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jack_&_charli 
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Posted: 02 June 2006 at 8:24pm |
jack has decided he doesn't want a bottle at bedtime anymore 
my boy is growing up  
i was just wondering what you other ladies have done when the bottle gets rejected....i feel he should have something to help send him off to sleep as he now spends an hour after we put him down, mucking around in his cot 
i was thinking maybe getting a sipper cup thingee and giving him a hot milo while we read his stories to him??
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my2angels
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Posted: 02 June 2006 at 8:27pm |
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thats good really though even though it means he is growing up. we cant get kobe to sleep without one. Having a milo or even just hot milk while reading a story is a great idea, its a good way to let him know its time for sleep.
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Posted: 02 June 2006 at 9:08pm |
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u should be lucky(sad that hes growing up i know) but we only managed to wean xander of a bedtime bottle just recently(about 3-4 months ago.Harmony still has a bedtime bottle but i am sure i will manage when we do need to wean her off it.
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jack_&_charli
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Posted: 03 June 2006 at 8:38am |
yeah i was a little happy about it, means we don't have to do it later.....but still a little sad too
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Posted: 03 June 2006 at 8:49am |
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Maybe having a snack before bed like a little sandwich?!?
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Posted: 03 June 2006 at 9:19am |
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ella gave her bottle up about 6 months ago all on her own too. it made me a little sad as well but, like you, i was glad not to have to battle about it later.
i found that she took a little longer to settle too, so now about half an hour before we begin the bedtime routine i bring out some chopped fruit to munch. we all share it which seems to make her keener to eat it and with her tummy that much fuller (as it was from her bottle) she started to settle quickly again.
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Posted: 03 June 2006 at 11:12am |
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Jake still has his bedtime and wake-up bottle. Was thinking it was time to wean him off, but with all the changes we've been having, thought I'd wait.
We were thinking the milo thing too, but jake only likes one type of teat, and when we left it at Dad's one night, he refused everything, including Milo in a sippy cup. Jake has a special "big boy" cup with his name on it, that he drinks from now. Maybe get jack one and give him milo in that.
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Posted: 03 June 2006 at 1:02pm |
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I think I'm just going to go with the night time bottle until either Han weans herself (please!!), or when I start TT her at night.
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Posted: 03 June 2006 at 3:26pm |
ok having said all that, today at nap time he wanted a bottle! so i gave him a half one and he drank it all
maybe i was kidding myself and it was just his cold that put him off drinking, his nose is all stuffed up...oh well, i'll see what happens tonight at bedtime.
we will be at a friends place where he's never slept before so it would be good if he wants his bottle.
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Posted: 03 June 2006 at 9:24pm |
my boy has a milo in the lounge before bed, that only started after he gave up his bed time boob. i found out tho that my hubby makes it a lot stronger than me...
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Posted: 04 June 2006 at 12:06am |
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I only just weaned the boys off their bottle 2-3 weeks ago. Mainly cos i wasnt ready for the battle or for them to grow up. But i just decided to go for it and now their bedtime routine is a cup of milk on the couch then tv turned off (otherwise they will never leave the lounge lol). Stories in bed with them having five minutes to look at their books on their own as well and a quick run to the door b4 they get out of bed and race me to it. They do have a wee cry for about 5 minutes but then they usually crash so all in all not too bad.
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Posted: 05 June 2006 at 5:34pm |
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Maya transitioned from a bottle to a sipper cup of (rice) milk at about 20 mths - she left the bottle out for Santa on Xmas eve.
She now has nothing before bed, as we found that the milk was making her a bit refluxy and she would vomit a couple of hours after going to bed. It hasn't helped the night TT thing - she has nothing to drink after dinner time at about 6pm but still wakes up with her nappy absolutely loaded.
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Posted: 05 June 2006 at 8:52pm |
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Oh crap, that throws my theory out the window then.
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