Two year son still drinks from bottle
tom cody
My two year son won't stop drinking his milk from a bottle. Any suggestions.
Thanks.
Jeanne Marie Mirabella
Many of the replies to this post which asks for suggestions re: a 2 year
old who still takes a bottle gave suggestions on how to stop the bottle.
My suggestion is to worry less about the bottle. Two is still very young
and 2 year olds do still have a need to suck (in greater or lesser degrees
between children).
From the sounds of the original post, the baby drinks other things from
a cup and only drinks milk from only the bottle...
I would not be very concerned at all about a two or even three year old
who still needs a bottle... (or a 2 or 3 year old who still nurses, in the
same vein.....)
Jeanne
Diane
In article <00050...@njdhs.uu.holonet.net>,
tom_...@njdhs.uu.holonet.net says...
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>My two year son won't stop drinking his milk from a bottle. Any
suggestions.
>Thanks.
bottles, or explain it to him if he can reason. If he doesn't drink
from a cup at all, get him to. Then lose the bottles. Maybe tell him
that big boys don't drink from bottles, if he likes to be like big
kids. How about only giving him something he doesn't like so much in
his bottles and save the good stuff for his cup. Or water down what
ever is in his bottle. He might eventually favor the cup because its
got the "good stuff". Once my daughter could drink from a cup (with a
lid with a spout) I just quit giving her a bottle all at once, but with
some kids it might be easier to taper them off. Cut him back to one
bottle a day, maybe before bed or first thing in morning. Then
eventually give up that one. I think it more difficult to do anything
like that if there is something else going on in his life, such as a
move or another baby being born. Try some or all of these tricks if
you havent already. Good luck.
-Diane
Dbenya
tom_...@njdhs.uu.holonet.net (tom cody):
>>My two year son won't stop drinking his milk
>>from a bottle. Any suggestions.
>>Thanks.
When my nephew reached his second birthday,
my brother simply emptied the shelf where the
bottles were kept. Griffin was shown the bare
shelf, told that the bottles had gone to a little
kid who needed them now that he was a big
boy, and they never looked back.
My kid, on the other hand, hung onto his
bottle in some form until he was three. Honestly,
I didn't care. At some point he had a cup during
the day and a bottle before bed only. It was a
great comfort to him -- especially when we were
travelling -- and there wasn't anything else he was
especially attached to, like his thumb or a soft
animal. And I had faith that he wouldn't be
drinking from a bottle when we sent him to
college.
Although if his recent behavior is any indication,
he'll probably cry . . .
Gina
> tom_...@njdhs.uu.holonet.net says...
> >
> >My two year son won't stop drinking his milk from a bottle. Any
> suggestions.
> >Thanks.
I'd say use sipper cups, and lose the bottles. When he gets thirsty
enough, he'll drink.
You need to do this soon or his four front teeth will look like there's a
hole in the middle (right where the bottle's nipple sits), kind of like a
camera shutter.
The best sipper cups are those by Tupperware. Every other lid I tried
leaked all over, but not Tupperware's.
Best wishes.
--
Gina
gin...@teleport.com
Cyberny
My boy was 2 1/2 when both his doctor and dentist said he needed to stop
drinking from a bottle (but water was okay if he just HAD to have it).
That night he wanted his bottle before bed and I gave him a water bottle.
Except for being born, it was the worst night of his life. He said, "I
NEED my bottle". I empathized with him. I said, "I know. I told that
doctor that my boy needs his bottle but the doctor said 'no bottle'.
Oh...that doctor." He threw a tantrum, kicking walls, etc. and finally
fell asleep. The next night was not so bad. We started reading stories
to him until he fell asleep. Then reading two stories and leaving him to
fall asleep on his own. We know better now with the new baby. We're
going to be more gradual this time, maybe watering down his bedtime bottle
until it's all water, and reading him to sleep until he doesn't notice if
we "forget" the bottle while we're reading. My little sister, on the
other hand, wanted to take her bottle to kindergarten with her (my mom was
43 when she was born and couldn't let go of her last "baby") and my
sister's teeth are really crooked.
Anita
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>My two year son won't stop drinking his milk from a bottle. Any suggestions.
>Thanks.
My 27 month old has milk from a bottle before bed every night. This is
the only milk he takes (juice and water from a cup during the day) so
I am actualy reluctant for him to give up this milk drink - he will not
take milk from a cup or beaker. The bottle is part of his bedtime
routine, it is a calm quiet time while he sits on my lap and we cuddle -
this is comforting for him and restful for me.
I expect he will give the bottle up as other routines come in to replace
it - when he is old enough to concentrate on having a story read to him
perhaps. I am in no hurry to take away something that is doing no harm.
Anita.
Nicolle344
I recall seeing a post quite sometime ago where the mom (making sure the
son was watching) took all his bottles(but one...which she hid earlier)
and put them into a plastic bag which she then threw into the trash.
She told her son that he would have to use a sippy cup from now on.
Thinking he had no other choice, he did!
End of problem for her!
Good luck!
DeMarco Family
In <4rf7qr$g...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> nicol...@aol.com (Nicolle344)
writes:
Instead of throwing them into the trash, which could be traumatic for
the child, why not donate them to charity? I'm sure poor families
would make good use out of baby bottles (with new nipples, of course).
Here's an idea -- show the child pictures of poor children -- perhaps
from the newspaper or National Geographic. Get a cardboard box and
have the child help you fill it with used but no longer serviceable
items, among which could be the bottles. Tell the child that there are
many poor little babies that need bottles. Then arrange to either drop
off the box at the charity or have it picked up. Praise your child for
being generous with his old belongings. This will make you child feel
good about himself/herself.
We never had bottles since I breastfed, but my daughter had a polo
shirt with a clown on it that she dearly loved. After awhile it became
worn and stained and she wanted to wear it constantly. I tried the
above suggestion and everything worked fine except when I taped the box
closed, my daughter looked up at me with her big blue eyes and said,
"Mommy, do you think the little girl that gets this top will share it
with me?" My heart was touched, but I gave her a big hug and told her
that we will never know the little girl, but maybe we could find
another new top with a clown on it the next time we went shopping.
Margaret
dem...@ix.netcom.com