took my 15 month to the doctor and she said no more bottles so im tryin and of course it is cold turkey cuz we just started but how do you ladies go from bottle to cuz especially at night which will be hard for her cuz thats when she like a bottle.
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You could try sitting down with her & giving her sips of milk from a small cupā¦( show her you drink from cup first )ā¦then a nice bathā¦her tummy gets full & bath soothes for sleepy time.
I starting decreasing the amount per bottle and how many bottles my son got a day. Eventually he refused a bottle and milk in a cup. He only likes milk with cereal now lol
Soft nipple sippys work best
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At first I did cups during the day and one bottle before bed at night.
Same here! My daughter would normally drink like 4 bottles a night 
she will not drink milk out of ANY sippy cup, one night I just went cold turkey and had to just let her cry and cry, would give her the sippy cup and shed throw itback at me. finally around 5am I gave in and gave her a bottle. Iām 38 weeks pregnant now and desperate for sleep so what I do now is give her a bottle at bedtime and when she wakes up again I let her cry a bit then around 4 or 5 am give her the second bottle, went from 4 bottles to 2 bottles a night so for me thatās good progress for now 
itās hard when they do cry but she eventually falls back to sleep.
Do what you feel is best. My son took a small bottle of warm milk every night until he started preschool. No other bottles during the day starting a little over a year old. Not to bed, he would snuggle on my lap and then I would put him to bed once done.
I only offered water in the bottle for my kids when I was getting them to use sippy cups. If they wanted anything other than water to drink they have to use the sippy cup. They would eventually get tired of water and give in lol.
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When your child is done with bottles is up to you.
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Well you donāt want to put them to bed with a bottle or cup of milk unless you want them to develop bottle rot. Just throw it in the trash and offer a sippy with water if they absolutely have to have something.
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You should have started introducing sippy cups months ago. Get a sippy cup that has a similar look to a bottle nipple
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throw all but one out, and tell her itās night night bottle. And she has a few more weeks with that night night, and then sheās gotta be a big girl and sipppy cup before bed, leave a sipppy of water in her room at bedtime and if she wakes up needing some water, she has it. Make a huge production of letting her watch you take it to the garbage can and the garbage men picking it up
Let her have a bottle at night, but gradually decrease the amountā¦make it milk, no sugarā¦donāt warm it
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Nubby is a great transition
When I had to wein babe off night feeding, dr said fist night give regular bottle and each night after knock down by an ounce until nothing the final night there is nothing for them. Easier than cold turkey.
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Just go full 360 cup.
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I cut my son cold turkey. He was the type who would wake up for night feedings 2-4 times a night even at 15-18m. I couldnāt get him to take milk in a sippy cup. Hed take water and tea but never milk. Until one day instead of washing my kids 10 dirty bottles I just threw them away with his pacifiers. I said if im going to get him off these im cutting them both cold turkey.
I offered a sippy cup of milk only for days. Even when hed say bottle id still give him a cup. He never cried once. Honestly I was so shocked that he handled it so well. Kind of like out of sight out of mind.
My son is 2 and a half and wonāt go down unless he has milk in a bottleā¦
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Just quit giving them a bottle and toughed it out. They get over it eventually.
My son is 17 months. And still wakes up two to three times a night. And refuses a sippy
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Started sippy cup at 6 months tossed the bottle and binky at 10 month
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If you start a cup at l year and serve it with meals, and brush their teeth after eating; you do not have this problem. Quit putting babies in bed with a bottle.
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We started sippy cups at 7 months with water. At 12 months when we finished formula I took 1 of the 3 bottles(afternoon. After nap) replaced it with a sippy cup of milk. Then gradually took the morning and then night.
We changed his whole routine for bed so as to not make it all about the bottle. Good luck. Sorry you didnāt try sooner.
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I started a sippy cup at 6 months then once they got the hang of it I stopped the bottle and did the formula in the cup
Cold turkey is best. It will be hard for a couple of days. Good luck.
We learned the hard way unfortunately 
my son was almost 3 before he was off the bottle. We only did milk & brushed his teeth every night but it didnt make a difference. He ended up with all four of his top teeth rotting. Thankfully we found an amazing dentist because everywhere we went wanted to just pull them out. He gave him a new smile & my son is so happy to show off his sparkling white teeth. It is a tough 3-5 nights but just throwing it away and forcing them to not have the bottle is worth it. We have already decided with this one we will start weaning at 6 months.
Momma I understand completely my son is 14 months and refuses to drink milk out of a sippy cup. I have just now got him down to a bottle before nap and a bottle before bed. Just take it slow and dont cold Turkey it. Babies are all different and will not always do things when guidelines say they are supposed to. Good luck to you
U can do a bottle during the night, sippy cup during the day. Thatās what I did with my 1st daughter, and then just took away the bottle completely.
Only because at night she wouldnāt sleep unless she had it some nights. So for sanity sake I just let her have it lol she didnāt want it anymore too long after that tho she preferred her sippy cup more.
Try the 360 cups at walmart. My kids love those.
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With my first I had this problem just throw it away itāll be a tough few nights but they learn that they need to soothe themselves to sleep. With my second I stopped bottles at night once he started sleeping through the nights and now heās almost a year and he doesnāt depend on that to sleep thank goodness. Good luck itāll be tough but you got this
Cold turkey worked for me 2 times. Good luck
Get them sippy cups it works
All my kids lost the bottle by 1
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Give her a cup of millk in a sippy cup with just a little bit of milk in it.She will. give it up sooner than later
Why is your dr saying no more? My daughter was over 2 when she stopped at night. The thing was that mine would suck it dry then drop it outside of her crib. She didnāt suck on it all night. That might have given her buck teeth if she did.
Itās going to be a rough 3-5 days, or 2-3 weeks, 
But think about it this way, Your consistency now, affects her smile for the rest of her lifeā¦
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sheās still a baby try a sippy cup & give her a couple of sips b4 she goes to sleep, it might be hard but your the adult & sheās the kid
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I took my 3 off.by 1 but I donāt understand how everyone is saying he should of been off but everyone says a breast feeding baby itās ok for them to nurse until there 3+ I think itās up to each parent and each child
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Poke a couple holes in a couple of the nipples. Was an accidental instant wean when my daughter was 10 months. My milās dog got hold of a binkyā¦ messed the suction up just enough she gave up on both the binky and bottle at the same time.
Throw them away and only offer the cup, mine didnāt like giving his bottle up at 1 but when he saw me to them here really didnāt have a choice and never milk before bed, only water.
Yikesā¦ Never had any of mine have a problem with this or the binky. We simply just took the bottle away at 6 months and introduced a sippy and then a cup at a year or earlier or a water bottle. Theyāll get the hang of it real quick especially bc they are thirsty lolā¦ Also get a variety of different cups and see what they prefer. Gl.
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I gave my son a cup during the day and a bottle at night for a few days and then I just started giving him a cup at night
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I did not feel that it was right to just rip it away from him cold turkey. You have to think of it as thatās all heās known and although it may be a habit itās not actually one that he chose.
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Get the soft tip sippy 3-4 $ at Walmart ween them off slow dont shock them
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Mine literally went from needing it to going thru the night without anything itās a process like potty training takes time
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I had to with oldest just take them and throw them away after I found a sippy he really liked and just started giving him that before bed and once he fell asleep just take it out and eventually somehow got him off cows milk to only water at night
Water in a supply cup at night.
I never took the bottle away from mine I just started giving the sippie cup and they soon got rid of the bottle on their own and all three of mine had good teeth because we always brushed before bedtime and in the mornings. I with the ladies in the other comments start introducing the cup and gradually get rid of the bottle.
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Just stop giving it to her. Sheāll get over it within a week.
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A bottle with water only at bedtime. Then off the night bottle. Mine were all breastfed but when they were about 18months, I started giving them a bottle/with water to keep nearby. I have a bottle of water on my nightstand, so made sense to me that they had water at night.
We did a ābye bye partyā I gathered all of his bottles into a box(saving for future kiddos) then put the nipples in a bowl. I showed him the trash and dumped most of them and said c"Bye bye! We are a big boy now and donāt need them" I handed a few to him to throw away and he did saying āByeeee! I big boy!ā And we transitioned to soft tip sippy cups almost immediately. Took a few nights of arguing but after that he was all set. He now goes to bed with a soft tip sippy cup of water and milk at nap
I donāt see anything wrong with giving a baby that age a bottle. I listened to my Dr only on my 3rd child and took his bottle away at 12 months and regretted it because he wasnāt ready. He tried to suck all his cups like they were bottles. I think at two is a good age to take away the bottle.
I just threw all the bottles away. Totally cold turkey. It was hard the first 2nights but she finally figured out she wasnt getting a bottle anymore. She was 15-16months
Why cant she have the bottle,
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Sippy cups with silicone instead of plastic
That seems really young to get rid of a bottle. I would wait until sheās older. She still needs whole milk for now so I donāt see a reason to quit so early.
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I donāt understand all of you saying thatās too young. Our pediatrician said bottle needed to be gone by 1. Luckily my baby give his up on his own at 11 months old. Milk can be drank from a sippy cup. A bottle isnāt needed for that.
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I did soft top sippys with my daughter right at her 12 months never had a problem she then went to hard top sippys when she got use to drinking out of sippy
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My son just turned 1 may 3rd and today is the first day he used a hard teet sippy effectively. Heās always had a hard time sucking I was even exclusively pumping bc we couldnāt figure out a latch. We give him options though. He likes to drink out of open cups and we let him play with his sippy cup. We also tried different kinds giving each a fair chance. Were also taking steps and sitting on the potty every once in a while so Iām not expecting quick progress with any if it itās baby steps
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Youāre not going to be happy but when she cries give her a drink of water like out of a sippy cup also get you a Farmerās Almanac you can buy them at Walmart take the bottle away from her when it says to wean makes it so much easier I promise
When my son started asking for his bottle at night, I decided he was old enough to be off bed time bottles. One night he asked and I told him the doggie ate the bottle. He shrugged and never asked again. He was close to his 1st birthday .
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Whats wrong with the bottle? My daughter will be 2 in 3 months and she still has her bottle, donāt force her to get rid of the bottle she will when sheās ready. Sheās a baby let her be.
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my son doctor said they will bottle breake them self or they can have problems in life my son was off the bottle at 3 years old and did it on his own and befare anyone says some rude to me but there is nothing wrong with my son teeth and good luck and thatās to young to be bottle breake do it if the child is ready just keep a sippy cup around to
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Start putting an ounce less every three nights. Offer her cup before bed with snack. Get rid of all but one bottle and try not to let her see that one.
Mam makes sippy cups that have similar feel to bottles. I boxed all of the bottles up when she turned 1. Nuk makes the best sippy cups that donāt leak.
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Just throw all the bottles away. Will be hard the first couple of nights but youāll both adjust in no time.
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You know what. My daughter wanted a bird. I told her she was too little to have a bird because she still took a bottle. She ended up giving her bottle to the lady at the pet store. That night when she wanted her bottle l told her she gave it to the lady to buy her bird and she was fine. Didnāt ask for it again.
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Iāve raised many kids in my lifetime, I dont think there is a certain age to go oh my no more bottles, each child is individual, sometimes it takes longer depending on the child. Just like potty training, some accomplish this at a early age, so.e takes longer. My oldest daughter threw away bottle and was potty trained when she was 1, yet her sister has taken longer.
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The best age to break a bottle is around 1, 2 at the latest to protect their teeth. There are lots of ways to do it, but my advice is just get rid of them. Itās not gonna traumatize a child to give up a bottle, especially when they realize theyāre getting the same thing in the sippy cup. My daughter fought so hard to keep her bottle, and screamed at sippys for a month. I asked multiple drs who told me the same advice. Just take it away. So I did. She cried for one night. She took her sippy just fine the next day. Thankfully my son is 9 months and loves his sippy cups, so I donāt think Iāll have a problems taking away his bottles.
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Mine took her bottle until ,2.5 she stopped in her own. Sheās fine.
Mai beyb stoped at 3 once she started chewing the tets
There is a nuk transition cupmi used. Has a rubber nipple that is longer like a bottle nipple and then you can transition to a soppy cup from there. I only used it for her milk
I tapered off. Switching to a sippy during the day. My son had one bottle in the am. You could use a binkie at night. They really shouldnāt have drinks in bed. Bad for their teeth
Give her a sippy with milk and if she insists on a bottle full that only with water
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She will cry and be upset, on my sons first birthday we filled a bottle with water for bed. He didnt want the water, he cried. He eventually got over it. But his first bday was the last say he ever had a bottle.
Start with day time with a cup and ease it out donāt do could turkey
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Put her milk in a sippy cup and only water in a bottle. Donāt give in. Itāll only last a few days at most.
No A doctor for us is for my childrenās physical development. A child gives up a bottle when they are ready.
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Give cup during the day. Keep bottle at night for 1 week then give cup every other night for a week then cup every night
Donāt go cold turkey, ween her off of them slowly. Give Sippyās during the day and eventually she will take a sippy at night too.
Just throw them away. It sucks. But they adjust in a few days. Good time to start potty training, starting with the nothing to drink 2 hours before bed. But that might be a lot when you are already throwing out the bottles. Let her pick the cups she wants. That helped a little with mine
I wouldnāt stop it cold turkey at 15 months. Give her the night bottle, and her nap time bottleā¦
Every child grows at there own pace. I never forced my son off the bottle. I transitioned into sippy cups but he still sometimes wants a bottle at bed, hes 2 yrs old, and I dont see a problem with it. I dont see how anyone can just stop cold turkey and expect there kid to know what to do. You gotta transition and let them go at there own pace.
I had good luck with a sippy cup while still holding the baby upright
Youāre the mom! Lots of children at 15 mo. Are still nursing! Think the doc would say to stop doing that?