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Stopping night time bottle

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Lawabidingmama · 30/08/2013 09:17

And bottles generally really DD2 is 17 month and still has 3 5 oz bottles a day she was ebf till 7 months and has only ever taken 5 oz at a time. She has one mid morning which I am currently replacing semi successfully with a cup although yesterday she wore me down with her demands for her bottle and her throwing the cup saying 'bye bye cup want bottttttttllllleeeee!' I know the advice is drop bottles at 1 but I was hoping she would just gradually do it herself no sign of that!

My main thing is that is she still wakes at night for a bottle usually 2am ish. She has only slept through with no bottle once. I think it's habit as she eats well and I do worry about her teeth. She wakes at other points in the night for a cuddle but I am fine with that.

She is recovering from a tummy bug and was only drinking a small amount of her milk so I tried not to give her one when she woke last night. I tried water which she threw at me with a NO! I tried cuddling shushing etc but she would not settle so I gave her a small bottle if 3 oz and she went straight to sleep.

I will not let her cry it out or anything. I was hoping she would just grow out of it but I am starting to think I will be here forever!

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hawkeye21 · 30/08/2013 10:15

The advice I got on stopping the nighttime feeds was to gradually reduce the amount of milk given. eventually it is so little the child decides it is no longer worth waking for! Amazingly it worked for my DD when she was about 1 year old.

As your DD was happy with just 3 oz last night, it may be worth trying.

Boggler · 30/08/2013 11:45

Your dd shouldn't be needing anything in the night if she's having enough food in the day. Try giving her some cereal like porridge or weatabix at bedtime along with her milk as they are long lasting carbs and should hopefully keep her feeling full through the night. You could also try just giving her a drink of water if she wakes rather than milk. Good luck

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