How do we go about dropping bedtime bottle? Is it too soon?

lylasmummy · Oct 16th, 2010, 14:54 PM

Hi ladies, Lyla is down to just the one bottle at bedtime, she is almost 16 months old, and we have been wondering when we should stop the bedtime bottle? How do you normally go about it? xx

emmajane · Oct 16th, 2010, 15:00 PM

I think they suggest that you carry on for a good while yet. My eldest has been drinking his from a cup for a few months but still has some every night.

Kimboowee · Oct 16th, 2010, 15:06 PM

Josh is 17 mons and still has milk before bed. He asks for it so I still give it, I don't think I'll be stopping anytime soon x

lylasmummy · Oct 16th, 2010, 15:09 PM

Ahhhh, thats good then, Im more than happy for her to carry on having it, I just wanted to make sure she not the only one at her age lol x

pictureperfect · Oct 16th, 2010, 15:10 PM

Chloe still has a bottle just before bed and she actually has one when she wakes up in the morning too [wrong I know but she loves it and I don't see any harm in it really] - she is 18 months.

I've tried giving her milk in a cup but she just pushes it away.

rosie272 · Oct 16th, 2010, 15:58 PM

Charlie still has his bedtime bottle and I'm not planning on stopping it any time soon - it's his one and only of the day and it signals 'bedtime' for him so I'm kinda dreading what signals bedtime once it stops?? eeekk! I think your LO is still young enough to have one too

charliebear · Oct 16th, 2010, 16:51 PM

AJ has a cup of milk before bedtime and one in the morning.
He doesnt eat cheese or like milk on his cereal so I'm reluctant to take it away. I'm happy as long as he's happy.

As for the bottle, we switched the morning milk to a cup first and then the bedtime one when he was happy enough drinking it from a cup. We didnt give up the bottle till AJ was over 18mths.

lepaskilf · Oct 16th, 2010, 17:15 PM

When u guys mean cup do u mean a spout one or a regular one? Tom is 13 mnths and has a spout cup before bed and in morn. I remember being a kid and having warm milk before bed, even now I'll have a horlicks in winter. It's nice whatever age so I don't plan on stopping anytime soon!

porkypig · Oct 17th, 2010, 03:15 AM

marco still has one in the morning, one in the afternoon and one at night before he goes to bed. theres nothing wrong with it, its milk, only a drink and he has 3 solid meals. he absolutely loves milk so im not stopping any of them until he says he doesnt want them anymore xx

emmajane · Oct 17th, 2010, 03:18 AM

My eldest has a proper cup but is a bit precarious at times!

Oct 16th, 2010, 14:54 PM	#1
lylasmummy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: UK Posts: 2,255	How do we go about dropping bedtime bottle? Is it too soon? Hi ladies, Lyla is down to just the one bottle at bedtime, she is almost 16 months old, and we have been wondering when we should stop the bedtime bottle? How do you normally go about it? xx

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Oct 16th, 2010, 15:00 PM	#2
emmajane Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 815	I think they suggest that you carry on for a good while yet. My eldest has been drinking his from a cup for a few months but still has some every night.

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Kimboowee Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 10,463	Josh is 17 mons and still has milk before bed. He asks for it so I still give it, I don't think I'll be stopping anytime soon x
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Oct 16th, 2010, 15:09 PM	#4
lylasmummy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: UK Posts: 2,255	Ahhhh, thats good then, Im more than happy for her to carry on having it, I just wanted to make sure she not the only one at her age lol x

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pictureperfect Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Herts Posts: 1,284	Chloe still has a bottle just before bed and she actually has one when she wakes up in the morning too [wrong I know but she loves it and I don't see any harm in it really] - she is 18 months. I've tried giving her milk in a cup but she just pushes it away.

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Oct 16th, 2010, 15:58 PM	#6
rosie272 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,791	Charlie still has his bedtime bottle and I'm not planning on stopping it any time soon - it's his one and only of the day and it signals 'bedtime' for him so I'm kinda dreading what signals bedtime once it stops?? eeekk! I think your LO is still young enough to have one too

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Oct 16th, 2010, 16:51 PM	#7
charliebear Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North East -UK Posts: 4,481	AJ has a cup of milk before bedtime and one in the morning. He doesnt eat cheese or like milk on his cereal so I'm reluctant to take it away. I'm happy as long as he's happy. As for the bottle, we switched the morning milk to a cup first and then the bedtime one when he was happy enough drinking it from a cup. We didnt give up the bottle till AJ was over 18mths.

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Oct 16th, 2010, 17:15 PM	#8
lepaskilf Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: I live in North Wales Posts: 3,282	When u guys mean cup do u mean a spout one or a regular one? Tom is 13 mnths and has a spout cup before bed and in morn. I remember being a kid and having warm milk before bed, even now I'll have a horlicks in winter. It's nice whatever age so I don't plan on stopping anytime soon!

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Oct 17th, 2010, 03:15 AM	#9
porkypig Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 4,645	marco still has one in the morning, one in the afternoon and one at night before he goes to bed. theres nothing wrong with it, its milk, only a drink and he has 3 solid meals. he absolutely loves milk so im not stopping any of them until he says he doesnt want them anymore xx

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Oct 17th, 2010, 03:18 AM	#10
emmajane Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 815	My eldest has a proper cup but is a bit precarious at times!

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