Compassionate mothers: toddler & bottle?
my son is 18 months. He doesnt like milk, not 2 percent, 1 percent or skim milk. iv tried doing half formula half milk and its still a no. right very soon he is taking the toddler formula but he wont take it in a sippy. he has 6 oz once a day(from the bottle) which is other before bed during our story time. Iv thought about trying a different sippy only for nite time. Im lost as to what to do. i do not want to traumatiz him by throwing his bottle away. im not concerned roughly his teeth bc he isnt falling asleep with the formula in his mouth and the nipple has holes within it lol so he isnt sucking hard. He hasnt ever taken a pacifier. any help please? Thanks
how will it 'traumatize' him to throw out the bottle? it shouldnt traumatize a person to grow up. a bottle is for a baby that isnt breastfed. he isnt a baby, u say-so so yourself, he is a toddler.
maybe try the real cup during reading time instead? my son never took a sippy, her prefered the big boy cup and i would have never certain if i hadnt tried. my daughter is 14 months and she is dif. than him. i threw out the bottles last week and she has adjusted only just fine. she is on the sippy cup though.
neither have become 'traumatized.'
a well-attached child shouldnt be attached to a bottle, and a thriving toddler has no need for a bottle.
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o v. (past throve / [unvoicedth]rōv/ or thrived ; chronological part. thriven / '[unvoicedth]rivn/ or thrived) [intr.] (of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously: the different baby thrived.
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There's no real hurry and the more of a big deal you make of it the more resistant he will be to giving it up. Believe me when I report to you that you will NOT win a power struggle with a toddler with your sanity still intact! In the imperial scheme of things, a bottle at his age is not a huge issue so give it up for a couple of months and try again. My grandsons preferred the sippy cups that have straws instead of the nipple type things - enjoy you tried any of those? (I believe they're made by Munchkin). Don't stress over it!
my youngest son is also 18 months old and still has a bottle, he saw my ten year old near a fruit shoot and decided he wanted one so i gave it to him and ever since that's adjectives he will drink from in a day, i also got him a beaker the ones that own rubber straws connected to them he loves that to but he still has a bottle some times in the day and a bottle of thaw out milk every night. my eldest didn't come of his bottle till he was 3 then he contracted one day he wanted a big boys cup because he had see kids his own age with them. i wouldn't worry about it he will resolve in his own time when he is ready maybe you could tender him a bottle and a beaker and let him decide which one he wants consequently he wont think its getting replaced
It's only once a day, so it doesn't sound resembling a big deal to me. Do he drink other things in sippy cups? Like juice or river? You can try yogurt or cheese as a substitute for milk. There are soy and rice milks with calcium. Some dark green leafy veggies have calcium contained by them too, if he'll eat them. I'd say if he's still drinking the bottle when he's 2 then try to catch him to throw it away himself. Tell him he's a big boy now and buy him a super cool cup that he picks out himself that will be special during story time. He'll probably cry for the bottle later, but you can explain to him that he's a big boy and he got rid of it, so immediately he can use his big boy cup.
Answers: I let my daughter settle on to wean herself off the bottle. She did this about 2.5 years. Toddlers oftentimes nurse when allowed to, so I didn't see a reason not to agree to her have a bottle. She also never used a paci. For the last year, she only have a bottle of milk to go to bed. As soon as she was "out" and not sucking, I removed the bottle. She didn't sleep with it, so I saw no jeopardy to letting her have a bottle other than judgemental moms.
Also, he doesn't really have to drink milk (or formula) as long as he's drinking enough dairy. My daughter was unable to digest 2% milk until almost age 3. We give her soy.
At 18 months I don't think you are looking at any long lasting uncontrolled trauma by getting rid of the bottle. He might throw a fuss for a few days but if you just TOSS them all away and there is no way out to fall back on he and YOU will get over it soon adequate and both of you will live through it. He is a toddler and it's time and the sooner MOMMY accepts this the sooner he will too.
You aren't abusing him and you aren't being uncompassionate - he have a HABIT and you are the ADULT who needs to recognize that it is TIME to break the habit. If that routine he goes off forumla then so be it too. He will any get used to milk - add some nesquik to it or an instant breakfast mix for added nutrition and flavor - or you'll find another source of fluids & protein. You are clearly sweating this FAR too much. It is O.K.
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how will it 'traumatize' him to throw out the bottle? it shouldnt traumatize a person to grow up. a bottle is for a baby that isnt breastfed. he isnt a baby, u say-so so yourself, he is a toddler.
maybe try the real cup during reading time instead? my son never took a sippy, her prefered the big boy cup and i would have never certain if i hadnt tried. my daughter is 14 months and she is dif. than him. i threw out the bottles last week and she has adjusted only just fine. she is on the sippy cup though.
neither have become 'traumatized.'
a well-attached child shouldnt be attached to a bottle, and a thriving toddler has no need for a bottle.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.as…
thrive / [unvoicedth]rīv/
o v. (past throve / [unvoicedth]rōv/ or thrived ; chronological part. thriven / '[unvoicedth]rivn/ or thrived) [intr.] (of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously: the different baby thrived.
prosper; flourish: education groups thrive on organization | [as adj.] (thriving) a thriving cutback.
There's no real hurry and the more of a big deal you make of it the more resistant he will be to giving it up. Believe me when I report to you that you will NOT win a power struggle with a toddler with your sanity still intact! In the imperial scheme of things, a bottle at his age is not a huge issue so give it up for a couple of months and try again. My grandsons preferred the sippy cups that have straws instead of the nipple type things - enjoy you tried any of those? (I believe they're made by Munchkin). Don't stress over it!
my youngest son is also 18 months old and still has a bottle, he saw my ten year old near a fruit shoot and decided he wanted one so i gave it to him and ever since that's adjectives he will drink from in a day, i also got him a beaker the ones that own rubber straws connected to them he loves that to but he still has a bottle some times in the day and a bottle of thaw out milk every night. my eldest didn't come of his bottle till he was 3 then he contracted one day he wanted a big boys cup because he had see kids his own age with them. i wouldn't worry about it he will resolve in his own time when he is ready maybe you could tender him a bottle and a beaker and let him decide which one he wants consequently he wont think its getting replaced
It's only once a day, so it doesn't sound resembling a big deal to me. Do he drink other things in sippy cups? Like juice or river? You can try yogurt or cheese as a substitute for milk. There are soy and rice milks with calcium. Some dark green leafy veggies have calcium contained by them too, if he'll eat them. I'd say if he's still drinking the bottle when he's 2 then try to catch him to throw it away himself. Tell him he's a big boy now and buy him a super cool cup that he picks out himself that will be special during story time. He'll probably cry for the bottle later, but you can explain to him that he's a big boy and he got rid of it, so immediately he can use his big boy cup.
Answers: I let my daughter settle on to wean herself off the bottle. She did this about 2.5 years. Toddlers oftentimes nurse when allowed to, so I didn't see a reason not to agree to her have a bottle. She also never used a paci. For the last year, she only have a bottle of milk to go to bed. As soon as she was "out" and not sucking, I removed the bottle. She didn't sleep with it, so I saw no jeopardy to letting her have a bottle other than judgemental moms.
Also, he doesn't really have to drink milk (or formula) as long as he's drinking enough dairy. My daughter was unable to digest 2% milk until almost age 3. We give her soy.
At 18 months I don't think you are looking at any long lasting uncontrolled trauma by getting rid of the bottle. He might throw a fuss for a few days but if you just TOSS them all away and there is no way out to fall back on he and YOU will get over it soon adequate and both of you will live through it. He is a toddler and it's time and the sooner MOMMY accepts this the sooner he will too.
You aren't abusing him and you aren't being uncompassionate - he have a HABIT and you are the ADULT who needs to recognize that it is TIME to break the habit. If that routine he goes off forumla then so be it too. He will any get used to milk - add some nesquik to it or an instant breakfast mix for added nutrition and flavor - or you'll find another source of fluids & protein. You are clearly sweating this FAR too much. It is O.K.
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