Bye- bye bottles, how long can I expect her to throw a fit at nap and bedtime?

Question

Okay, my daughter is 20 months and to this point, has run to bed everynight because it's the only time she gets a bottle(mostly water, just enough milk to make it look white, lol). But lately she's been wanting a refill about an hour after she goes down, and she pees through her sheets everytime she lays down on her toddler bed. So last night, I refused the refill and told her that the bubbas had gone bye bye. She eventually went to sleep after 2 1/2 hours of all out wailing. And then today, for nap, we gave her water in a big kid sippy cup(by munchkin, no soft spouts or anything, she can't let it sit in her mouth), and she still threw a fit and didn't drink any of it, lol, but eventually she took a nap. I have the bottles all bagged up and am going to throw them in the trash can outside later, so I'm not tempted to give in. But how long should I expect her to cry? She's usually very good tempered and does well, but my downstairs neighbor was overhead saying she was going to call CPS if my daughter wailed like that again tonight. So I'll be expecting a visit, not that they will find anything wrong with my parenting, it will just be an inconvience for now. It also doesn't help that my neighbor's kitchen is just under my daughter's room, and I swear she doesn't clean or do anything around the house until my daughter is in bed, when the vaccuum wakes her up and they play guitar hero at all hours of the night with a good bass level that shakes the floors(I've asked, they don't quit). So how long can I expect her to wail, even in worst case scenario? She's not getting the dang bottles back, I'm done, lol. I don't even want to give her sippy cups, but will if neccessary, as I want to start getting ready for potty training, and I know if she's drinking all night she will definitely not be night time trained for years, lol. Not that I'm jumping into potty training right now, I just know how the logistics work, lol. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You have to use tough love with this one I had to deal with that too I had to here  him cry for two night and he gave up but when he seen the bottle he had a fit and I had to let him know that he was a big boy.

Answer 2

My daughter is 19 months old and I think we are gonna have to do that as well. I dont have any suggestions just good luck.  

Answer 3

When my mother broke me from the bottle she let me cry for three nights straight, and it worked for her.  Hopefully it works for you as well.  If CPS does show up explain to them what is going on.  I'm sure they will find nothing wrong.  I actually think that the neighbor is just trying to scare you or make herself look all high and mighty.  About the noise though, if it wakes your daughter up again, I would either call the police or take your daughter weather she's crying or not and knock on the neighbor's door.  Ask them if they'd like to babysit tonight since their doing everything in their power to keep your child up.  Or the next morning wake up very early, wake your daughter up early feed her some sugar and let her go wild in her room.  Fight back with the noise...lol

Answer 4

If she is really gonna call CPS on you for that you should start making your own complaints. Call the apartment managers. See if you can move apartments or do something about them. Call the police. They should be able to do something about a noise ordinance.

About the bottles...once I buckled down and started showing tough love it took about a week for the screaming and crying to stop. I also tried the only water in the bottle thing. It didn't work...he likes water. Every night gets better! Oh and make sure you find all the bottles. My son must of found half a dozen that week.

Good Luck.