I have a 15month old daughter who still drinks out of the bottle. How do i get her to just drink out of the sippy cup? She'll go without the bottle until its time to go to sleep. Then she'll cry and cry untill i give her the bottle
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acissej1
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i think u should just put your foot down. throw it away and let her see you do it, that way she knows that it is gone...the first couple nights might be rough, but bed time is the worst time for her to have a bottle...allowing your child to have the habit of drinking..or sucking all night leaves a high chance of future dental problems..most important is to make sure she is only allowed water at bedtime..other fluids run the chance of decaying her teeth.
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The way we did it was to just go "cold turkey" -- wait until garbage day in your neighborhood, then gather up every last bottle and dump it in the trash. If your daughter has no alternative, she WILL find a way to cope; but be prepared for much wailing and gnashing of teeth for about a week or so.
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putting your foot down is the best way. it worked with my little cousin you bring out the sippy cup and you leave it sitting until she wants a drink that's what I did you could get some stickers let her decorate it her way and then you say "ok it's time to say bye bye to the bottle" when she cries for a bottle you just ignore her she'll probably throw the sippy cup at you and if she does take it away and put her to bed without it
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I may be soft but i think 15 months is very young to take her source of comfort away. My daughter is the same age and my 4th child. She doesn't have a bottle for bed but she has a dummy. My eldest son had a bottle to go to sleep with and when he reach 2 he left it for Santa. My other all had dummys and were off them before the age of 3. They all traded with santa and they did it of their own free will and i never had any problems. I feel if they are only having it for bed then they are not hurting anyone. At 15 months they don't understand why their comfort source has been taken away from them. I would leave her with it a little longer. This is just my opinion but let her be a baby for a little while longer they grow up all to quick these days.
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my younger brother loved his bottle and had it all the time, his (& my) older bro had a baby and we told my younger brother we are giving the bottle to the newborn as he needs it more then you at 1st he was resistant but when the baby was 2 weeks old my little bro OFFERED to 'give it to the baby' and he never cried or screamed for it that was when he 3 years old so 15 months i think is ok to continue or prehaps only use 1 at night and cups during the day
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