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| I had the same problem only with sippy cups. Trust me just let him cry. I know at first it will be hard but it does get easier. It took my son only 4 days. First night he cried for about half an hour, second night he cried for 20 minutes and the third night fifteen miutes and fourth night five minutes and now a week later he doesn't cry at all. Just throw the bottles away and switch him to cups and don't buy anymore even if he see them in the store. Don't go in his room because you are just start the process over again so it will take longer. Need any more idea let me know. |
| posted by Chelle on 08/08/2008 |
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| Thanks Chelle! I did hide all the bottles so he wouldn't see them. I'll try not going in his room tonight and see if that does help some. It's good to know it worked for you. So I won't give in, I'll just cover my ears. |
| posted by Cynthia on 08/08/2008 |
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| I'm glad that I could help. Good Luck. |
| posted by Chelle on 08/09/2008 |
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| It will confuse him and make it harder if you give it to him sometimes but not others. I think cold turkey is the way to go. Just get rid of them, and make sure he has some other object for comfort when he sleeps, like a blankie or stuffed animal. I know it is hard to hear him cry. But just go in and comfort him once in a while so he knows you are there, and he will do fine. In fact, it will probably be easier for him than for you. Most children get past this kind of transition in a matter of days. |
| posted by Marcia on 08/09/2008 |
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| Thanks Marcia! Were on day 3 with no bottles now. He is doing a lot better, not as much crying. He does sleep with a special blanket and a stuffed puppy. Now if I could just get my 5 year old to stop sucking his thumb, I might be in the clear for a while. Thanks again! |
| posted by Cynthia on 08/09/2008 |
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| Now that I can help you with. My brother sucked his thumb I think until he went into the Air Force. I'm not trying to scare you but he will stop he gets made fun of. I know that sound mean of me to say but it's true. My mom tried all kinds of medicine but it didn't work. |
| posted by Chelle on 08/09/2008 |
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| Hey Chelle! I wouldn't mind him being teased about it, if it would help him to stop. The only problem is that he mainly does it at night when he's going to sleep. He has a blanket with fringe on the edge and he plays with the fringe at the same time. He will suck his thumb once in a while during the day if he's tired and is laying around with his blanket. So, I don't think it's very likely that he would do it in front of other children. If the medicines don't work, my only hope maybe that he'll grow out of it. I just worry about the effect it will have on his adult teeth. I'm not prepared to do it to him now, but I might try taking away his blanket at some point to see if that might help. Since they seem to go hand in hand with each other. Thanks again! |
| posted by Cynthia on 08/11/2008 |
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| there is a sort of nail polish that you paint on the thumbnail to stop thumbsucking, its safe and just tastes bitter-- you can usually fiind it with other nail polish, you ccan use it for nail biting too!! |
| posted by melanie on 08/18/2008 |
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| Thanks Melanie! I jusy may give that a try. |
| posted by Cynthia on 08/19/2008 |
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| Im glad you've made some progress with your son and the bottle. Since he is already 2 1/2 I wouldnt even introduce a sippy cup. You might want to go straight to a big boy cup (small ones, like 4 oz cups, they usually sell at the dollar store) He might need some practice drinking out of a regular cup.I had problems with my 2 yr old twins and sippy cups, but I just stopped giving it to them, and they have to drink out of a big kids cup. I still give them something to drink (in the kitchen) right before bed time, and they are usually ok. My daughter took a pacifier right up to her 2nd birthday and I just took it away. As soon as she was fine without that, I worked on the cup.. Now she just has her blanket. I agree that you just have to take it and dont even let him see a bottle. Teach him he's a big boy, and maybe even buy him cups with disney characters or something on it so he will want to use it |
| posted by Amy on 09/15/2008 |
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i have the same problem with my 27 month old we fight every night about the bottle. it does not help that 2 nights a week hes with his father and he does not like to hear the crying at all so he just gives it to him to keep him quiet.
glad to hear someone else has the same problem as me |
| posted by lori on 09/27/2008 |
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| My daughter is 1 1/2 now and I had to take her bottle away at about 14 months because it was ruining her teeth. She has caps on the top 4 because of it. I have seen 2 yr and 3 yr olds running around with bottles and their teeth looked fine. It really broke my heart to take her bottle away but the best way for me was to just put water in it and let her cry. After about 3 days she was fine. I switched to the water bottle at night because she saw that my newborn sucks on a bottle and I thought it was a little unfair. I hate to see her cry like that, but the water bottle works for now. |
| posted by Amanda on 09/28/2008 |
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| I have 4 children and with all 4 I made them throw their bottles away and made exciting for them. I just told them if they wanted to be big kids and do big kid stuff they had to throw away the baby things and told them how yucky it was to have a bottle and they threw away their bottles.. It was easier for them to adjust if they threw them away.. and then have them take out the trash. I hope this helps |
| posted by Nikole on 10/13/2008 |
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