hello,
im trying to get my 2 year old little girl away from needing her bottle milk when she goes asleep, I've tried different cups, I've tried controlled crying, putting comfort teddy in, nothing works she always gets into a state.
Just wondered if anyone had any advice and what your opinion's are on letting them have milk at night.
I know this is normally what a mum would ask I think lol
cheers
Hello Hammer84
My daughter-in-law faced this dilemma too, alas some time ago but she found a great way
that worked for my granddaughter.
She chose a specific date, put a big mark on the calendar and told my granddaughter that the
fairy was going to come on such and such a date go take the bottle and give it to a baby that
needed it more.
My dil then gently reminded my granddaughter that in 2 weeks, next week, this coming Friday ( for example)
day after tomorrow , tomorrow etc the fairy would come and collect it.
It worked really well as it allowed the child to get ready and used to the idea.
My second son did the same when it came to getting rid if the dummy and again it worked very well indeed.
Hope it will work for your little one too
Take care
Kirsten
I don't know whether it would work the same with a bottle, but when my eldest was young, we wanted to stop him using a dummy and attempts to remove it from him before sleep weren't met to well, so I put a small amount of nilbite (the stuff used to try to stop people biting their nails - I think it's bitter aloes) on the dummy - the look on his face was priceless, but we weren't taking the dummy away, and after a couple of nights of just sleeping holding it in his hand, he stopped even doing that. Very quick result.
Hi Hammer
She may be getting a bit bored with milk.Have you tried diluted juice or water ? She may just fancy a change or not be wanting anything to drink before bed.We have our lovely babies and half the time they give us these little tests to try - little rascals,if She seems content not having a drink just go at his pace.It seems the easiest words to say are "don't worry" but try to, She may well be growing into his next stage up from being a baby