a big hole in the top. Make sure there are are no pieces of nipple hanging that she can choke on. Then give her the bottle as normal. She'll pour it all over herself the first time and she'll be mad because all the suction will be gone but just be like "huh.well that's what happens to bottles when they get old." Eventually she'll tire of the suctionless bottle. Even if she doesn't the lack of suction will be a lot less damaging than the regular bottle. Just make sure that she doesn't chew on it because she could pull our little pieces if she gnaws on it too much.
Good luck!
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Some things you can try: First of all, use the same kind of cup at home that she uses at school. When she wants a bottle you can try offering her a bottle of water and a cup of milk and see if she chooses the cup. But in the end you may just have to take it from her. No matter what you need to get her off that bottle or it will start wearing at her teeth (if it hasn't already).
Not being an *** but the only reason she does it with you is because she can. You can't reason with a 2 year old. If you take it away she may throw a fit for a day or two but she'll get over it. Kids are persistent but they won't starve or get dehydrated if she doesn't get her way. Tantrums which result in vomitting should be treated like any other tantrum - ignored. Otherwise you'll never get her past that stage. Its difficult, but you can do it.
Good Luck!
26 months is still ok I think, but try to make it just the BED TIME bottle (once a day only), so it is special for her. good luck.
Go cold turkey. Either she drinks from a sippy/big girl cup or she doesnt get anything to drink. I went through the same thing with my son. Throw up and all, I understand trust me. It was hard but after a few days, many messes, and much praise. It worked. After that he gave his bottles away to our next door neighbor's new baby. And get her daycare to help reeinforce what you are doing.
TRY GIVING HER A CUP THEN A BOTTLE OF MILK.
WELL I TOLD MY DAUGHTER THAT SANTA NEEDED IT FOR A HOMELESS CHILD THAT DIDNT HAVE ANY BOTTLES..SHE GAVE IT UP..AND AND MAYBE U CAN TELL HER MAYBE A CUP DURING THE DAY N 1 BOTTLE A NIGHT..I KNOW ITS ROUGH BEING A PARENT BUT I WISH U LUCK
well they said that children should have the bottle after a year becasue it isnt good for their teeth. instead of useing a fancy cup try getting a sippy cup with a soft top on it! they sell them at walmart for less then a $1. and if that doesnt work try letting her pick out her own special cups, but you should get rid of all the bottles in the house.. out of sight out of mind! I hope it all works out for you:)
Throw them all away. If you don't have any you will not be able to give her one. If she can do it at daycare she can do it at home. Vomiting will not kill her, that is her way of making you feel bad for taking away her bottle. It is harder on her if you keep taking it away and giving it back. Either take it away and mean it or don't because you are only confusing her by being inconsistent.
Have you talked to your daughters pediatrician? Maybe he/she can help you. In my personal opinion, I would get rid of the bottle and make her drink out of sippy cups and such. It is going to be hard, but you have to be consistent and firm in your decision. She is not taking a bottle at daycare, but she wants one when she gets home..and she gets one! You just have to be firm and not give her one! I don't know. just my personal opinion, you can take it for what it is worth.
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