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Need advice on toddlers My son (16 months next weekend) won't give up his infant feeder (bottle that you can eat baby food and cereal through). He only wants it when he is sleepy. We call it his Nuby, it's actually the brand, and he is starting to call it his Bee Bee. I'm so ready for him to give this thing up! He doesn't use an actual bottle or pacifier but we just can't break him of this. We have him laying in his bed now, 10:30, and he is just crying for it. I'm tired of buying baby food and infant cereal. LOL What is the best way of breaking children of these things? Just let him cry it out? I've been told to spoon feed him the food in the infant feeder instead of letting him suck on the feeder but it isn't the food he wants, it's the nipple. :rolleyes: I'm not sure what all I should try. |
I'm not a mommy yet so I don't think I can be much help, but I just wanted to say good luck! I know one of the smart moms on here will be able to help you :p Oh and Happy Mother's Day! :) |
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Sorry I have not had a baby around for awhile.. but ya know it does not take kids long to figure things out..if I cry.. I know I will get what I want.. If you put them to bed at 7 and they cry and you let them up.. try again at 8 will the same thing will happen.. again at 9.. so this is how people end up letting their kids fall asleep prior to putting them in bed. (my grandson) now 13... I think I am more old fashion.. when I took my daughter bottle away from her at night.. man that was the hardest.. I had to listen to her cry for a few nights until she got it.. but she was waking up at least two times a night wanting another bottle.. so I only had the older people to tell me what to do back then.. But I am sure some of the younger parents.. have better suggestions then I do..good luck.. anne |
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Cold turkey is the best and kindest way to break him of any habit. You can't give in or it will take longer. He will cry, but like all babies, he will eventually stop and when he figures out that crying won't get him his way you will both be better off. |
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I was told with all of my children (6 kids age 11 months to 10 years) never to use an infant feeder, so I never did. I have had to deal with binky breaking though, and that isnt any fun. Only one had one, but it was a nightmare. I agree you will just have to go cold turkey. I dont believe in crying it out in infants, but once they are toddlers, and its involving a feeder or binky, I have exception. Its only going to be bad a couple of days, and they might be LONG days, but looking back on it, it will only be but a second. |
Ok so my cousin "little sister" Jennie is 14 and when she was a baby she did NOT wanna give up her bedtime bottle aka "ChocChoc". Well she really loved the Lion King. Sooo we threw all the bottles away and told her that Mufasa stole them. That night we had a very long pouty night with her stuffed Simba doll about what a BAD BAD lion Mufasa was. However after that night she never asked for it again. |
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I have 4 children. I have never heard of this product before is it new? My youngest is 8. So, it has been a little while since we have had a toddler. I think it is hard to break any bad habit! But, it is better to do it now when he is still young. I would suggest getting a new "big kid cup" that you know he will love!! Maybe even let him pick it out. Then explain to him that he is a big kid now and big kids have this kind of cup (with water in it). When it is time for bed make a big deal about getting out his new cup and fill it with water. When he ask for his other item, remind him that he is a big boy now. He will probably cry for a few days. But, he will soon get the hang of it. Good luck. |
have you tried putting just plain water in it? I don't know what product you are talking about, my youngest is 6, i've never given food in a bottle. :confused: My oldest son had a pacifier much too long and it affected his bite and now we are paying for it in braces now. So it certainly is a good thing that you end it now. Crying it out will get less over the next few days... It's pure agony and i really feel for you! |
I agree to let him cry it out. I know how hard that is, believe me. When Noah was too big for his pacifier (way too big IMO) we hung it on the Christmas tree and told him that Santa was taking it for a little baby who really needed it. He was a year and a half and he accepted that. |
I would do cold turkey, I know its going to be hard.... if you don't want to do that, maybe you can talk to your dr about it..and he/she can give you another way of braking him from it.... But I would brake him soon , bc the food setting in his mouth at night, is not good for his teeth. Good luck and let us know how it goes |
I think it will be hard at 16 months but the longer it goes the harder it will be. It sounds like he just needs a little something for comfort. Maybe you could try to replace it with something else, maybe music? When my youngest was little, we had a winnie the poo that played music for about 10 minutes and it really helped him to get to sleep. Of course, he had a binky too and it was really hard for him to give that up and I kinda hated taking it away because I knew it was his security. Eventually, he just kinda outgrew it. It had a hole and he didn't like that and it was pretty easy but he was almost 3. |
I have to agree, cold turkey is the best way for him... you probably wont think it is for you but at his age he will never remember it.... what we did was offer my daughter something else that she loved, everytime she cried for the "noonie".... (Santa took it for the baby elves)... eventually she got to where she would ask for her favorite toy of the time.... it wont last long, really.... good luck! This is always a hard part.... d |
I agree that cold turkey is the best way, even though it will be difficult. I nannied for a few families in college, and one thing that helped some of my charges was when their pacifiers (or the infant feeder in your son's case) "went" somewhere... One little boy named Jack lost his because the family dog got one of his pacifiers, and he was SO upset, but he understood that Bear (the dog) ate it. His parents threw out all the other pacifiers in the house, and Jack was just done with it. Another thing I have heard of doing (don't remember where, maybe even on here?) is throwing a sort of "ceremony" to rid of the security item...the story I heard was that a little girl needed to give up her pacifier, so they hung them all on the tree in the front yard at night. Then, a "pacifier fairy" would come down and gather all the pacifiers, and give them to the new babies! :) Sometimes, in exchange for the pacifiers, the fairy would leave a present thanking the child for the pacifer...could be small or large :) Either way, it's still cold turkey, but it might help him understand at least WHY the feeder's not coming back. Good luck! |
Unfortunately, cold turkey is the best way to go when you take their bottle away. All three of my kids cried the first couple nights, but after that they were fine. Some cry longer than others. I hated taking the bottle away when mine were babies, but I knew it was for the best. I don't know anything about the cereal bottles. I always just fed mine with a spoon because I thought it was fun! :) |
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