I dunno...I don't have any kids yet...But have you tried a sippie cup? Maybe get one with a cool cartoon character on it like dora the explorer...And then slowly get her to a real cup. I know my sister sucked her thumb (not kidding) until she was in the sixth grade and we had to force her to stop by convincing her that it was cool to paint her nails and if she sucked her thumb the paint would never stay (it worked)... I think maybe if you convince her that it was really cool to drink from a dora sippie cup she might wanna try it???? That might be lame but it might work...What do ya have to lose. Or you can just get rid of the bottles all together and one day start with the sippie cup or whatever...She might cry for a while but eventually she'll get over it if she has no choice (and eventually she'll forget about the bottle thing and get used to her sippie cup. I don't know if that's mean, but I don't think it would be. :d

Give here water in a sippy cup, it souds like shes wanting to get up to have milk. But yeah give her watter in a sippy cup

My daughter was almost three and still on the bottle and one day I just told her it was time to give it up and threw them all away together she fussed for a day or so but no big deal

When I was a kid, my parents got me away from the bottle with a straw. You should try that.

Just put water in the bottle and nothing else. Works realy quick.

To start off just take the bottle away during the day ...And let her have them at night...You dont want to cause her to have aniexty ...And that can happen when you take their bottle away at one time...Then once you have that accomplished ...Try taking it away during the night....One before bed and thats it....But if she does wake up during the night ...Sippie cup with water...And then soon she will just take that one before bed....But then when she stops waking up for that sippie cup....Try giving her water in her sippie cup before bed...And all will go well...Good luck...It worked for my friend....

I am with frank. Only water in the bottle, it worked with my son. I let him drink milk and juice whenever he wanted it out of a sippy cup but the only thing he got out of the bottle was water. He lost interest really fast!

After about a week of water only bottle, he no longer wanted it at all and even helped me to throw them into the trash.

You can try the water only bottle during the day and milk bottles at night for awhile til she is totally off of it during the day and then start offering her sippy cup at bedtime and water only bottle in the crib with her (if she just needs the bottle for comfort rather than actual nutrition value).

This might not apply at all, and it's not about a bottle, but I sucked on a pacifier for a long time when I was little. Only at night, but I still did it. One night, my parents took it and threw it away, and I thought that i'd lost it. They "helped me look for it" and ultimately just made me go to bed without it. I had trouble sleeping that first night, but it was fine after that.

Hm,

well all I can suggest is to just either put your foot down about it---if you start submitting to everything kids want this young, you're going to have one heck of a time later on! Or like the other mothers say, just give her a sippy cup.

Hi, just joined today......My daughter will be 2 in october and still takes a bottle and I still get up with her in the middle of the night also and the only way I can get her back to sleep is with a warm bottle. I give her a sippy cup during the day but she just likes to turn it over and bang it on the furniture till the milk runs out. Just wondering if the advice from the others helped you. Thanks...

Hi all!!

My son drank out of a bottle until he was 3! ( my girls did until they were only about 1 1/2) one day when he got home from daycare, I had hid all his bottles in the top of the cupboard. He would open up the cupboard and cry until he saw them on the top shelf. I ended up having to bag them and toss them. I did a tippy cup instead, but he cried for weeks for a regular bottle. It was hard and sometimes I actually gave in only giving him a bottle at night. Then one day, he was done all by himself. Good luck hon! It can be hard sometimes, but you can do it!

Jeannine

My daughter just turned one and Im thinking bout takin the bottle away, she has four teeth already. She sometimes needs one to go to bed but Im not sure how to do it right? Plus shes only on a med nipple, I have a few sippy cups but there so close to being a bottle, she doesnt know how to gulp or sip yet either, any ideas what I should do ? Should I just stick to the cup im using that only comes out when she bites and suck?

Take the bottles away! You are only reinforcing an infantile sucking pattern that will make their teeth cray when they are older! It will totally suck for a couple of nights...but then you are done. And you will be much happier without the bottles!