bottle decreasing

We are giving bottle three times. we want to make it too. which one should we drop bedtime, wakeup or the middle...please share your thoughts

 

My boys were mostly BF, not bottle fed, but we still went through a weaning process, so I figured my input might still be helpful. I have heard that, in general, the morning and evening feeds are the hardest to drop. Those were the last to drop for us, as well. Unless your mid-day feed is associated with something particularly important to your little ones, I'd vote for dropping that one, because often babies enjoy the winding-down with an evening bottle, and the comfort of having a bottle as a familiar way to start the day. I hope that it's an easy transition for you!

(FYI, if you have a chance, you might want to update your ticker... I'm not sure exactly how old your little ones are. )

 

We just dropped the afternoon bottle yesterday. It is now a snack - small piece of fruit/crackers, etc. My daughter is nearly 3 and still loves her warm milk before bed so we won't be dropping that one. Their morning bottle kind of lasts them a couple of hours before during and after breakfast!

 

I dropped the afternoon one first. Instead of bottle, they get a cup of milk with a snack. Good luck!

 

I also dropped the afternoon first. They get a snack instead. We just dropped the morning bottle this week and next week will be the bedtime bottle. Good luck!

 

We were doing 4 bottles when we started to drop. We dropped the middle two at the same time and just started offering sippy cups of milk with all meals and snacks. A week or so later we dropped the morning bottle. Those transitions went so well that we dropped the night time bottle a couple days after that. It really went smoothly for us. Hopefully it will go smoothly for you too. Good luck.

 

QUOTE(LoriD @ Apr 24 2009, 07:33 AM) [snapback]1286642[/snapback]
I dropped the afternoon one first. Instead of bottle, they get a cup of milk with a snack. Good luck!

Same here.

 

Thanks all.