When did you stop a bottle?

[BrightSparkles]

DD2 still likes to have a bottle when she goes to bed. I only put about 50mls in it and often she doesn't drink it until sometime in the night. I want to get rid of it although. I have just been reducing down until where we are at now, but if i don't give it too her she will just scream for ages.
I was thinking about doing the whole toy instead of a bottle thing.
Any other suggestions? I do know about the health risks, i can't remember when/how i got dd1 off the bottle hence why i'm looking for suggestions now.

[Olive]

Try putting just water in it

[BrightSparkles]

have done this too olive. She asks for milk and throws it which is fine, i just take it and say well you go without. We got her a tinkerbelle drink bottle that she is only allowed to have water in (DD1 takes a bottle of water to have next to her bed) and though maybe she might want to do the same as her big sister, but its not milk so she doesn't like it. I also have tried giving her a small amount of milk in a cup before bed in place of the bottle, but the tantrums still come.
I usually give things 2 - 3 wks of trying something new before i end up giving up. I'm probably not as hard on her as i was dd1 with things like this, more so because i simply do what i have to do to get through, especially since i'm working/studying/still gettin gup to both girls 4 - 5 times a night. I'm usually just soooo tired and my aniexty goes through the rrof when i have to fight so much.

[milka]

How old is she? Maybe it's time for a big girl cup before bed and a sippy cup of water to take to bed

[BrightSparkles]

have done this too olive. She asks for milk and throws it which is fine, i just take it and say well you go without. We got her a tinkerbelle drink bottle that she is only allowed to have water in (DD1 takes a bottle of water to have next to her bed) and though maybe she might want to do the same as her big sister, but its not milk so she doesn't like it. I also have tried giving her a small amount of milk in a cup before bed in place of the bottle, but the tantrums still come.
I usually give things 2 - 3 wks of trying something new before i end up giving up. I'm probably not as hard on her as i was dd1 with things like this, more so because i simply do what i have to do to get through, especially since i'm working/studying/still gettin gup to both girls 4 - 5 times a night. I'm usually just soooo tired and my aniexty goes through the rrof when i have to fight so much.

I know it sounds like i'm making excuses (and to an extent i probably am) i just thought maybe others have suggestions that i can try that will save my sanity at the same time LOL

[Beach Mama]

Hun if it ain't broke I wouldn't stress too much, she's still little. FWIW DD was nearly 4 when she dropped hers, and DS dropped his at around 3. Both STILL have a bottle when they are at my mums place DD is nearly 5 and DS is 3.5!! We transitioned slowly by having a bottle on the couch with story then brushing teeth(as that was my biggest problem with it) and then moved to a cup of milk which they have now. Maybe a new "special" milk cup would help her transition instead of a bottle and you can pump up her being a big girl and not needing a bottle anymore, and if she still wants the physical bottle just leave water in it. Both of mine have their water bottles with them as they sometimes get thirsty in the night! Good luck!!

[TaRhLi.]

Can't help sorry.

My DD is 2 1/2 and she still has a bottle of milk in the morning first thing and also at night, although she will have a full 250ml bottle. On top of that she has a bottle of water that she has in bed if she needs a drink in the night.

My thought is that it is a comfort thing and she only drink from drink bottles during the day and the time will come when she will decide she won't want a bottle anymore or when her brothers no longer have bottles. I'm not too stressed about it if it means she gets some extra milk into her

[skybie]

We've just gotten rid of DD2's at 29 months, we just hid them and told her that they were all gone! and she took to it really well.
Obviously shes alot older than your Dd though

[Nai]

Dd1 was 3 and dd2 was 18m
I just let them decide when they were ready to give it up.

[lilima]

The problem is that going to bed with milk leads to teeth erosion. DS has it, and it was from the milk sitting on the back of his teeth. Even watered down milk still can cause erosion. And the dental bills were significant to have it fixed.

Good luck. it is not an easy thing to take away.

[starangelk]

Dd was 12 mon the but we still give her milk before bed now, just in a sippy cup. She liked it over the bottle as she could drink it faster anyway. Now we've just transitioned to a big girl cup and she's coping okay with that too.

[nickle730]

My DD2 is almost 18 months. She has a bottle of milk at night before bed, and then has a breast feed as she is going off to sleep. She sleeps much better if she has that last bottle, and so I sleep better too! If she doesn't have the bottle, she is on the boob all night and I get no sleep. She will not drink the milk from a sippy cup, although she has water all day in her cups.

My kid is 18 months old. She's still on the bottle. She's still on the boob. Honestly, after three kids, I don't care at all!! She'll stop wanting a bottle when she's ready, just as she'll wean from the breast when she's ready. She'll stop co-sleeping... when she's ready!! Don't make this job harder for yourself by stressing over the things which, in the big scheme of things, are not so important.

Now... if I could just convince my mother to stop hassling me about weaning, co-sleeping...