3 yo cold turkey withdrawal from milk tonight

[PavlovtheForgetfulCat]

There are tears. Many many tears. She is so upset it is breaking my heart.

But it is time. It is way way past time it stopped.

Wish me luck.

DH took DD to the shops today, and they bought special night time cup, DH said it was a magic cup and that is was only for milk at night time. She is very excited about using it tonight and has said herself that her bottle is for babies now.

It is an odd cup. It is rimless, no spout, you can drink from anywhere around the edge and it will come out, but does not spill. It took her some time to get used to it as you have to suck a bit, but she got there.

Fingers crossed.

logi thanks for your post too btw, I think we will stop stressing for now and just go with it. If the cup works tonight, great, if not, will let her have a bottle for a bit longer.

My Ds1 had his bottle at bedtime till he was......................................

7!!!

He moved on to a spout and just water, but just liked the bottle and it didn't occur to him it was just for babies (I did once point it out but he looked at me disbelieving). No one ever saw so it wasn't a problem, so we just went with it.

He now has a 'sport bottle' with a spout by his bed at night (he's 9) which is basicaly the same thing different presnetation.

Pavlov, is it worth giving her the choice of

milk in special cup, OR

water in a bottle.

The bottle is only a problem because of the teeth issue but just water in it would be fine. Perhaps try explaining about tooth decay and your reasoning behind it all (I am sure you already have).

Lady - i explained about losing her teeth if she drinks milk from a bottle. Not well enough as she said 'oh will the tooth fairy come, I want to see the tooth fairy' [grrrr]!

Or give her the choice-bottle or nappy.

being in night time nappies at 3 is the very normal. Hell, even 5 is normal. No need to push night time dryness if you can persuade her to keep a nappy on.

Also night time dryness oftenas much to do with readiness as liquid consumed so you may find she wets even without a night tiem drink.

Ahhhhhhh, give the cutysey adorable baby her bottle!!!!!(I know you have already, and that resonse is not helpful)

Pavlov

FWIW I tried the whole giving up dummies about 6 months ago with the dummy fairy story, she was v excited and happy. But bedtime she was terrified, sobbing, I couldn't do it to her so the dummy fairy brought her dummy back (no present obv ).

Spent the next few months concentrating on building her confidence, so every time she woke up and didn't have her dummy in her gob, we went 'oh wow dd LOOK you slept without your dummy - isn't that GREAT!' and eventually, a month or so ago we tried again with the dummy fairy (heavy, specific bribery too) and it worked.* She was a bit scared but no tears at all.

It is hard when you feel you 'should' do something (I have been trying ds in his cot for no reason other than I feel 'oh i should'. After tears all round, we are v happy back in my bed)

*Dd has a tommee tippee cup of water instead of milk at night - she def uses it for comfort/to get back to sleep if milk not available (ie, am not going downstairs to get it if her bedtime milk has gone). Could she choose a nice new night-time water cup?

Agh didn't read page 2 and my post doesn't make sense!

It made perfect sense, just a a little late! But good to know I did the right thing !

My DS is the same age... and he loves his milk too. He has a last beaker of milk and a cuddle just before bed/teeth clean. ATM he is in nappies, but i hope to get him out of them sooon and i do worry how he will stay dry all night then.
I suppose i enjoy our good night cuddle and milk too.... But like he keeps saying "i not a baby...."

Well, the new cup, its gone down a storm! So much so that she wants it all the time. 'my special milk cup' she calls it.

She was not at all bothered by the absence of her milk bottle last night. She asked for it once and I reminded her that her new cup has replaced it, and she said 'oh course!' She 'pops it' into the corner of her bed.

And. here is the best bit. I gave her half a cup full (its a large cup so prob same as half a bottle full) and it was mostly ALL there this morning. She drank from it a little in bed, and then woke in the night a couple of times, took a quick sip and back to sleep. I think she just wanted to know it was there .

She is currently drinking some milk from it right now. Should have done water in it!!! But now she refuses water in it 'no mama its for my milk!'

Hurrah

Well, you know now all you have to do is go and buy another special cup for her water

Well done you and her
This growing up shouldn't be so hard, eh?

Pavlov - which cup did you buy? I keep trying to get ds off the bottle (he is 22 months)and he will not have a cup for milk at all, in fact plays merry hell!

Well done btw!

I will go and look at it. Its not a brand or style I have ever heard of. DH does not do usual routes for things. In fact he has spent a lot of money over the years on fancy cups that appear to be shit! this one works though.

He got it from sainsbury's.

ok thanks!

Haven't read the whole thread but could you have something like a bottle fairy, and promise that she can choose a grown-up toy if she gives up the bottle?

Oh sorry I should have read a little further I see the problem has already been solved!

hillbilly It has called a 360 junior cup