Toddler and bed time milk

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My DD turned 2 only the other day, and I'm now wanting to get her away from the bedtime bottle (yes she still has her milk in a bottle and is fed it like a baby - don't judge it's just what we've always done and she's happy and goes straight to sleep!)
But now I'm 2 months away from child2 being born, and wanting to potty train child1 so night time milk would just make her wet the bed if we were to try nighttime dry as well (not asking for opinions on potty training btw - sorry if that's blunt!)

I just want to know where to start with getting DD away from her nighttime bottle routine and what to replace it with??

You could try swapping to a sippy or 360 cup and then moving it before the bath?

I think you should really consider the resentment your child will feel towards your new baby doing things this way.

Hi OP

DD just turned 1 and we've just dropped the bedtime bottle - we did it in stages so first swapped to a cup rather than bottle but still just before bed. She was naturally a bit less attached to it then as she associated the bottle with comfort but the cup less so.

Then after a few days we moved the cup forward so she has it downstairs before we go up for her bath. Then bath, storytime with the lights down and then bed. She does fuss a little bit at bedtime but still sleeps well once she settles down and seems to have taken to it well.

Obviously yours is older but think you just have to stick to your guns once you've made the decision! And if she's able to understand you could try explaining what you're doing, she's a big girl now etc etc

Good luck!

I wouldn't try either. You have a reliable way of getting your 2 year old to sleep. Why disrupt it just when you are going to add a newborn into the mix?

I won't comment on your desire to potty train a just two year old, your toddler will make my point for me

Congratulations on your impending baby.

This is not a good time for changing things with your 2 year old. They are about to have a really massive change having a new sibling

@CheddarGorgeous what a strange comment. Lots of under 2s are potty trained!

We potty trained my son three months before his sister arrives and he was 18 months at the time so ignore all the negative comments above.

WRT the milk we changed to a cup first which he wasn't bothered about and then offered porridge for a couple of days and then just stopped. In so honestly he wasn't nearly as bothered as I thought he'd be!

Nighttime dryness comes from a hormone, it would be very unusual for a just turned 2 year old to be dry in the night.
As for the bottle, I would leave it now because you have all been happy with it this way for this long and are about to have a massive change. If you were going to change it then it would have made more sense to do that several months ago.

Replace with water.

The milk will rot her teeth.

Bedtime milk should be before she brushes her teeth.

Wows at some of these comments!

Thank you for the advice, I'm going to try switching to a cup see how it goes.