Weaning My 1 Yr Old Twin Girls off Nite Nite Bottles...

Hi!
Have you weaned them from daytime bottles yet? At a year old they do not need bottles at all anymore! I would start with no more daytime bottles and then maybe just keep the bottle before they go to bed. Let them have that for a bit. I would give them a snack before bed and a bottle of milk and then that is it!! My kids stopped bottles in the middle of the night at 8 weeks so I am a little confused as why you are still feeding them in the middle of the night. Everything I have read explains that they don't NEED food at this age(1 year) and now you have created a bad habit! I would make sure they are getting enough food and milk during the day and then stop the bottles at night--explain it to them during the day and go COLD TURKEY. I would offer water instead--which won't be a "great" substitute so maybe they will stop waking for it. "Why wake up and call mom if all I will get is water!" Does that make sense?? Also be strong and don't give in!!

Do you have a white noise machine?? That may help and bit and other than that I would let them cry--the other twin will have to learn to sleep through it. My sister and I shared a room and we could both sleep through anything--including the lights being turned on--because we were just used to it!

Good Luck!
L.

A trick to get both our kids off bottles was we exchanged their nipple from the three nipple down to the one nipple (the kind of nipple newborns use) so it is slow flowing. They got so frustrated that when we handed them a sippy cup they were loved. If you make it difficult for her she may give it up. Good Luck!

Feed Her. She's hungry. She's probably having a groth spurt. :-)

Have you tried a bottle or sippy cup of water instead?

That's why my kids get (my 8 year old still gets it).

Is there a way to separate them if this happens? I have a cribs in one room and a pack n play in another room, both with white noise machines to separate my twins when they are up at night. At this point (11 mo), I still nurse them when they wake. When I wean them, I will switch to water.

Good luck.

Give her the bottle. They go through stages and this might happen again at 16 or 18 mos when they are hungry in the night. If you feed her you don't have to try to keep her quiet.