Need Help with Potty Training and Getting 15 Mon. Old off Bottle

I think Dawni's advice is very good. I would also do that and then just DROP the subject of her going to the potty in the chair completely for 4 to 6 weeks. You can tell her that you know she isn't ready yet, but she will be soon. Sometimes, when you totally drop the subject, they decide to train themselves. So, go back to thinking she is like your son, not expected to go to the potty for a while. If that doesn't work, when it gets warmer, tell her you have run out of diapers her size and from now on she will be in panties. Then, have a chair in whatever room she is in unless you think she is comfortable on the toilet. Some kids worry that they are going to be flushed down the toilet. You could "Google" the 48 Hour $75.00 method of potty training. The $75.00 is to pay to rent a carpet cleaner after the weekend that you do nothing but focus on having her go potty on the chair. Some parents make such a BIG deal of their kids going, that the child decides to rebel and not do it. I would be very low key when she goes potty in the chair, saying something like "Becca went potty in the toilet, I can tell she is getting to be a big girl." Don't have cheers and go overboard, as this often backfires. As far as your son, you could take a diaper size pin and make the wholes in his nipples a little bit bigger. In a few days, make them even a little larger. In a few more days, take a pair of fingernail scissors and clip out a little bit. Keep making the whole a little bigger every 3 to 4 days. He will likely throw the bottle away himself! Good luck!

I would suggest that all your son gets in his bottle is water. He can have his favorite in a cup, but water is it for the bottle. It may be tough for a few days, but stick to your guns and he will stop asking.

Potty training is my least favorite phase of raising kids. Give your daughter a great reason. Let her pick out her favorite "big girl" panties, but she can't wear them until she starts letting you know when she has to go and stays dry for the whole day. Some times a sticker chart helps, rewards help also. There is a very cute video called "Potty Time" that helps with some. Hang in there. If you know how to read the Almanac, potty train when the sign is in the head and bottle break when the sign is in the feet. It worked for me.

I'd recommend John Rosemond's "Making the 'Terrible' Twos Terrific!" I've gotten lots of helpful advice there that is helping me approach my own son's Twos with greater equanimity and confidence. He covers a variety of issues, including bottles, toilet training, discipline, etc., and in a straightforward and common-sense way. :)

Hi i just wanted to leave a message about potty training. I did this with my son and it really worked so maybe you can do this with your daughter. First off go to the store and buy you some little candies and then put them in the bathroom where she can see them but can not get to them. Everytime you go to the bathroom and daddy goes to the bathroom get you a piece of candy and show it to her and say see what i get when i go potty. Then maybe she will start telling you that she has to go after she sees that you get a piece and daddy does to everytime you both go.

The bottle problem is going to be a hard thing to do. I got my step grandbabies to give there bottle to santa when they went to visit him and in return santa brought them a toy for there bottle.

I started putting water in the bottle at night - it is just a habit for them to get back to sleep. Eventually they will not want the water - or the bottle :) It works great! I did this w/my first and just started it w/my 20 month old ;) - he loves his bottle too!!! Good luck!

This is what I did w/the potty training: I got a timer and set it for every 45 minutes (for the first week) just to remind me to take him to the BR and set them on there everytime - they have to learn the habit - when she goes in it - do a dance and give her M&Ms - she will love it - also, the sticker chart works REALLY WELL!! These helped me - hope they will help you :)

Just a quick tip for potty training... Gerber makes thicker training panties. They come in packs of 3. And they also have plastic covers you can use over them, but the ones we bought were so thin they would get holes in them, so that part wasn't really worth it to me. But the thicker panties hold more when they have an accident, so if they only have small one, her pants might not get wet! My daughter's daycare requested that I get these for her to wear there to encourage potty training. She did a lot better at daycare than she did at home. But she's finally stayed dry at home the last 3 days!

I also discovered not too long ago that Gerber also has a sort of 2-in-1 panty, it's thicker panties with the plastic cover all together. They are expensive (I think it was $7 or $8 for a pack of 2), but I got them to use when we go out. I've only seen those at Target in my area.

I know all children are different, but my youngest was potty trained at about 18 months. I owe most of it to daycare because it was my childs daycare who suggested that I start so early. At first I was skeptical so I decided to try it and guess what? She did it! I have found that WE hold our children back for several reasons. We don't mean to of course, but wer're busy with other kids, cooking,& a lot of times we just don't think they're ready yet but anyway,I don't know if you stay at home or not but if you work I would suggest you talk to whoever keeps your little one about putting her on a schedule. I used to take her to the potty every hour at first. I also put a cushion kid seat on top of the big toilet. She seemed to think she was a big girl bcause of that. I had to be VERY consistent. I have 2 girls 20 months apart so my older daughter set the example so we would do things in twos. Also CELEBRATE!! when she goes potty we would have a mini party or she would get a treat. Overall, consistency will show her mommy is not giving up so I guess I better pee pee in this potty so I can get up and have some fun. As for the bottle, consistency as well. I had many sleepless nights. I would substitute with a healthy snack but it seems as if its kinda your baby's pacifier. My older daughter was like that. I would just go in and try to soothe & console her but I would offer her anything but that bottle. I took about 2 weeks to really get her off of the bottle. Hope I was helpful.

I run a child care out of my home to be a stay at home mom, I have learned over the years, if you tell a child it is ok to use the toilet, I give you permission, it is ok to use the toilet paper, I give you permission, it is ok to use the sink to wash hands, I give you permission. When they were younger, they were told NO dont mess with the toilet, NO dont mess with the toilet paper. Say I know you are a big girl now, and I believe in you, I know you can do this, If I am busy it is ok to go in by yourself, but if you need help just ask. I know you are a big girl and can do this by yourself.

to get ur 15 month old off the bottle, go to wal-mart. they make a cup that is actually a sippy cup. but it looks like a cup,with a clear rubber peice that looks like a nipple but it isn't. that worked on my youngest son when we were tryin to get him off the bottle. hope u the best of luck.

About the night bottles, he might have learned that sucking helps him to sleep. To teach him to fall asleep without the bottle, gently break the suction and hold his mouth closed at the chin when his sucking has slowed and he is drifting. he might start to move around, looking for it, but wait a second or two and see if he settles. If he doesn't, go ahead and put the bottle back into his mouth. After he has settled and is starting to drift again, start over. It might take several tries, but he will probably end up drifting off without it in his mouth. Even if he doesn't - if he starts to get upset, just give him the bottle and let him go to sleep with it - and even if this occurs, he is getting the idea that the bottle will be leaving his mouth but it's ok, he'll get it back *if he needs it*. This way, it doesn't turn into a fight and he doesn't freak out.

As you do this, introduce a lovey (or emphasize one he already uses) and/or other techniques for helping him transition.

After a few nights - maybe a week or so at the most, I imagine - he should be bottle-free at night!

(Oh, and the same goes with night-waking and asking for a bottle. Let him have it, but remove when he's drifting off. Gradually remove it earlier and earlier, before he's drifting. Again, this is a gentle method for helping him learn that he can fall asleep without a bottle in his mouth.)

As for day-time, well, if you know anything about the advice I give, you already expect me to ask that you reconsider giving your daughter cow's milk. It's made for extremely fast-growing cows (yes, human babies grow quickly, too, but not *that* quickly), has too much "stuff" in it, as a result, causes congestion, and has been strongly linked to juvenile diabetes (the animal protein resembles human protein too much and the human immune system develops a response to both the cow milk proteins and the baby's own proteins in the digestive system - thus, juvenile diabetes). Also links to cancer.

Try a variety of milks: soy, rice, hemp, etc. Try them at room temp or slightly warm.

L.

I don't know about the potty training because we aren't there yet, but I know that the longer you wait to take your boy off the bottle, the harder it will be. He's old enough to actually be able to understand somethings you say to him right? Give him a cup and tell him that's that. That's what I did with my son when he was like 9 months old. He would drink juice from a cup but not milk. He wanted his bottle. I would just give him the cup and he would throw his little fit and realize he was still thirsty for some milk and go to town with his cup.

I had these problems with the same child and I will tell you the best advice I got from one source.
Potty Training---My daughter was 3 1/2 and STILL NOT interested in potty training. I thought how could this take sooo long, until finally a pediatrician told me to QUIT IT, quit worrying. Quit trying to make it happen. He asked me have I ever seen a child that needed to be potty trained in Kindergarten? Of course, the answer was No, and he said exactly, they will learn it but when they are ready, and it will be before she is in Kindergarten, I was a little skepical until one day she just did it, and that was on her own. (before she was 4).

As for the bottle, I finally just had to tell her it was time to "throw it away" she was 2 and "she" had to put it in the trash can, not me so she knew it was in the trash and gone(you have to take the trash out right then). And when she would cry, I would remind her that it was in the trash where she threw it away "like a big girl" and asked if she wanted a drink. Since it's at night when he wants it you might have to get in the habit of giving him a drink before bed and if he asks for his bottle tell him no, he just had a drink so he knows his bottle was for drinking. This worked for me as they see it is not going to be in the house anymore.

My best wishes,

K.

Hey girl I'm in the same boat with the potty training. My daughter is 2 1/2 and the only time she goes is right before she gets in the shower. The water is running so maybe that helps. The bottle issue-we had that with the pacifer so all I can tell you is take it away and give him a sippy that has a bottle tip, sippy tip, etc. There are some sippys that have several nipples and you might beable to switch that way. My husband can't stand to let her cry it out but I trained her during the day and then at night it was better. Good luck