advise needed

[melanie]

ok,i know i may have left this a bit long to only be doing it now,but i need advise on how to get my little lad morgan off his bottles at night.he is 2 on saturday and i was hoping to put him into his own bedroom.problem is he is still drinking 2 bottles of milk at night and waking about 4 times.i have tried taking the bottles completly off him,but as you can imagine it was a complete disaster. also,there is no way that i can 'tell' him no more bottle or the bottle fairy took them, because he still does not understand a word i say as we are still awaiting speech therapy,so he doesnt have a clue what im trying to tell him. ive also tried just putting water in his bottles,but he doesnt like that either. im at a loss of what to do,any advise is much apreiciated,as i can already see that this room swap is going to be a disaster!

[stacy_elise]

i know this mite sound harsh but the only way i think hat tjis can work is jus doing it leaving him to cry till he realises ure not going to giv him what he wants n he will go bk to sleep in his own room. i had to do this ith my daughter not she didnt understand that bottles were going jus she didnt want to listen, so when she woke 4 a bottle i just sad mummy hasnt got no bottles go bk to slepp at 1st took maybe an hour to settle her and i was shattered constantly but within a week she got the message and went to sleep bout a month later i done the same with moving her into own bedroom, if she woke i would lay her bk down say time for sleep now. etc etc got all this from super nanny and amazingly it works lasted bout 5 days with that 1 and she stayed in own room and slept through i was amazed.
i know its different with all kids but think big part lays on persiverence of parent too. i didnt think i could do it felt so nasty wen she cied but stick at it. amazing results

[melanie]

Originally Posted by stacy_elise

i know this mite sound harsh but the only way i think hat tjis can work is jus doing it leaving him to cry till he realises ure not going to giv him what he wants n he will go bk to sleep in his own room. i had to do this ith my daughter not she didnt understand that bottles were going jus she didnt want to listen, so when she woke 4 a bottle i just sad mummy hasnt got no bottles go bk to slepp at 1st took maybe an hour to settle her and i was shattered constantly but within a week she got the message and went to sleep bout a month later i done the same with moving her into own bedroom, if she woke i would lay her bk down say time for sleep now. etc etc got all this from super nanny and amazingly it works lasted bout 5 days with that 1 and she stayed in own room and slept through i was amazed.
i know its different with all kids but think big part lays on persiverence of parent too. i didnt think i could do it felt so nasty wen she cied but stick at it. amazing results

oh god though! the thoughts of the tiredness! im already wrecked the whole time as it is!lol but i think it may be the only sollution!

[Charlie_x]

have you tried watering it down bit by bit so in the end hes only having water?

[emmal20]

i agree wiv stacy my sister was like that at six month so my mum left her to cry and it worked realy well be patient though it myt take a while

[happyhappylady]

my daughter was 4 before I got her off her bottle! she loved her milk so much, she would fill up on it instead of food. if he's waking 4 times a night, he might be filling up on milk too. try getting him to eat more during the day. have you tried signing with your son? i did that with my other daughter who had delayed development, it was so helpful and quite easy to learn basic stuff.