Help Me Be Strong

[Tee2072]

My DH and I have decided that our 2.7 year old is to not have bottles during the day. Yesterday wasn't too bad but this morning he is screaming that he wants his milk, which is here, just in a sippy cup. He's now standing here sobbing about it.

I.Will.Not.Give.In!!!

Tee you can do it.

He will give up eventually you just have to have a stronger will than a toddler which is difficult

I am a bad mother, my DD had a bottle and a dummy going to bed until she went to school. So flame me all (she had other issues, it was not a battle I was willing to fight and they went in their own time)

She doesn't have one now she's 13. It won't confuse him necessarily - she knew she only got bobos at night from around 2 and a half.

PS WRT the nappies - have you thought of reusables for nighttime?

Tee, you have my sympathy, and admiration. I'm sure you can do this. And I'm pretty sure it won't be long until he's off them during the day. I don't agree that it will confuse him to get them at night. Surely, that just becomes the new routine?

You know what? No one would be saying he'd be confused if he was still getting a breastfeed at night.

It's comfort, what settles him, it's unlikely to be giving him much of his daily nutritional needs but it's his routine and what he likes.

Give it a week and he'll have forgotten and be drinking his milk in a cup quite happy and still taking his bottle at night.

Purple - what's your point with the "have a word with yourself"?

Rockstock - loving your spaced out DDs...a 3yo and an 18 yo, you really are experiencing all dimensions of parenting at the same time!

HandMini - Yup! I have 18, 17 and 15 and then the irksome three year old

To Tee you can do it girl, you know the chant:

THIS TOO SHALL PASS!

To everyone else who's offering 'suggestions' fuck the fuck off there's a love.

FFSTheJudgeyPantsArePulledSuperTightTodayTiggaxx

friends that's an excellent point about the breastfeeding. Someone else suggested reusables as well but I don't know if I can get just a few?

Yes, we are working on potty training but I hardly think he'll be dry at night just yet!

Excuse me while I go have a word with myself..."self, you are awesome. Keep it up!"

Is that what you meant?

will pm you tee

Not an issue in this house. My DD will get rid of her nighttime one when she's good and ready. I have friends who are still BF their 4 year olds so why should I take away her bedtime comfort even if she is 3.5?

Btw, she had a dental check on Friday and there is nothing wrong with her teeth nor her speech.

She never leaves the house with her bottle and she certainly doesn't have it dangling from her mouth all the time.

You're probably really stressing him out (and more to the point, stressing yourself out).

I mean, how many grown men or women do you know that still have a bottle?

Sorry if I offended you Tee, suggestions meant simply in a non-judgemental have-you-considered-this? way - in a way that many MNers give and receive advice or tips. I don't think people post thinking that their way is the only way, and that other ways are wrong - just some things that worked for them might be useful for others.

However, looking back at your original post, when I read the thread title Help me be strong I clearly didn't get past the first word. Hope it's all gone well today.

I was hardly offended, lagranissima. I was annoyed. Because you aren't the only one who didn't read the OP. A problem that is all over MN is, honestly, is ruining the boards as a whole.

Not that I am blaming you for that!

In any case, he eventually drank out of his sippy cup.

I know what you mean about mot reading OPs properly Tee2072, it's quite frustrating isn't it?

Anyhoo, on to the matter in hand - are you sure you're not just swapping one problem for another? Squash in a sippycup is way worse than milk in a bottle, your dentist would be having the screaming heebygeeies if she/he knew.

HTH.

Chaos, you being ironic?!

Tee, I wouldn't say the talk boards are ruined, some are really funny and many are very helpful. But if you will post early on a Sunday morning, you can't expect us all to have our contact lenses in...

Glad to hear he drank out of his cup. It's hard not to give in when they throw a wobbler, but to be expected at 2-3 (and even older...)

You being funny Chaos? He never has squash out of anything!

Dreadfully sorry to have angered you with my empathy.

I'll know for next time.

Fo0ffy I am not angry either. Did I say I was angry with you for your empathy?

Honestly people!

Also...bored now...

Was tryin.

Soz Tee, that was probably misjudged.

I send you strength for tomorrow. Distract distract distract.

Distraction is the key.

Plus having nerves of steel and earplugs

You'll get through it.

DH got him to take a sippy cup of milk by putting on Toy Story! So TV works.

Chaos don't sweat it! MWAH

He's at nursery tomorrow so don't have to worry about it.

I honestly do not think you could have more clearly proven my point than in your last two posts.