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Giving up the bottle.

Posted May 5, 2008 at 1:50PM in Family Living General by benbaby | Back 

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My son, Benjamin, is 15 months old now and still takes a bottle at naptime and at bedtime.  He is not allowed to take it with him anywhere, but he won't give the "baba" up.  We just moved him out of our bed and into a toddler bed so we let him hang onto the bottle for longer than he needed to in order to make him adjust to the big bed easier.  Now I am afraid that we are stuck with the "baba".  Does anyone have any great ideas or suggestions for helping my boy give up the baby bottle??

 

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dustbunny Homepage

  dustbunny responded May 5, 2008 at 1:54PM

  dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

maybe trade out the baba for a big boy cup of water? only a few sips worth in there?

benbaby Homepage

  benbaby responded May 5, 2008 at 2:04PM

  Goofing around with my babies - Big and Lil

well,I tried that, but he preferred to bathe himself with that water:)

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  Kelmcmom responded May 27, 2008 at 8:47AM

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I dont blame ya for letting him hang on to it during the change. Ya know its funny I was just thinkin about this recently. There is SO much pressure from "experts" and "docs" to get your kid off the bottle. Honestly, is it harmful to him in any way? I dont think so. Naptime and Bedtime is fine by me! Its a little comfort. I got my daughter these "nuby" sippy cups that if you ask me are practically bottles, with a very very soft spout. They are like 2 bucks at Walmart etc and She went to those no problem. Hope that helps. But I really think its no big deal unless you really want to get rid of it. The other idea? Cold turkey and screaming. Not my fav. But I have seen near three year olds with bottles still.

 

 

 

 

 

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