Juice through the night!

[sophie9876]

Can anyone give me any advice on how to get my 15 month to stop drinking as much through the night?
Hes drinking like 3-4 bottles of weak dilute through the night so obviously im changing his nappy at least twice.
He cries and wont take a dummy!
Should I try milk or just let him cry and tantrum and follow it through?
Just need advice how to get him off of doing this?

The dentist would have a heart attach reading this! Swap for water immediately, I'm sure that will slow him down.

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That's shocking, I had no idea. I don't give my children any of those bar the occasional cup of juice but could have easily done so and not realised the risks. Thanks for replying.

He shouldn't be having juice and you need to ditch the bottles at that age too, I think you may have a tough few nights ahead but I'd go cold turkey.

It’s a habit swap the bottle for a sippy cup sucking on a bottle at night is so so bad for his teeth. He doesn’t need 32oz of juice overnight. Initially swap the juice for water but offer water during the day too milk with meals. When he cries for juice don’t ignore go in pat back say sleepy time, tuck him in and leave. I used to sit outside my sons room, 3 nights it took me for him to settle and sleep he knew I was there and I’d come when he cried. Might take longer as he’s older.
Tough going for a bit but once you’re both having a full un interrupted sleep from refilling bottles and changing nappies you’ll be glad you did it, will save his teeth too.

Both squash and milk will be absolutely rotten for his teeth. Switch to water and hopefully once it’s a boring drink he’ll give it up himself.

He shouldn’t really be having any dilute juice at that age, and definitely not from a bottle. Bottles encourage the liquid to pool behind the teeth, which causes decay. I would move him to an open cup now and hopefully that will help him wean off the night bottles too.

These are all good advice , just a lil judgement I can sense through some of them being a parent does not have a manual hence why we are greatful for these forums , we'll I know I am .

We all need to be polite and understanding of each other as it does take a village to raise a child let alone many , I have 7 and I still have things I need to grasp 👊 ❤️.
Peace and love to all you mums and dads out there we are all doing our very best .

Just remember it's not what you do it's how you do it .

I went through this with my 5th child it was horrendous the crying the tantrums, lack of sleep , however he did eventually get over that hurdle I also noticed when I took him to the dentist he ended up with one of his front teeth having what resembled a egg shell colour 😢 his tooth was undergoing calsification due to the bottle and milk being his comfort at night .

Cold turkey and replace with water ASAP. My DD 15 months does sometimes get thirsty in the night especially when it's hot but will happily just sip from a glow in the dark leakproof cup left in her cot. He might complain but at this age you can keep repeating "all gone! no more juice!" and eventually it should stick!