Help! When to give up the bottle?! (My son, not me! 🫠)

[empee93]

Hi!

I’m finding myself in a real dilemma with my darling DS (16months). He’s really struggled to move from formula to whole milk- which for Mumma with the 18 pound price tag has been quite emotional.. but we still persevere. The guy clearly has fine taste!

However, bar the formula debacle, I’m really mind blown with indecision on when to say goodbye to his beloved bottles. He has one in the morning, which he can live without but the bedtime bottle is currently still non negotiable. (🥲) I think developmentally it’s the comfort rather than the contents at this point! Might I add, DS has a healthy old appetite and enjoys three meals and snacks a day.. including most of my own food as it’s being consumed, so I’m not worried he isn’t taking in enough calories!

When did your children give up their bottles? Am I being a pushover still giving him his? Similarly, and I appeal to your knowledge, is there any receptacle in between a tommee tippee bottle and a beaker? He loves his beaker during the day but at night it is a hard no.

I’d be so grateful of your help with this!

My two year old still has one, but i think she wouldn't care if we moved over to a sippy cup but we've just not been bothered to do it yet

I'd drop the morning one and give him a cup of milk with breakfast instead.

As for the bedtime bottle, have you tried gradually mixing the two? So say he has 7 Floz make 6 and add an ounce of Cow's Milk, either full fat or semi-skimmed. Continue like that for a few nights and then make 5 floz and add 2 of Cow's Milk. Continue like that until the bottle is fully Cow's Milk.