My son is almost two and has been not finishing his night bottles, is that normal at that age???
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Maybe try swapping his bottle with a wee cup and give him a smaller drink of milk before bed. If heās eating well during the day heās probably using his bottle as a comforter. Good luck 
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What is not normal is that you still have him on the bottom at 2 yrs. The Dr. doctor should have told you to ween him off at one yrs old. I donāt want to hurt your feelings but itās true.
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My 2 year old has a cup of milk before bed, but rarely finishes it.
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In my personal opinion he is too old for a bottle. I would start weaning him off that asap. A good night time routine suggestion would be dinner 6-6:30, bath following, books and off to sleep no later than 8pm. Maybe a snack and some water before he brushes his teeth if heās showing signs of hunger or to help with the weaning process. But I highly recommend eliminating the bottles. He is still your baby, but the reality is heās not a baby anymore. Best of luck to you 
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2 on a bottle? Yes mamaā¦ sippy cup asap.
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He may be starting to lose interest in the bottle. If he is eating normal amounts of regular food I would think he is ok. Some babies wean themselves off of the bottle.
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My 2yo takes a cup of water to bed. Sometimes she drinks it, most times she doesnāt. I stopped milk at 1yr, she used to have her night bottle at 7pm then slept until morning, she still goes bed at 6-6.30pm now until 7am.
If you meant 2month, my 4month old has 5oz of his 8oz bottle every night at 8pm then off to bed, he sleeps until 7am.
2,ā¦my granddaughter is 18 months and off the bottleā¦
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He doesnāt need a night bottle. He should be eating 3 meals a day and small snacks in between.
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Thatās because he dosenāt need them. Offer water instead until he stops waking for them. Then cut the bottle all together.
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My 2 year old gets a sippy cup of water to have at night. I know I wake up and need a drink sometimes, so itās there if she needs it. If heās still drinking milk during the night, you can slowly wean him off it by diluting the milk with water. Eventually it will be just water. I do suggest getting him off a bottle and on to at least a sippy cup. Some babies/toddlers do well going from a bottle to a straw cup or a 360 cup. Maybe try those with him?
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2 years?? Honey, he doesnāt need that bottle anymore. Take it and replace it with water, bottle rot is a very real thing. Especially at night. Take it away.
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Mine stopped the bottle at 1 so he most likely doesnāt need it anymore.
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Mine never had bottles at night didnāt want or need them at 2 yrs old just little drink out of cup xx then slept all night X well most of time l.o.l xx
He shouldnāt be havin night bottles at 2
Unless this is a typo and supposed to say ā2 monthsā he souldnāt have a bottle barring any developmental delays
At 2 they shouldnāt have anything at bedtime and should sleep through the night
If he IS 2 months and not finishing bottles it means heās not hungry, start skipping every other bottle
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Most kids donāt have them at that age, so yes itās normal he doesnāt want it.
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Heās probably not hungryā¦
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Should of been off a bottle around the age of 1 personally. Itās not good for their teeth and if falling asleep with it can cause tooth decay and also is a choking hazard
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He should have already been off bottles.
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Thatās because heās too old for it. 
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Totally normal. At 2 he shouldnāt need a night time bottle. When I switched my daughter, she had a rough time, so I gave her water in a sippy cup and it worked perfectly. If heās waking up in the middle of a night for a bottle or a snack, he didnāt get enough throughout the day.
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Make sure youāre taking him to the dentist. 
He may be weaning himself. Try giving him a bigger dinner and reducing how much you feed in the bottle at night and then eventually wean him.
I give my almost 2 year old a bottle of milk every night. It helps fill his belly a little before bedtime and he seems to sleep better. If he doesnāt want to finish it thatās fine too. Everyone has an opinion about their teeth or them still using a bottle, but whatās the difference between a bottle of milk or a sippy cup of milk.
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I would say yes because he shouldnāt even be on a bottle anymore.
Iād put him on sippy cups. My now almost 3 year old REFUSED to use a sippy cup. I had to find the right one he liked. He got over his pacifier easier than he got over the bottle. Give it time, but he should be off the bottle as soon as you can.
Heās Probably full, or mostly full, so if heās not waking up crying for food thatās good.
2 or 2 months? Iāve never known a 2 year old with a bottle let alone a night bottle. If heās actually 2 Iād say he doesnāt need it if heās not drinking it. If 2 months Iād say the sameā¦If heās hungry heād drink it.
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Itās not so much the bottle but what youāre doing to his teeth.
Setting him up for cavities with letting the milk sit on his teeth.
Milk and formula has sugars.
Just wean him. It will be hard for a few nights.
Iām a mama of four. I know itās hard to upset them.
At 2 he should not be getting a night bottle. He will have bad teeth because of it. Yes baby teeth are just as important as adult teeth because they set spaces for them to be straight.
Take bottle away. Heās done with it. Last drink should be at least 2 hrs b4 bed.
Does not need night bottle. Good meal at night, some water before bed, will learn to sleep a good nights sleep
My daughter took a bottle until 2, we recently just switched to a sippy cup within the last 6 months.
Donāt let yourself down mama.
We still give her milk at night, and brush her teeth really good in the morning.
Sometimes she finishes it, sometimes she doesnāt.
I know someone who did that and their child got bottle rot on her 2 front teeth because of it. Thatās why they say to take the bottle away
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Wow, some of these comments are just plain ignorant. Itās true that most of the time they recommend weaning from a bottle around 1, but I promise he wonāt be going to college drinking a nighttime bottle 
Every kid is different 
But heās probably telling you he just doesnāt need it anymore and weaning on his own. And all these people saying he āshouldā be sleeping through the nightā¦ must have perfect kids 
My 7 year old still wakes up and wanders into my room sometimes, I donāt even want to say what a horrible sleeper my 2 year old is 
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But to better answer the question about him not finishing the night bottle before everyone went off on their tangent about the ābottleā, I think itās perfectly fine. If heās not finishing it but seems content, then Iād say youāre doing just fine.
Heās too old for a bottle.
I have no judgement whatsoever.
Iām a single mother with no help and my youngest would scream at night and didnāt give in for quite a while, waking the others up, keeping me from getting sleep, a lot of the times get so upset he would puke then Iād have to clean that up tooā¦ Iād try to give a sippy and he would throw itā¦
then Iād have to to the single working mom thing the next morning no matter how awful I felt or how little sleep I got. get up early get them ready in the morning try to get myself ready get out the door drop offs then to work all day til it was time to clock out pick up kids go home try to get a little family relax time, try to get the house cleaned up, do homework dinner baths night time routines then fall out exhausted all to do it again the next dayā¦
I let him have a bottle at two bc I picked and chose my battles in that time I needed to get sleep to be able to do everything I needed to and do it well. To functionā¦
Things finally got a little less hectic and I threw the bottles all out plus he was biting the nipples ruining them anywayā¦
he was not happy for a bit but in no time he stopped screaming in the middle of the night BOTTLE and started saying SIPPY CUP. So I had one filled with ice water and a dry pull up next to his bed n he went right back to sleep and so did I.
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Hes 2? He is way to old for a bottle!!
Why is he still on bottle feedings at 2 years old?
At two - that kid should be sleeping at night, not finishing a night bottle .
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Heās too old for a bottle at night, and of milk? Thatās going to rot his teeth unless youāre brushing his teeth after the bottle:
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2 year olds shouldnāt have bottles, especially at night. It will ruin their teeth 
sippy cup with water is best
2 year old doesnāt need night bottle
Why is he on a bottle? Way too old.
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A bottle at night at the age of two will never help you potty train the child to stay dry for the night
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2 and a bottle? A 2 yr old should be sleeping though the night and deff shouldnāt be sucking bottles in the middle of the night or waking up for a bottle in the night.
He should be well off the bottle wow
Oh yes he should of been done by 16 months.
Most kids are off the bottle at that age. You should have taken it at 12 months or so. If heās not finishing it he just doesnāt want it. Whatās the big deal?
2 year olds dont need night bottlesā¦