I had given up drinking milk awhile before my younger brother was born when I was 3. I decided I wanted one too. It at least got me to drink milk again. It was alright when dad was on holidays but a few days before he was due to go back to work they realised that it just wasn’t practical. Dad gradually cut a larger hole in the teat. Yes the last time it made a mess but I then went to drinking milk from a special mug so it was worth it…… A little boy I know used to have one before going for a sleep. He still has a glass or mug(both are plastic) if he asks for it. In the car they use a sippy (not with handles on it). He knows he has to hold it with both hands.That way regardless of what is in it, none is spilt. He has also been taught ti drink out of an ordinary glass with an adult holding it so that if they call in somewhere he can be given a sip of theirs if it is water.

Buy a special bedtime mug for her thats JUST for bedtime milk maybe let her pick it out

Sippy cups are ideal as well as patience & perseverance, I wouldn’t be too alarmed about this.

Im so glad that someone posted this question, enjoying reading these suggestions

I have seen similar problems with my grandchildren. What their mum and I did was buy them a special mug, just for that child to use. Sometimes it helps to get the aid of someone the child loves, like nanny. When they come here, I don’t have a bottle, that they know of, only a special mug. When they want a drink, I take them into the kitchen, give them a choice of 2 drinks, and say that we have to use your big girl mug. “You are nanny’s big girl, so you are using a special mug nanny bought you.” It has worked every time. xxx dee ps. Good luck

Tell her the ‘bottle fairy’ is coming now that she is a big girl…overnight all the bottles are taken by the fairy & a special cup can be left in their place for her to drink her milk out of.

I would be suggesting to her that if she wants to have a bottle of milk she might like to have it in a special big glass, I would take her and let her choose the glass and buy a pack of straws so she can choose a new colour each day. It is the sucking reflex that is soothing her and getting her into the going to bed stage, not the teat,, and if she still has milk in a grown up cup she chose and sucks it through a straw, she will no longer ask for the bottle. the sucking reflex is tstill there albeit through a straw.
Mine used to do this until they were about 6, having their nightly glass of milk with a straw.

My son is 3 and has his from a sipper cup. I would suggest trying that. Good luck!

let her pick out a comfort toy that she can swap for the bottles, or if you know a baby maybe she could giver her bottles to the baby that needs them and give her a gift for being such a big girl

Swap the milk for water it worked for my girls

Will be following this question as I am having trouble with my 2yr old boy

My children (3 of them) had bottles till 4, the 4th is 2 and still has 3 a day. The only people with issues with it are others. My kids ditch them when they’re ready.

My daughter was 2.5 before I got the bottle off her. And it was also only the night feed. She would drink from a sippy cup during the day. I weaned her cold turkey. I actually hadn’t planned on it until one night I realised I hadn’t washed her bottle yet (and really couldn’t be bothered lol) so I took this opportunity to change her to having a milk out of her sippy cup. I think I was a lot more anxious than her being upset. It didn’t faze her and had no issues. You may just find that your little one is the same, or maybe not. Maybe make a big deal about her drinking from a big girls cup?? Fortunately I’ve had no issues in weaning her (dummies, bottle, cot etc) so I’m sorry this is the only advice I do have 🙂 Good luck!

My son is 3 and just came off the bottle. She will come off when she is ready:)

We told our DD we left her bottle in NZ, replaced it with a cup and that was it – she went cold turkey.

Every kid is different, but you could try keeping her involved, talk to her about it and that she is a big girl now, that she can still have milk but in a special sippy cup, take her to the shops to pick a special cup out and get her to throw her bottle out with you. Talk her through everything that your doing so she knows whats happening every step of the way, hope it goes well for you.

your daughter will eventually get of the bottle in time,its great that you tell her that she,s a big girl now,and it seems you are doing it right.does she have little cousins/friends that no longer on the bottle?if so gently and simply praise them up,also take her to the shop and get her to choose the colour of her new cup so she,s interested.good luck.

my daughter sees other kids doing something and she likes to start doing it too…

I’m currently trying sitting up with my son and have a warm cup of milk before bed while I’m reading him his story, it might work for you aswell.

My girl left bottle suddenly in a day when she saw one of her friend use cup to drink milk. Since that day she stopped using bottles at all. May be tell her that her friends don’t use it at all now, u never know with kids, it might work.