A
"bedtime bottle" is a bottle of milk or a drink that you have before going to sleep at night.
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One of the most commonly overlooked reasons why babies are
against bedtime bottle weaning is simply because they're still hungry!
Weaning baby
off bedtime bottle feeding can be challenging for even the most experienced of parents.
My husband took over with
a bedtime bottle.
The longer you offer
the bedtime bottle the more likely it is that they will become attached to it and rely on this for sleep.
Change up
the bedtime bottle routine.
Monday night Hannah fought tooth & nail against
her bedtime bottle, Wed, Thurs & Fri she has refused her lunch bottle.
Plus, the AAP recommends that you stop giving babies
a bedtime bottle completely by 9 months because its no longer necessary.
You can start weaning your baby off
his bedtime bottle between the ages of 6 and 9 months.
The longer you offer
the bedtime bottle, the more attached your baby will become to it, and he won't be able to fall asleep without it.
If
the bedtime bottle seems harmless to you, consider that prolonging this habit can affect your baby's ability to learn to fall asleep on his own.
Aim to get
the bedtime bottle of milk completely out of your child's life by the time he's about 12 months old.
My son is 3 months old and for a month now I have been giving him a small amount of cereal in
a bedtime bottle.
Many even added the cereal to their baby's
bedtime bottle.
Once our boys started eating solid food (on the pediatrician's advice), we began offering them a small bowl of cereal just before
the bedtime bottle.
The key to helping your child drop
the bedtime bottle is consistency.
You may even be able to just skip the bottle at this point, since he's gotten used to doing without it during the day, but if he puts up a fuss, take a graduated approach: Begin to reduce the amount of milk in
the bedtime bottle by at least two ounces every two days.
Bedtime bottles are typically the most difficult to eliminate.
We added in
a bedtime bottle.
I worried at 16 months when my son was struggling to give up
his bedtime bottle.
Around 9 p.m., Landon gets a bath and then
his bedtime bottle of 5 ounces.
We tried replacing
his bedtime bottle with his cup.
By the way, I was convinced that
the bedtime bottle was going to be a battle.
You might want to do
the bedtime bottle first, since you'll be more awake / alert / patient to deal with the fallout.
We did the middle - of - the - night feeding first, then
the bedtime bottle.
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What are your tips for weaning your toddler off
the bedtime bottle?
Why take
a bedtime bottle away when they're not ready?
Here's our latest about weaning your toddler off
the bedtime bottle.
-LSB-...] girl» bed, getting rid of a pacifier, or stopping a the need for
a bedtime bottle, then the attachment parenting approach to making that change should be to do it gently.
This is as good for everyone in the household as it is for the baby, but it can never happen until
that bedtime bottle is eliminated from the schedule.
Eliminating
the bedtime bottle is the first step toward getting your little one to this point.
Next they had
their bedtime bottle and off to bed they went.
Sometimes she doesn't quite finish either the nap or
bedtime bottle.
«A nice warm bath, rocking while reading a story, and snuggling with a lovey can be great sources of comfort, security, and relaxation before bedtime, even when
the bedtime bottle is no longer a part of the routine,» she says.