Bottle breaking- I don't know else to do.

Question

I wanted to bottle break my little girl when she was about 10 months old, but my mother in law frowned upon it so I just give my little girl a bottle when she naps and when she goes to bed *unless she stays at her grams then she gives it to her all the time!!*. Well now my little girl is a year old and I want her off the bottle for good, but she freaks out if I don't give it to her when she's supposed to lay down and go to sleep! Any ideas?? I don't want her to be like her dad!! My Mother in law let him suck on a bottle too long and had horrible teeth as a youngster, and still has slightly bad teeth!! Please help me!!

Answer 1

Well, for one, you should have done what you wanted from the beginning. She is your daughter. Let this be a lesson for the future..do what YOU see fit, you gave birth to her.

I took my son off the bottle at eight months, and I really didn't have a lot of support from my inlaws about it, but he was completely off the bottle and on a sippy cup in two days. It's easier when they are young because they forget about it faster.

I think you need to stand up for yourself and tell you mil that it is YOUR life and your kid and you don't need her input, and when you do, you know where to find her. She sounds like a control freak and that will only bring friction into your marriage, trust me..I know all about it.

if you need anymore advice, please email me.. I've been through all of this. :) Good luck.

Answer 2

cold turkey is the key. Just put them away and tell her they are "all gone" yes she will cry but it will only last a few days and she will be fine. Tell your MIL she is off the bottle and is not to have one at her house and if she does then she will not be visiting anymore. Put your foot down. You need to stand up to her or this will be just the beginning of her undermining you. Yes a relationship is important with the grandparents but not to the detriment of the child. If she is undermining you then your child will have no respect for your decisions.  

Answer 3

Well you can put water in her bottle and if she wants to drink anything else she has to drink it out of a cup. Or you can just cut her off cold and when she gets thirsty enough she will drink from a cup. I know it sounds mean but if you want to get her off this may be the only way. Throw all the bottles away and tell her the garbageman ate them or something like that. Just so she knows there all gone. It does work and about your mother in law I had the same problem with mine. Your just going to have to be firm with her, cause after all this is your child no hers.

Answer 4

Well hopefully this will help. I took my son off the bottle when he was 9 months old as soon as he started to walk. So I threw them away that way they wouldn't be around o give to him, and I went and got a nuby sippy cup... the nipple is soft like a bottle and he didn't complain once.

Answer 5

celebrate the child's first birthday by tossing all bottles in the garbage.  continue serving drinks in the sippy cup at mealtimes and all other times.  reduce the milk intake and increase the water intake.  it's really that easy!!

Answer 6

My husbands aunt had the same problem. So she cut the nipple off of the bottle and did not put anything in it so the child would have the bottle but no liquid and no nipple. They would ask for the bottle and get it but it did not serve the purpose they wanted and it broke the habit she also did the same thing with the pacifier and it worked for all 3 of her children.

Answer 7

It is going to be hard but you just have to do it. Maybe try taking it away a nap time first and then after she doesn't take it at nap anymore cut out the night time bottle. She will probably cry and want it, try offering a sippy cup of water instead. My youngest daughter is almost 2 and still takes a bottle at nap and bed time, so it is easier said than done, but my oldest quit taking it at 15 months, and the sippy cup with water really helped her! She is only just a year too, so even if you do it over the next couple of months she will be fine. I am going to work on getting my 2 yr old off by the time she is 2, so I have 2 months to work on it. It isn't always easy. Good Luck!