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Since Ava was born, we've consistently rocked her to sleep or at least to the point of grogginess with a bottle of milk. On Saturday, we noticed her first tooth about to poke thru, so now's the time to stop the bedtime bottle. Unfortunately, Ava is freaking out without it. She normally drifts off no problem, but since we started substituting the milk for water, she's having none of it. Have any of you experienced this? How can we get her to sleep w/o all the crying? Is it bad to go cold turkey? Should we slowly wean her off? HELP!
I always fed my guys, sit them up and burp them, groggy or awake, and then lie them down with a paci and their mobiles on, cover, and leave the room. Our routine does not include a bottle-just white noise, mobiles, paci's, quilts, and goodnights. Will she take a paci? What about feeding her the bottle on the couch away from her crib half an hour before bedtime? Turn down the lights and tv, play some soft music, feed her the bottle, rock her or pat her to sleep, then into the crib? Change her routine up completely so it includes other things than the bottle. If you can tolerate CIO, then cold turkey if you want, but it might stress both of you out
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I have no idea. I think I have a weird baby, she weaned herself from her bedtime bottle I thought that was supposed to be the hardest bottle to get them to give up. She just decided one day she didn't want anything to do with it and prefers us to just put her in her crib, wind up her mobile, and leave her be.
I'm not much help since I still nurse Maddie to sleep for naps and bedtime. I did the same thing with Mak too until she weaned. It was the one trick in my mommy bag that guaranteed the girls going to sleep within minutes and for the night.
I'm not much help since I still nurse Maddie to sleep for naps and bedtime. I did the same thing with Mak too until she weaned. It was the one trick in my mommy bag that guaranteed the girls going to sleep within minutes and for the night.
I always fed my guys, sit them up and burp them, groggy or awake, and then lie them down with a paci and their mobiles on, cover, and leave the room. Our routine does not include a bottle-just white noise, mobiles, paci's, quilts, and goodnights. Will she take a paci? What about feeding her the bottle on the couch away from her crib half an hour before bedtime? Turn down the lights and tv, play some soft music, feed her the bottle, rock her or pat her to sleep, then into the crib? Change her routine up completely so it includes other things than the bottle. If you can tolerate CIO, then cold turkey if you want, but it might stress both of you out
We have a very similar routine (low lights, soft music, humidifier that makes white noise), so that helps, but she won't take a paci. Last night we gave her the milk a half hour before bedtime, then read some books, then I tried to rock her with water, but she wasn't having that, so I put her into her crib and let her cry for a while. After about 20 min, we went back in, and she finally took the water and fell asleep. So it was an hour off our normal routine, but we made it! I just thought there might be an easier way to avoid that dreaded hour of her crying, but maybe not!
crying won't kill her, and each night will get a bit easier WTG mommy and Ava!!
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“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” – Napoleon Hill
“I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the subway...let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves.”
“Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you're not sure what the right thing is...and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong.”
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I thought that was supposed to be the hardest bottle to get them to give up. She just decided one day she didn't want anything to do with it and prefers us to just put her in her crib, wind up her mobile, and leave her be.
I did the same thing with Mak too until she weaned. It was the one trick in my mommy bag that guaranteed the girls going to sleep within minutes and for the night.
WTG mommy and Ava!!
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