Bottle issues (22mo)

[Charlotte91]

DD is 22mo and it's time to get off the bottle.

I would have weaned a long time ago but she has to be on formula. Due to her medical condition and eating issues, her surgeon has requested that she stay on formula to 'fill the gaps' with her diet.

I've tried giving her the formula in her Tommee Tippee but she won't drink it.

If she didn't need the formula, I wouldnt be too fussed. But she can't NOT be having formula. Sigh.

Any ideas how to ditch teh bottle? I did some google and most things said just throw out the bottle and deal with the consequences.
She has a 200ml bottle when she gets up, around 11.30 before her sleep and just before bed.


Ideas please? I want to do this as gently as possible.

[sahbear]

Does she use straws?
DS loves drinking his water out of a straw! He uses normal sippy cups etc as well, but will drink loads more from a straw.
We did try the straw cups, Heinz or TT brand, but you have to suck quite hard to get anything up, but a normal straw was fine!
A cup like one you get in a fast food place, but plastic?

[Charlotte91]

Never tried a straw before, actually. She has an extremely poor sucking reflex (part of being prem), will try that later.

[onthefly]

Yeah, maybe a fancy new cup she chooses herself? There are lots of different options for sucking, too, straws included, so trying different ones might entice her?

[Novella]

Straws are a great idea. Getting her to help pick a new sippy cup and to help prepare the milk? Could she help tip the powder in adn stir/shake?

Could you try a pop top type bottle. My big girls have most of their drinks out of plastic sports bottles unless we are having a meal then they use cups. I realise its still a bottle but not with a soft teat. Then when she goes to kindy she will be used to a regular bottle?

[feeb]

Take her shopping for a pretty new cup maybe one with princess's on it or her fav colour.

My other suggestion would be a straw cup, just be cautious to wash very well the straws due to having milk in them don't want them going yuck!

[Ambersky]

I got my girls on to a sippy with the soft white Avent sippy without the valve on, as its still rubbery but spout shaped.. then i put the valve on, and then swapped to older version... over the course of about a month i think.