2.5 year old and bottles?!?

[cookielove]

So essentially ds loves his bottle, we have been trying with some success to move him onto a cup instead if bottle, sometimes he takes no problem other times he completly refuse's. Now tbh I wouldn't mind stopping them and if he refuses so be it but his eating is also pretty rubbish so i feel it is important to get a good amount of milk in.

So my questions are how to get him to accept anything else! Should I hide the bottles? And how old were your dc''s when they stopped?

[KitKat1985]

Hello Cookie! [Waves to fellow Sept 14 mummy]

When we did this with DD we moved onto these first as they are sort of inbetween a bottle and beaker, having a silicone spout etc, which worked quite well. Could be worth a try?

www.mothercare.com/cups-and-beakers/philips-avent-classic-spout-cup-9oz/LA2990.html?dwvar_LA2990_color=Purple%2FRed&cgid=feeding_cups#start=12

[cookielove]

Hello kitkat I am willing to try anything theses days, will give those a go!

[Bubblysqueak]

My ds wasn't eating too much around the same age but we found that he was drinking too much milk and filling up rather than eating. We swapped to milk at breakfast and just before bed then water during the day. Because there was no milk in the bottle just water he wasn't that fussed with it and moved to the cup much more willingly.

[Foreverhungry]

My dd had a bottle at bedtime till she was 5, she knew she was too old so gave it a miss if we had people round. I wouldnt stress about it they grow up too fast to worry. She's 18 now.

[kel1234]

My sister is 4. She had milk from a bottle until she was just over 3. My own lo is 17 months and still has his milk (toddler formula) in bottles. He will continue to have it in bottles until he stops having it.

[Shamoffour]

Exactly the same as bubbly, I got rid of the bottle and the eating increased he's a dustbin now!

[cookielove]

I was hoping it may help his eating if we drop it!

[StarUtopia]

Both of mine still have a bottle at bedtime..2.5 and just turned 4. Both are more than capable of using a normal cup. They just have a bottle as part of a winding down comforting routing for bed.

Although I'll admit, 2 yr old does need his bottle before bed as he really doesn't eat that much and he'll wake other wise hungry in the night (and then demand a 3am bottle!!)

I'm not stressing just yet..!

[RandomMess]

I had bottle lover so I hid all the bottles very well and gave her an anyway cup and showed her they had gone! She was just 3 and her younger sister just 1. She had a face on her of disgust but she accepted it.