Need Ideas To Stop Night Time Bottles

My son is almost 19 months old (minus 10 weeks because he was born premature). He takes a bottle to fall asleep for all naps and bedtime. I know, I know..it’s gone too far. He’s been my only baby out of 3 to even take bottles due to being in the NICU 53 days. But now he SCREAMS a scream I’ve never heard when I don’t give him a bottle to go to sleep/back to sleep. And now he’s starting to wake up every hour! I work full-time and I need sleep, so I give in. Husband wakes up at 4am and takes over from there. He 100% wants it for comfort but won’t take a pacifier. He eats plenty during the day. We water it down or give him an empty one but that rarely works. It gets to the point where he won’t even drink the milk but he screams for the bottle. In about 3 weeks daycare will be closed for a full week so I’ll be staying home. I need any and all ideas on how to break this habit over that time (10 nights).

Posted Jun 15, 2025, 3:04 AM UTC

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