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| have you tried those nuby sippy cups, they have the plastic tops for drinking and they kinda make the kids think there still a bottle. MY daughter is 27 months and we had her broken from the bottle until my son was born when she was 20 months and since he drank from a bottle she wanted one too and would scream and scream and wouldn't drink from anything so finally we found these sippy cups at walmart for like 1.99 and there the only things she will drink out of now. She just now will drink from others. Try maybe using that cup instead of her bottle, we let her call it her bottle even though its a sippy cup. |
| posted by rachel on 08/22/2007 01:06 PM
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i have tried everything and now that my twin daughters use bottles she sees them and wants one too
ive tried giving her the sippy cup but she wants one exactly like they have |
| posted by yahve on 08/22/2007 01:19 PM
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Hello,
My name is Jennie and I am not wanting to sound mean in anyway. I started ny daughter on a cup at nine months old and nursed her until she was 14 months old. I think that you need to tell her she is a big girl and she no longer needs a bottle she is to big for that. I saw a child about close to your daugters age yesterday walking around with a bottle, I wanted to go over and take it away. I recently had a baby and we also took the binkie away from her and she is fine with it. Maybe you can try something like we did. We did the binkie fairy and the fairy brought her a toy for giving up her binkie, maybe the bottle fairy could come. I will say my daughter has found her brothers binkie and has used it until I found her with it, so it will take time, Bring her to the store with you and let her pick out a new cup, like cinderella or dora, or whatever she is in to that day, as children change their minds often!!!! I hope I did not sound harsh, but she is way to big to be having a bottle, she will be thirsty, and you will have to put up with some crying, but she will be fine!! GOOD LUCK! |
| posted by Jeanette on 08/22/2007 01:34 PM
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From what my doctor told me and what I've read online, it is completely normal for children around this age to regress (regardless of whether there is a new baby around or not). My son (also 23 months) had quite drinking from a bottle around 8 months (I mainly nursed him). Until I got out the new baby stuff, he didn't see a bottle. Once I got them out, he wanted to drink from them. My doctor said one of the worst things you can do is tell them its for babys only and refuse to give it to them (this also applies to pacificers). She said at this age they are trying to become independent, but still show that they aren't ready to be too independent. They will get bored with it quickly. She did say to offer his cup before giving him the bottle and leave a cup of water sitting for him. Whenever he took a drink from the cup instead of the bottle, we congradulated him (and ignored the bottle use). It only took a week or so before he was done with the bottle. Occasionally, when I get done feeding the baby (when I use a bottle) he will try to take off with the bottle, but we're not sure whether he is just wanting Mommy's milk or the bottle. I simply explain this bottle is for the baby and ask if he wants his own. He always tells me NO.
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| posted by Savanah on 08/22/2007 02:28 PM
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| thats exactly what i have heard and what i have heard doctors say. |
| posted by rachel on 08/22/2007 02:33 PM
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| My daughter wanted everything the baby had when he was newborn too. We went with it for a short time to help soften the adjustment for her, but constantly reminded her that those were things that babies did and she wasn't a baby. After about six weeks or so we gave her started giving her deadlines, but we only took away one "baby" thing at a time (she was mostly potty-trained when he was born so she had gone back to diapers and everything). We really didn't have any major problems with that strategy, and tried to coincide it with milestones so that she could tie what was being given up with something positive about not being a baby (i.e. using a big-girl swing at the park for the first time, etc.) This worked well for us, and served to satisfy her curiosity about baby stuff without tying us to permanent regression. |
| posted by Cindy on 08/22/2007 02:48 PM
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| Oh, I wanted to add a strategy that my sister-in-law used, which was to give her daughter what she wanted to drink in the ok cup and a drink that she didn't prefer in the bottle. She went for the cup every time. |
| posted by Cindy on 08/22/2007 02:50 PM
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have there been any major changes in your household? a move, a change in schedule, etc? if so, i wouldn't worry yet. otherwise, i think you've gotten some great tips.
for those who want to go up and take a bottle from an older child: there may be a reason you don't know. for instance, my son is failure to thrive and is in the process of being adopted. his bottle has pediasure in it, and he can not yet drink from cups. he's learning, but with all the transition and his health problems, there's NO WAY i'm going to worry about it at this point. he turned 2 today. |
| posted by Christina on 08/22/2007 03:32 PM
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| Yes there maybe reasons, I also think sometimes it is the parent that worries about it more then the children. I took my daughters binkie away in June and she has not had it since the night I took it away. Children do get over things faster then we do. I nannied for a family with twin boys and the grandmother came home and said are their bottles still in the fridge?? I said well they are two years old and do not need a bottle they are able to drink from a cup so what do they need a bottle for??? I believe maybe in some cases but not many, most of the time it is the parent, Children know who to work their parents, and they know you will give in so don't and it will take time but it will happen! |
| posted by Jeanette on 08/22/2007 06:25 PM
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| When I took my son off the bottle he wanted nothing to do with milk. You can try chocolate milk, strawberry milk, or even those pediasure drinks. My son would not take any of those but your may. Good luck. |
| posted by on 08/22/2007 07:06 PM
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| I agree with Savanah, My dr. said the same thing. When we took his binky away he cried for it for a week and a half. He is a sensitive boy. I like the nubys but I would also try getting a sippy tip to go on his bottle. You can get them for advent and I am sure others. If he has a hard time with it make a transition in baby steps. Sippy cup bottle and then big boy sippy cup. You can get lots of advice from us but the most important thing is you know your son better than any of us,so you need to decide what will work best for him. Gook Luck! |
| posted by Karolyn on 08/23/2007 09:13 AM
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| thanx for all your opinion i tried it last night, at first she didn't want the bottle but then she was cring for it at night around 2 am , then my husband got mad and didn't like her crying bcuz he has to work so he got her bottle |
| posted by yahve on 08/23/2007 12:45 PM
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the only problem is that i try what the dr. telll me to do let her cry it out for a week and then she will get used to it.
but my husband doesn't like that so he gets her what she wants. is not that i give it to her but i try in the day i don't give her bottles only at bed time when is time to sleep. so he won't get mad |
| posted by yahve on 08/23/2007 12:47 PM
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| Taking it away in the daytime first is definitely a good first step and will probably make it much easier to take it away at night time when she's ready. I couldn't take the "cry it out" method either, so I did a modified version -- let her cry it out for 10 min (or whatever you can handle) then comfort her without the bottle if possible, then the next time add a minute or two to the ten minutes before you go to her, gradually stretching it out so that her expectations are lengthened and eventually she will give it up. This way takes longer than the cry it out method, but if you talk it over with your husband and can get him on board, it will work eventually. After all, sleeping all the way through the night is better than giving in and getting her a bottle every night, 23 months is pretty old to still be doing that and it's probably for the attention rather than the actual bottle. |
| posted by Cindy on 08/23/2007 02:59 PM
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| Well your husband needs to get over himself. My husband is the one who would NOT give in. She will stop after a few days. I work for a family and do not give her, her binkie durning the day and the other day after her nap she left it in her bed, her mother was shocked. Just take it away and she will be fine!!! TRUST ME!!! It may sounds mean but trust me! |
| posted by Jeanette on 08/23/2007 03:04 PM
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