Help with my ALMOST 3 yearold son and his need for a bottle at night.?
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Tell him that now that he's older, he's going to have to watch his bottle at night, because the "Bottle Collector" comes and takes bottles from older kids to give them to younger kids that need them. Each night after he falls asleep, go in and take it and get rid of it. In the morning when he looks for it, tell him the Bottle Collector got it and he needs to pay more attention, as he's running out of bottles, or down to his last one...and when it's gone...no more bottles.
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Just take it away....after a few days he won't have a problem. Just takes some time.
Let him have a sippy cup to keep by his bed. Go out and let him pick out a new soft, cuddly toy that is for bedtime only, and let him know he gets that and not his bottle anymore.
Or, quit cold turkey! He WILL fall asleep when he gets tired enough.
As tough as it sounds, first say no. And that's going to result in some temper tantrums at first. A small glass of water with the explanation "this is how big boys drink water". If possible leave the small glass of water beside the bed. Don't cave in. On average the temper will be done in the first week. But DO NOT relent and go back to the bottle. Communication with your child about a problem goes a long way even at the age of three.
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I worked as a teacher's assistant and physical therapist for special needs children. Leave it somewhere. e.g leave it on hoilday and say its for a smaller child as u are a big boy now. take him out and get buy a new "big boy cup" and let him decide which one he wants.
Nothing works instantly.
It will be gradual.
I beleive the word is 'weaning'.
Let him go to sleep with it, but once he's asleep, take it away.
Then, place it in view, but not able to touch it.
Then nothing.
He might cry, but will eventually learn 2 things:
1- He doesn't need it.
2- You're in charge ...in a loving way.
Each time you actually provide the bottle, the child is being reinforced for "needing" it. You need to refrain from giving it(at that time). This will lead to eventual "extinction" of the behavior. Beware, at first there will be an "extinction burst" The behavior will get worse before improvement. I invite you to google or yahoo the terms I mentioned here. You will get more info.
Best WIshes, Jeff www.WestonChildPsychologist.co...
just be patient and give him love and make him feel secure and very much loved, after a time he will leave it, I seen this idea on the show of Super nanny and it was for pacifiers. A British idea. Might work for you.
Tell your son that the bottle fairy is coming. Take all the bottles wrap them in beautiful wrapping (do crafts with your son) have bows on it, string, streamers, balloons. Hang from a tree. It up to you, where the bottle fairy takes the bottles. What does your son like. Nemo? Maybe the bottles could be going under the sea for fishes playtoys.
Anyhow, in the morning another delightful bag is hanging with delightful gifts for a big boys room. Maybe sticker stars, whatever things your boy enjoys and overcource a special nighttime animal to hold and cuddle to replace the bottle.
Don't worry about the potty trainy. Kids practically train themselves when they are ready.
What does a bottle have to do with toilet training? If you think he's ready to use a potty or toilet, start talking to him about it. When he's ready to give up a bottle, he'll do that easily, too. Why not just let him keep the bottle for now if it's so important to him? Just get rid of the bottles, let him help you throw them in the garbage so he knows they are gone. Then put a sippy cup with water on his nightstand. He may cry the first night, and by the second night the time will be cut in half and by the third night cut in half agian and so on. It may take a full week before things have settled down and you can move on. But what a small price to pay for having a child off the bottle. Good Luck This plan worked really well to get my daughter off her binky/pacifier and it was only about three days. You can do it, just stay strong and it will happen.
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mother and daycare nursery worker
My son is 4 years old but now we give him half a bottle of juice everynight, but not to get him to sleep only if he needs it! And weve nearly finished potty training him! But they do say boys seems to be worse than girls!
You just have to tough it out. I went through a similar thing with my child when he was too old to have the pacifier.What I did was try to put him to bed without it. If he cried, I waited one or two minutes longer each night in order to give him the pacifier. After a while, I just stopped giving him the pacifier, and after a few minutes, he would just fall asleep without it because he was tired enough.
Try what my mom did when I was too old for the bottle -- she said the Easter bunny came and took my bottles to give them to other smaller children that needed them and we didn't have bottles anymore. She handed me a cup, and it worked, I didn't ask her for a bottle ever again.
Cut a hole in the nipple and let him see you doing this and then throw it away. My mother did it to me and believe me it works. Be sure you throw away every one he has in the house. Just take it away from him.
your son will let you know when HE is ready and not when society says he should be ready. My almost 3 year old daughter still drinks a bottle before bed and during the day sometimes. I do not make it an issue as IT IS A COMFORT THING. you can go ahead and train your son for the potty when he is ready. My daughter is almost potty trained and has a very very mature vocabulary for her age and I believe that she is well adjusted and secure. I would never take her bottle away until she is ready. but lets be reasonable its not like I would allow it at age 5 or 6. at two they are still babies.
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Mother of 5 (4 of them being well adjusted teenagers who dont drink bottles)
The problem is that the longer you leave it the harder it is.
There is no connection with potty or toilet training as my third girl is two and is fully potty and toilet trained yet still has a bottle for bed time.
One answer did say that you should decide when the time is right and not society, but unfortunatley as your child mixes with other children anything which is different will get picked on and highlighted by the children and their mothers.
Best of luck.
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