Taking Away Bottle

Do NOT cave now.....no guilt trip either....give her extra loving, and continue with reading to her, and reasonable distractions at the critical times.

Don't give her the bottle back. It might be a rough week or so but she'll get over it. Give her milk in a sippy cup. I know it's hard to see them upset but you have to stick with it. Good luck! :)

they say it takes about 3 days when you start something new before it will get easier. In my opinion cold turkey is the best way.

Many kids will throw fits when you try to change something they are used to. Even if it's best for them.
No guilt trip necessary.
You're not harming her or withholding nutrition. You're just changing the way she gets it.
No mom like their kids crying or getting upset, but for heaven's sake, if we let kids have everything they want just so they won't cry, we can create monsters.
You're not late in taking away the bottle, a lot of kids have them until around 2, but having worked for a pediatric dental specialist, I would just like to mention that "bottle mouth" causes far more tears and crying than adjusting to not having a bottle anymore. Especially at night.
Milk in a bottle at night is really bad for little teeth.
Cold turkey can seem mean, but my son had to be cold turkey'd from the breast at 15 months when I had to go in the hospital. He didn't like it or understand, but after a few days he was fine and suffered no ill affects.
Your daughter will be fine. She won't starve.
Don't turn back now.

Best wishes.

Don't give in. My 2 year old wasn't on a bottle, but a sippy cup that was very like a bottle. One day, I just stopped giving it to him. I gave him a cup at the table and if we were going somewhere a "to go" cup (they hard plastic sippies with no valve). I also really liked his "coffee cup" (insulated sippy with no valve). We usually give him either of these when he wants it, but a cup with dinner. Having these options and giving them special names helped with the transition, but cold turkey (and NOT seeing them again), was really the key. If she needs milk at night, and you are willing to give it to her, do so in a cup. It should only take a few days before she moves on.

It's hard and I empathize with you. I learned early on with my first princess (I now have 3) that by a year old they are learning how to "work" and manipulate their parents. As I am sure others have said, do not give in, because if you do, then she has "won" and knows she has what it takes to get you to give in every time. It is not easy, but you are setting an expectation early on that what mommy says, goes. You are in charge. I follow through with what I say 100% of the time with my girls, but I also admit when I am wrong. My sister does the exact opposite with her 3 boys and they are literally out-of-control and in control of her and her actions. Hang in there! You can do it!!!!!

Your daughters bottle habit is just that, a habit. Not unlike thumb sucking, pacifier, hair twirling, etc. She's trying to self sooth. No judgement here.
What I could suggest as a possible solution is to make her habit less appealing.
If she likes juice, then you slowly water down the juice each day until it's practically water. I tried this on a boy I babysat many moons ago and it worked. If it's milk, then I would guess the same principle applies (whole milk-2%-1%-skim). A sippy cup is an effective substitute while you are transitioning her.
Hope this helps.
D.

Hang tough! Don't cave to the guilt. You already stopped it so to give it back now will set you up for another round.
I agree with the PPer--just put her milk in a sippy cup.
...and THROW out the bottles--all of them!
I think it was harder for me than my so to stop his "bubby" at night.
I was braced for high impact but he barely flinched when I handed him the sippy! lol

Don't give in; it will only get harder to take away later. And she will have learned that she can throw a tantrum and get what she wants. You are doing the right thing!

I know how hard it is to phase things out of your child's life so I totally feel for you! You are doing a good though and you must be strong (easier said than done, I know). Have you considered what you will have her drink as an alternative to the bottle? I would start giving her that in a sippy cup before the time she usually has her bottle at night to fill up her tummy and then try a new bedtime routine. Have a calming bath, then maybe read stories or sing silly songs together while cuddling to calm her down.

It may take a few nights/days of grumpy, tired, and cranky moods and crying fits before she will adjust but know that she will!

You could also try to ask her what it is she likes so much about her bottle to get a better idea of what could substitute or remedy it.

Do you use sippy cups at ALL? There's your transition. Have a ceremony, if you have to and THROW AWAY the bottles or pack them up (maybe for a sibling down the road) and let her see you pack them so that she knows they are there - maybe for security purposes.

It would be a sippy cup or nothing at all. If she wants it bad enough, she'll sip from the cup rather than the bottle. Tell her it's a "big girl bottle" if you have to.

Well my daughter who is 5 now was really attached to her sippy cup. She was off the bottle at 12 months but used a sippy cup for milk. She always had to have her sippy cup at night and in the morning. My parents and I would try not to give in to her but we experienced what you experienced. The withdraw symptoms that made everyone's life miserable until she got her sippy cup. It was so bad that when she would go to stay the night at her nana's house my mom would say don't forget the milk or you will be going back out to get some before you leave. Everyone had to make sure they had milk around because before bed, the middle of the night, and in the morning she had to have her sippy cup.

I would try to switch her to a soft nipple sippy cup to switch her from that bottle. And then let her have that for a while and try not to force her off of it. Threw my own personal experienced the more I forced my daughter off the sippy cup the more she wanted it. Then after my daughter turned 3 she was done with the sippy cup. Every child is different. My second daughter was off the bottle and sippy cup by 12 months. And wanted a big girl cup.

Good luck hope this helped!

You should definitely check out the link I provided for some help and I would have to say do NOT phase back into giving your daughter the bottle...that will not help with weaning it from her but rather make it a lot more difficult...hope this all helps! good luck!

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My daughter also just turned two, and she is impossible to break from the bottle. She only takes it at night before bed, and during the day prefers a cup with a straw. My other kids were away from the bottle shortly after their first birthday, so this is new territory to me as well. People will tell you to just take it away and stick with it, but if it were that easy, there would never be a kid that talked back, potty training would never be an issue, and stores would realize that there wouldn't be a reason to stick a bunch of candy in the check-out aisles. I have tried the cold turkey quitting bit several times, and it didn't work for us either.
I haven't yet found a solution that works for my daughter, but maybe one of them would help your little girl. I've tried using the bottle only for drinks that she doesn't really like as much to get her to equate the bottle with things she doesn't like. I've tried hiding the bottles and only letting her find her cups. I've tried distracting her with other things hoping she won't think about a bottle, or wearing her out so much that she just goes to sleep without thinking about it. Like say, none of them has worked for us, but maybe it could help you. Good luck!