How to drop the bottle at night/morning?

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Jennisaurus · 28/11/2004 22:19

My DD drinks cows milk quite happily from a beaker during the day, but for her night drink/breakfast drink she still wants the bottle.
I would really like her off the bottle completely soon, but she gets herself all worked up when I don't give it to her when she is drinking for comfort I know that its the comfort element with the bottle and thats why she wants it when she is sleepy and I do understand, but I really want to get her off it. Any ideas? She doesn't have any other comfort items as such, not really bothered about her dummy and no special blankets/toys.

Also will it hurt her if I leave her a beaker of water in her cot at night?

She is 12mths BTW, but has not had a bottle in the day for a few months now.

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Donbean · 28/11/2004 22:22

Ahhh bless, you make me feel like a terrible mother! DS is 17 months and still has his morning and evening bottle and i love it.
We have lovely lovely cuddles when he has it.
I would really miss his bottle time if he were to stop having them

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Jennisaurus · 28/11/2004 22:29

I think part of it is that I do like it to but feel guilty. The HV said I had to have her off the bottle soon or it would rot her teeth

When I work all day I love coming home and having a cuddle with her, especially when I work all day and don't see her at all except to get up up and put her to bed.

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Donbean · 28/11/2004 22:34

Yes i do recall the HV saying the very same thing to me. I just think that we practice good dental hygiene and they are his milk teeth,important i know (NOT disputing that) but thus far he has a healthy set with no signs of rot. So why not....

Gingerbear · 28/11/2004 22:36

My DD is another bottle addict and she is 2.5! What I have done is let her have a piece of bread or toast with milk before bedtime, then after bath/story she has a 4oz bottle with half milk/half water, then I brush her teeth. Often she is too full and will only take a mouthful.

In the morning I give her a drink of water when she wakes up and then she has breakfast early. She has not been bothered about a morning bottle for a long time now.

janeybops · 28/11/2004 22:36

If she drinks it quickly what is the problem? How can that rot her teeth? i think it is the prolonged sucking that does it. My dd had bottle at bedtime till nearly 3. She finally bit through the teat and made a huge hole so I told her I wasn't buying another and she just accepted it. Now has a lidded cup for bedtime milk. Has 'normal' beaker during day.

ladymuck · 28/11/2004 22:41

I'd have a chat with your dentist before giving yourself too much grief over this. Mine was happy with ds having a morning/evening bottle until he was 3...

unicorn · 28/11/2004 22:42

If you really want her to drop it have you tried watering it down so it's half water/half milk?

She may just start to lose her attachment with it.

Just a thought.

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