Okay I know everyone says that your supposed to have your baby weaned off the bottle around a year to 15 months.....my son is almost 16 months BTW.

But I find it HARD to let go....maybe more for me than my son.

He is down to two bottles of whole milk a day. One when he wakes up and one when he goes to bed. He doesn't drink the bottle IN bed! I feel like its our bonding time...especially for a little boy who is ballz to the wall all day long playing all day long, I enjoy these precious cuddle times when I can hold him and cuddle and he holds my hand and I tell him how much I love him and give him lots of kisses while he gets sleepy. Jeeze, I'm getting teary-eyed just talking about it! I feel like we are not ready to give it up. I know, its mostly me...is that wrong?

The past week and a half I started cutting back and stopped giving him his nightly bottle almost every night and he is mostly fine with it but then he started teething and running a low grade fever for days now...then his nose started running and he is congested so he is feeling miserable. If he isn't better over the weekend his lil baby butt is going to the drs.

Anyway I've been giving him bottles more while he's been sick because he doesn't feel good and it comforts him. He woke up a few times screaming for me so I've put him in bed with us and a bottle because it soothes him and he can sleep....

What do you mommies think about this? When did you wean your babies totally off the bottle. Do you think its okay while he feels bad?

I'm just having a inner struggle with this and its driving me crazy! Maybe I'm weird....:D

I know we bond in other ways...but DAMN why am I having such a HARD time with this!!!! I keep thinking I'm a horrible mom either way....if I keep him on the bottle then I'm hampering his development or coddling him too much....if I take it away and hes not getting enough nutrients/milk? ARRRGH Mommy is thinking too much huh? :no

Hey Amie! I dont think its a big deal that you have him on the bottle only twice a day. I mean its not much different then the BFing moms who nurse in the morning/nap time or at night IMO. But I do think that if you START to take the bottle away, you should be consistent with it. Giving it back to him just cuz he doesnt feel well, will confuse him. I know its hard, but you can still bond and cuddle with him in the morning and at night with a sippy. And I dont think bringing him to bed with you is a big deal at all!! We co-sleep quite a bit and I LOVE having her so close to me and she always reaches out and holds me :wub, so I dont see anything wrong with that, and who knows, it could be a good replacement bonding time for the two of you after the bottle goes bye bye. Maybe instead of rocking him/cuddling him to sleep while he drinks his bottle, bring him to bed with you and let him fall asleep cuddling you in bed after he has had a sippy cup of milk. That way you can still cuddle him AND say adios to the baba!

Ethan was completely off bottles at 10.5 months. We transitioned to the Nuby silicone spout sippy cups first along with the silicone straw Nuby sipply cups. Both can be found at Walmart.

The silicone spouted sippy cups are VERY similar to bottles, so he shouldn't have too much of a problem with it.

Good luck Amie!!! The longer you wait, the more frustrated he may get.

Why not switch the bottle over to the Nuby soft Spout cups but keep the ritual of your together time? Just because he drinks from something else does not mean that you have to give up the cuddling and bonding time as well.

It's a hard subject! Norah won't give up her bottle. She doesn't like sippy cups. I have tried them all. She just bites on them. I figure just like her walking she will use a cup when she is ready too no matter what the doc says. She will also be 15 months the 13th.

Ethan was completely off bottles at 10.5 months. We transitioned to the Nuby silicone spout sippy cups first along with the silicone straw Nuby sipply cups. Both can be found at Walmart.

The silicone spouted sippy cups are VERY similar to bottles, so he shouldn't have too much of a problem with it.

Good luck Amie!!! The longer you wait, the more frustrated he may get.


He used to have a NUBY and he hid it and I found it a week later and threw it away since it was gross! :wow He drinks really good out of those. The rest he just chews on...except the ones with the straws he'll drink out of those. And he'll hold a cup and drink out of it with my help.

I'll grab some of those today when I go to walmart. I'm just afraid he won't drink out of it b/c he likes the bottle for bedtime but I'll try it!!:D

Do you brush or wipe his mouth out before bed?? If not then I would start doing that since the sugars will still be on his teeth from the milk during the night.

Other than that I agree with Victoria on the NUB cups....I would give them a try:yes
Maybe you can give him half a bottle to start and then the other half in the NUB and then next night cut the bottle back a little bit more and more in the cup until the bottle totally phases out for him

Good luck

He used to have a NUBY and he hid it and I found it a week later and threw it away since it was gross! :wow He drinks really good out of those. The rest he just chews on...except the ones with the straws he'll drink out of those. And he'll hold a cup and drink out of it with my help.

I'll grab some of those today when I go to walmart. I'm just afraid he won't drink out of it b/c he likes the bottle for bedtime but I'll try it!!:D

Yeah, since he drinks great out of them, then I'd box up ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL the bottles!!!!!! :)

Then slowly transition into the hard spoutted or straw sippy. :)

everyone gave you great advice! The nuby cups worked great for db's youngest dd she did very well with them too!

Another thing you can do is start to water down the milk. Don't make it as strong. That way, he will not feel like drinking it. That way you can keep the bottle for awhile but it make it less attractive for him.

Also, don't forget to brush those tooths!

I got 2 NUBYS today and I gave him some juice in the smaller one which he promptly drained and then I gave him his milk in the bigger one and he drank about 3/4 s of it and was fine and was falling asleep all over me. He drank it WAAY slower which gave me more cuddle time before going to sleep:cp:D

I dunno why I didn't think of the NUBYS again in the first place! :duh:dunno I guess because I threw the other one away and bought all these new ones with the hard spouts that he won't use! Anyway so I get MY sweet baby time while he is getting weaned off the bottle....awesome. Thanks.