Getting Rid of Bottles

Cut the top of the nipple and give it to her to drink out of. Then when it doesn't work right tell her it is broke and give her a cup.

I would look into introducing a "big girl cup", maybe even let her pick one out at the store. Does she take sippy cups??

My son did the same thing, except we had him switch to sippy cups at 12 months. He screamed and cried and refused to drink from his sippy cup for almost a week. I completely put away the bottles so he wouldn't even see them, I continually offered his sippy cup and had to help him drink from a regular cup until he finally gave in and started using the sippy cup. At first I had to hold the sippy cup up for him and then he figured out how to hold it up (having one with handles helps!). It was a very long and tiring week for both of us, but I was glad when it was all said and done.

Since your little girl is older and understands quite a bit, I would pick a day to give it up and tell her, "On Monday, you get to start using big girl cups" and take her to the store to pick some new cups out. Make it about her growing up and getting bigger. I've heard of people trying to break their kids of a pacifier by giving all their pacifiers away to the "Binky Fairy" to take to all the other babies who need them and in return, the fairy leaves them a present. I'm sure that would work with giving up bottles, too.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Hi. According to the books, you are supposed to take the bottle away at age 1. My son had his until he was about 2 and a half. Then one day he was being really naughty (I forget what he was doing). I told him that if he did the naughty thing again, I was going to throw away his bottles. He did it again, I took the bottles and threw them in the trash. He complained for about a day. Then he was hungry and quickly got over it. The key is, you have to throw them away. That way you can't give in. sHe will survive and when he gets hungry enough, she will eat. Good Luck!

I took my son off the bottle at 12 months. I think by now, your little one should not have bottles anymore. Good luck though, it's not fun, I know!!

K.,

I'm sorry to say that it is not an easy process. My son who is now 5 wanted to keep the bottle but at age 18 months we tried to take it away, it was hard for us and my husband kept giving it to him, so I decided to throw all of the bottles away and when they were no longer in sight he stopped asking for one. We bought him a sippy cup with a soft spout and never looked back. I really like the sippy cups from Wal-mart they are called Nuby and are inexpensive.
I hope that helps you out.
N.

the Nuby soft spout sippy cups were the easiest to use for us. after a few months of using those, it was pretty easy to make the transition to a regular sippy cup and then a regular cup as well. good luck!

I got rid of daughters bottles around the time she turned one, I took away the bottles then two weeks later got rid of all binkies. I just took it away cold turkey and gave her a "big girl" cup instead, a sippy cup that she got to choose. She fussed about the bottle for a few days then nothing. I also threw away all bottles there were none in the house and I did this in front of her so she knew that they were "all gone". And at 23 months she should be eating solid foods too and not be so dependent on the bottle.