Toddler Water Bottle At Night

If he s in a crib put it outside the crib but reachable.

Toddler water bottle at night.

If your toddler only has a bottle at night start decreasing the amount of milk they receive each night but do this slowly. Yes it will be very tough for a few nights until he realises that he isn t going to get any more drinks and attention. So here s how it might work. Night 2 50 water and 50 milk.

If he s in a bed put something water bottles juice boxes whatever on his night stand. Water is the better bet for drinking at bedtime if you aren t ready to break the bottle habit yet be sure you re brushing your kid s teeth post milk katsnelson also recommends switching to a cup as soon as possible. His nappy is so wet that i have to change it before i go to bed at 10 30 and refill his water. He then wakes up at some point in the night four or five asking for more water.

This is a gentle and very effective way to wean your toddler off bottles in the night. Over a few nights gradually dilute the milk with water. But once he s past the 6 month marker skip the midnight snack. But in the long run it.

The longer a child has the bottle in his mouth each day the more we worry about the effects on the teeth. Some toddlers will have no interest in a bottle with water in it instead of milk and others like your daughter still want it. To feed or not to feed in the middle of the night that is the question. Do the same for any bottles offered during the night.

By the age of six months many babies don t need the bedtime bottle for nourishment and by the age of nine months very few need the extra calories and nutrients offered by the bedtime bottle. Experts agree that if your baby is younger than 6 months old you should feed him whenever he wakes at night. Getting up 6 times a night must be exhausting you and it means that your little one isn t getting enough sleep either. Night 1 25 water and 75 milk.

So that s no better. For example you can cut back their serving by an ounce each night for around a week. Toddlers grow quickly and can go through stages of intense growth spurts. But i ve replaced it with water.

Hunger is probably the biggest reason why your toddler still needs a bottle at night. During these growth spurts they are eating machines. The goal is to separate eating from going to sleep so that if your toddler does wake up at night he won t need your breast or a bottle to get back to sleep. Make sure he is drinking enough during the day and cut out all drinks in the night.

Is he in a crib or bed. In general kids call their parents to do this because they re bored or lonely or just want somebody to be at their beck and call. Often the issue then becomes i want more fluid in it and then you re going in during the night having to re fill it. Your daughter is a perfect example of how it doesn t always matter what s in the bottle it s just that there is liquid in the bottle and it allows your child to suck in to a calm state.

He goes to sleep with a bottle of water at about 7 30. Watering down the milk.