My son is going to be a year this month! So I was doing some reading, and came across several books whose opinion is that you should wean your baby from the bottle/breast at 12-18 months before they became more stubborn and wouldn't let you do it. When did you guys wean your kids? David is very attached to his bottle right now.... I definitely see the point of weaning him before he gets more stubborn though. When did you wean from that last feeding before bedtime? Do you give your kids a snack before bedtime?
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My first I weaned from the breast at 24 months, at which point we cut out the bedtime drinking. I weaned him from the bottle at about 28 months. I did both gradually and it was easier than I thought it would be.
My second I weaned (also gradually, and easily) from the breast at 16 months. She is 20 months now and still has a bottle at nap time and at bed time, although now we brush her teeth after the bedtime bottle. We are thinking of changing over to all sippy cup sometime soon.
I don't give my kids a snack before bed (except Zoe gets her bottle of milk), but they finish dinner about an hour before bedtime.
My second I weaned (also gradually, and easily) from the breast at 16 months. She is 20 months now and still has a bottle at nap time and at bed time, although now we brush her teeth after the bedtime bottle. We are thinking of changing over to all sippy cup sometime soon.
I don't give my kids a snack before bed (except Zoe gets her bottle of milk), but they finish dinner about an hour before bedtime.
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Andie was off the bottle totally by the first month after her first birthday...but she practically weaned herself! lol
She was taking 3 bottles a day by then, I cut out the lunchtime one first, just replaced it with milk in a sippy cup. Next one I cut out was the morning one, leaving the bedtime one for last. When I finally did get rid of the bedtime one, I'd just give her a little milk & a graham cracker or something while we read bedtime stories.
She was taking 3 bottles a day by then, I cut out the lunchtime one first, just replaced it with milk in a sippy cup. Next one I cut out was the morning one, leaving the bedtime one for last. When I finally did get rid of the bedtime one, I'd just give her a little milk & a graham cracker or something while we read bedtime stories.
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My older son gave up bottles or anything that held him down at a year ... he didn't want to sit still.
My younger son still nurses, when he wants (on demand) at 20 months. (There are times I'll say ... you have to wait a minute, just as I would tell an older child they'd have to wait a minute to get a glass of milk if I were in the middle of something.)
I used to think that after 1 year was too old for bottles (if expressing milk or formula feeding). But now I realize that they are babies for only so long ... why push them to grow up faster than they want? If you try to "wean" and they object, why not take them seriously and let them continue until they are ready? As our peditrician says, they won't get married with (fill in the blank ... bottle, boob, paci) in their mouths!
As for bedtime, older son gets a sippy of water (sippy simply because we don't need wet sheets!) in his bed. Younger son still nurses to sleep and sneaks into bed in the middle of the night for more.
My younger son still nurses, when he wants (on demand) at 20 months. (There are times I'll say ... you have to wait a minute, just as I would tell an older child they'd have to wait a minute to get a glass of milk if I were in the middle of something.)
I used to think that after 1 year was too old for bottles (if expressing milk or formula feeding). But now I realize that they are babies for only so long ... why push them to grow up faster than they want? If you try to "wean" and they object, why not take them seriously and let them continue until they are ready? As our peditrician says, they won't get married with (fill in the blank ... bottle, boob, paci) in their mouths!
As for bedtime, older son gets a sippy of water (sippy simply because we don't need wet sheets!) in his bed. Younger son still nurses to sleep and sneaks into bed in the middle of the night for more.
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Yeah.... I'm feeling a little sad right now, my baby isn't a baby anymore. He has a morning bottle and a night time bottle, in the morning he gets cereal and then about 4-5 oz form a bottle while cuddling with a usually drowsy mommy...
He has a morning bottle and a night time bottle, in the morning he gets cereal and then about 4-5 oz form a bottle while cuddling with a usually drowsy mommy...
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Each stage, it seems, brings the sadness and the amazement. I remember with my first that I would mourn when he'd grow out of a stage ... and then sit back and smile at how much he had learned and gained. It's that bittersweetness of being a parent that keeps you going!
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Both my sons were off the bottle just before their first birthdays. We let them have a snack before bedtime. They are old enough now to use it as a stall tactic so about an hour before bedtime we tell them if they want anything to eat or drink before bed they should get it now. If they don't and want it when we tell them it's time for bed they don't get it.
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start teaching him the cup at breakfast, or lunch.. one time a day, at least.. then after 2 days or 3, 2 times a day... then 3 times a day, and still 1 bottle... then no bottle..-which will be hard.. cuz' generally they always eat, but save enough for the bottle... always... so just take the formula and put it in the cup..
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whoops. i forgot to say "smile smile smile smile smile!!!"
refuse to look stressed or harassed, or any of that, even when they are crying... just comfort them, and keep smiling while you give them all the new stuff....
refuse to look stressed or harassed, or any of that, even when they are crying... just comfort them, and keep smiling while you give them all the new stuff....
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I tried sippy cups on both my kids around 6 months. They both loved 'em so that's when weaning started for us. DD nursed for 11 months and DS for 9 months (he didn't like sitting still).
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If it is a bottle you have a medical timeline, bottles are not good for the mouth and to readly avialible to sip thruout the day, (mom has to actually sit down for breastfeeding, limiting its use in a healthy way for a 1 year old)
I gave my DD a sippy cup when she started solids, didn't do anything but occupy her so I could get abite in, but the prep was worth it, she drank form one with no issues when she needed it.
I gave my DD a sippy cup when she started solids, didn't do anything but occupy her so I could get abite in, but the prep was worth it, she drank form one with no issues when she needed it.
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He has already been trained in sippy cup usage .... although its his inability to get the bottom of the cup and his tendency to turn it upside down and watch the dripping that makes it less useful than the bottle, lol
.... although its his inability to get the bottom of the cup and his tendency to turn it upside down and watch the dripping that makes it less useful than the bottle, lol
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When my son turned one, on his first birthday, I took away his bottles and gave him sippies with milk. This was a little awkward at first, and I wouldn't recommend doing it that way. I think that I'd suggest that once he/she turns one, replace one bottle feeding with a sippie for a couple of days, then after 2 days replace to bottle's with two sippies, and so forth, until you weaned him completely. Don't give in when he seems to want to resist it, don't give him a bottle, stick to your guns, that is the key with everything, that is how you have to potty train to. My son would resist and we found it easier for all of us just to slap a size 6 diaper on his 3 year old bottom, it had to be huggies because it'e the only one that would stretch enough (he's a big boy) until finally after having my baby I was so fed up with changing both of their diapers, my hubby and I made a decision to stick to our guns, we stopped putting him in diapers, if he wet his bed, he had to help clean up his own mess, and we "made" him go to the toilet, contrary to what experts said, in 3 days he was completely potty trained, both number one and two, and he has not had an accident since, this was in May.
So, my point from telling you this story is that it will be scary and awkward for both of you, he's going to resist or not take real easily, You're going to wonder if your doing something wrong, then before long you'll be tempted to do what feels the most comfortable for both of you, and this is what will make it harder if you don't stick to your guns. My son wasn't able to hold the sippie upside down and drink from it for a long while, though he could drink from a straw, so we bought him sippies with straws. Hope this helps.
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So, my point from telling you this story is that it will be scary and awkward for both of you, he's going to resist or not take real easily, You're going to wonder if your doing something wrong, then before long you'll be tempted to do what feels the most comfortable for both of you, and this is what will make it harder if you don't stick to your guns. My son wasn't able to hold the sippie upside down and drink from it for a long while, though he could drink from a straw, so we bought him sippies with straws. Hope this helps.
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MyLittleWonders said:My older son gave up bottles or anything that held him down at a year ... he didn't want to sit still.
My younger son still nurses, when he wants (on demand) at 20 months. (There are times I'll say ... you have to wait a minute, just as I would tell an older child they'd have to wait a minute to get a glass of milk if I were in the middle of something.)
I used to think that after 1 year was too old for bottles (if expressing milk or formula feeding). But now I realize that they are babies for only so long ... why push them to grow up faster than they want? If you try to "wean" and they object, why not take them seriously and let them continue until they are ready? As our peditrician says, they won't get married with (fill in the blank ... bottle, boob, paci) in their mouths!
As for bedtime, older son gets a sippy of water (sippy simply because we don't need wet sheets!) in his bed. Younger son still nurses to sleep and sneaks into bed in the middle of the night for more.
This is true, they are babies for so long, just because he turns one, doesn't mean he's too old, though you do want to break him of it I think some time soon. I quite nursing altogether when my son was 2 months old, and when he was 16 months, I wished I could still nurse him, because he was still a baby, it wasn't till he got closer to 3 that I started to feel like he wasn't a baby anymore, although he still was, but that time, I was praying for patience so I wouldn't strangle him (not literally) because he said no and resisted everything, and i mean everything that I told him to do.
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Oldest daughter nursed for about 1 year and then went to bottles, nursing (bedtime), and sippy cups. By 18 months she was bottles and sippy cups (non-drip - incredibly slow to drip). Then by the age of 2 she was sippy cups and straws. The rest is history
Youngest daughter nursed for about 6 months (biting) and then went to bottle. After that sippy cups, much the same as the first daughter. Although I tend to think she was quicker at accepting cups than her sister.
A lot also depends on the personality of your child and how well they accept change.
Have fun and remember it only lasts for time and then you are on to something new.
Youngest daughter nursed for about 6 months (biting) and then went to bottle. After that sippy cups, much the same as the first daughter. Although I tend to think she was quicker at accepting cups than her sister.
A lot also depends on the personality of your child and how well they accept change.
Have fun and remember it only lasts for time and then you are on to something new.
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Some cultures wait to wean until the baby is four years old. I think that is quite disturbing myself.
Our children were weaned by a year old but as I have said in a another thread, there is no need to rush these things.
On the other side of the issue, I found that there was a tendency for our children to regress in issues such as this when they were under stress. Something they had given up such as their bottle or pacifier , they wanted to go back to when they were under extreme stress. Like moving to a new house, changing churches , etc. I'm not sure if we did it right but they seemed to turn out o.k. despite our bungling in these types of issues.
Our children were weaned by a year old but as I have said in a another thread, there is no need to rush these things.
On the other side of the issue, I found that there was a tendency for our children to regress in issues such as this when they were under stress. Something they had given up such as their bottle or pacifier , they wanted to go back to when they were under extreme stress. Like moving to a new house, changing churches , etc. I'm not sure if we did it right but they seemed to turn out o.k. despite our bungling in these types of issues.
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MyLittleWonders
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To me, that's the key ... watching them for signs of wanting to "move up" in terms of development. My older son was like that ... he didn't want to be "tied down" to anything and took to sippy cups full time very quickly. My younger son doesn't mind being tied down and still nurses at 20 months. I think watching our children for signs of their readiness helps prevent many battles.
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My son wouldn't give up his bottle without a major fight until he was just over two years. He was a late-developer that way. I think it may have been due to fact that I went back to work so soon after he was born - maybe he needed that extra psychological comfort. Maybe if I had breast-fed him longer, he might have got off the bottle sooner. But he's no worse for the wear and he's a healthy 15 year old getting to 6' tall mark!
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