DD 2 years old will not give up having bottle in cot to sooth

[OnlyBoobsandBabies]

Please do not judge me on my post and I am so nervous posting this. I know I’ve made the mistake of allowing DD to have a bottle in bed and it’s come back to bite me.

DD is over two years old and we have made progress with not having bottles in the day and she brushes her teeth etc. She has a sippy cup and open cup in the day that’s no problem. She eats like a horse so I’m pretty confident she isn’t hungry.

Before she goes to bed she will have her bottle downstairs (disassociate bottle and cot combo)

However, when she wakes up in the night there is no stopping her crying the house down and waking up our neurodivergent DS of 5 years old. We have tried soothing her with back rubs and letting her self sooth with teddies etc but we cannot sleep unless she has a bottle at night.

Please can someone share a success story to give me hope.

Can you gradually water it down?

We gave water during the night at that age in a non spill sippy cup. There is no need for a bottle at that age.

Is there a reason why she can't just have the bottle ? I have 3 dc who are older so maybe I don't remember much, but if it's causing this much stress then leave it and try again when she's a bit older

Can you cut out the bottle downstairs first...or give bottles to a "bottle fairy"

I agree with the above, my daughter gave it up around 3 xx

My dd LOVED her bedtime bottle
We reduced amounts and watered it around 2.5
She still has the odd cheeky one at 3.5 when the 18m old "baby" has one.

my kids love a bottle at bed 🤷🏻‍♀️

No teeth were harmed in the administering of aforementioned bedtime bottles

If her teeth are fine, I’d probably just let her have the bottle. She’s not going to be still having it at 16, she’ll grow out of it.
is there a reason she’s waking up that you can deal with? Is it every night?

you could cut the bottle teat so it’s not as enjoyable to drink from, you could gradually water the milk down, you could offer a sippy cup or a dummy

my 3 year old still has his bottle. i doubt he will be having it when he’s 8. just let her have it.

It’s not going to be forever ! Is it worth the battle ? If they’re happy and everyone’s getting rest do it x

It honestly doesn't matter. She won't be drinking from it when she's 30. Relax

I never cut bottles until DDs were ready, they had bottles until 4+ My youngest was easily 5, she’d not necessarily drink it straight away, it was a comfort thing. She’d usually wake up about 3am drink some and go back to sleep. None of them had any issues from it.

A dentist will tell you to get rid of bottles at 12 months. You have to go cold turkey with her. She will get over it surprisingly quickly and you will suffer more than her.

Her teeth a perfect thankfully but thank you guys for the advice! My DS had a dummy in the night but my DD rejected the dummy unfortunately.

Just to clarify she does not have any bottle in the day but a bedtime bottle downstairs.

@2chocolateorangesi’m aware there is no need for a bottle but here we are…..

Will try water it down bit by bit in the night time but yes she does wake up every night and sometimes multiple times for a bottle.

On a rare occasion she will cry and we leave her for a short period but seems to go back to sleep.

Thank you for the reassurance they will grow out of it. Maybe I just have to deal with it a little longer 🤷🏼‍♀️

Just let her have the bottle until she doesn't want it anymore.

Why put yourselves and her through this upset? It really doesn't matter.

No advice as my 3yr old is the same. Comforting to see pp’s have been in a similar position. Ironically though, the said bottle is so well used it’s on its last legs so we may end up in a cold turkey situation - eek!

The decision as to whether she has bottle of milk or bottle of water or no bottle is yours, not hers. But obviously she is going to cry when you change the routine. If you want her to give up a bottle of milk then first change it to water (and be prepared to tolerate the howls of protest), and then stop offering any bottle.

Get rid of all bottles and either give her a sippy cup with a teat or just a normal spout and start giving her it in the evening then during the night if she wakes. But if you want to break this you are going to have to say it is lost or something.

And less milk in the cup.

I think you might have posted her picture by mistake @OnlyBoobsandBabies she is very cute but you might want to report it for privacy

Just let her have it

This time next year it'll be a non issue

What Lindy said

It's just not worth it

@Coffeeishot I didn’t post it by mistake, I wanted to show her teeth are fine having bottles still. Thank you for the advice on the bottles though :)

I'd just start gradually moving her onto sport bottles. She still gets the familiar technique to drink from but it's not a baby bottle.

Ah right as long as she is brushing her teeth its fine.