Toddler and bottle

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Hello there.

Please can anyone offer any advice as my DD is so attached to her bottle she won't sleep without it and also wakes up several times a night asking for more water/squash.

She doesn't drink milk in it and she definitely uses it as a comforter. I have tried talking to her and getting her used to the idea that she doesn't need it anymore. I can distract her to a point but she gets really upset.

Please can someone give me advise to stop this terrible habit.

Hi, this has been us for 2 1/2 years. We tried going cold turkey without a bottle but it was torture. So now we allow our daughter 1 bottle at bed and 1 in the morning. We're starting to give the bedtime bottle earlier and earlier, and she does now go to sleep without one. hoping to remove it completely but don't think we are anywhere near acheiving that yet. DD is now 3 and a few months. I don't really have advice, just wanted to let you know you're not alone.

What happens if you provide water in a cup?

Thank you @MummytoDrew it's so hard isn't it. I feel like this will be me too.

So while she was at nursery yesterday I've put the bottles away. She naps at nursery no problem and doesn't even ask. I know it's a comfort thing for her but she's also got several other comforters in terms of blanket and teddy's.

As soon as I got to nursery she was asking for the bottle but I've just kept repeating she's a big girl now. She had a bit of time between coming home and going to bed to get used to the idea and I've tried to keep everything else as normal as possible.

She drinks out of a cup with no problem. I had to give her a beaker with a lid for bed as no other cup with lid. Will buy a sippy cup today. She went between wanting the beaker and not. Bedtime wasn't too bad but she woke at 6:15 and had a meltdown because I said we've not got bottles anymore. This went on for about an hour and half but now she seems okay again.

I have felt like giving up but will try to persevere. I just feel like I'm making her unnecessarily anxious by taking it away. I had been talking to her for about a week leading up to it saying bottle will be going soon.