My 13 Month Old Still Doesn't Sleep Through the Night.

Have you tried giving him the bottle with water in it?

Have you ever tried CIO (cry it out)? It isn't for everyone, but it worked for us. My 16 month old was up 4 times a night until I started giving her bottles of water ONLY. She cried for about 30-45 min each night for 3 nights and then slept through the night ever since (not even waking for the water bottles). It is hard hearing them cry, so like I said- it isn't for every one, but it works.

I haven't tried weaning from the night bottles and onto a sippy cup at the same time.. you are braver than I am, lol, but it makes sense!

Unlike a pp, my daughter would not take any sippy cup that reminded her what she was missing. We got the hard plastic Nuby from walmart and had to give her juice in it- she would not take milk from her sippy. We just threw away the bottles so we would not be tempted to give in, and after she got used to taking the sippy cup she would drink the milk.

Good luck!!

I don't know what kind of sippy cups you have tried, but they make some that have a long "spout" that is really soft and pliable. Avent makes some tops like that that snap into the rings of the bottles instead of nipples. That seemed to help my son with the transition. The other thing that helped us was NOT using cups with the training handles. Everyone told us to get those cups that have the Handles that come out on the side that look like wings, but Jayden would just throw those. It was much easier for him to use sippy cups that held like his bottle. Like everything else, it's a transition, but he will get it. The soft spout tops really do help alot though.

I feel your pain. My 2 year old hasn't slept through the night since she was born. I did break her from the milk bottle thing. It was really rough but I would give her a drink before bed and then tell her it was time to go night night. She screamed for about a week or two every night, and just when I was about to give up, she accepted it. Every now and then she'll try to sneak a sippy to bed but she's doing pretty well all in all.

I'm not sure if you are trying to break him from needing milk to sleep or just trying to switch out the bottle for the sippy cup. I found it helpful to start with one drink a day, like lunch, then breakfast, and last, night time. It takes a while but he will be more receptive to the night time switch after he is used to the cup during the day. As far as getting him to sleep without milk, I let my son have a drink in my arms and then told him he was too big to sleep with milk and put him in bed and said good night. Of course, he howled, but I followed a program that I had read about called The Sleep Program. You basically go in after 2 minutes, don't pick him up, but tell he is okay and that it is night night time. You leave immediatly, then come back after another 5 minutes and do the same thing. Then after another 7, then after another 10, then after another 12,15, 17 and so on unitl he is asleep. It sounds like a lot of work, but I promise it will be worth it when your son is sleeping soundly after a few nights. I think it took my son 3 nights and his crying got shorter and shorter each night and then he just went to sleep. What a relief!! Good luck and hang in there!