bedtime sippy cup to go to sleep

Welcome to parenthood! :) I don't have any specific experience with that. I do have a three year old daughter and I've got a couple of ideas of things I might try with her. We let our DD sleep with a sippy of water by her bed. Does your FD actually sleep with her cup? What about giving her the milk, then brushing her teeth, and giving her the cup back with just water in it? Then perhaps a few months down the road you can move that last milk earlier so it's not associated with bedtime. Or what about taking her to get a special doll or stuffed animal that she can only sleep with if she puts her cup in some particular "cup place" at night - left in the bathroom perhaps. Does your FD use a sippy for drinks during the day? If so, what about switching her to big girl cups for milk and reserving sippys for water? Maybe she'll take her bedtime milk in a regular cup then and start to dissasociate the milk with the sippy. Does she have a dentist appointment any time soon? Possibly the dentist can talk to her as well. Sometimes kids seem to hear and accept things better when they come from other adults. My DD does pretty well with giving up a particular item when I give her a countdown. So I might give her a 5 or a 2 minute warning to finish her milk. And then I would say "ok, 10 more seconds" and then count to 10. I would explain it all to your FD and let her have as much input and as many choices as possible (although I would limit her choice options so she isn't overwhelmed). And in the end, I probably wouldn't worry too much about it if I had to wait another couple of months to break that habit (considering the transition to a new home). Best of luck to you! Let us know how it goes! :)

I am sure I am not much help... My DD loved her nighttime sippy cup and like yours was out like a light in 10min and I would remove sippy cup. I LOVE MY SLEEP so let it go on much longer that I should have I am sure. But her teeth have been fine @ the dentist. (other than little enamel which isn't due to the milk) I did mix w/ water making more water than milk but that didn't last long b4 she said she didn't like and wanted me to stop mixing w/ water. So I switched to tea ( but that probably isn't any better 4 her?) @ 4y.o. the dentist started preparing her for losing teeth, and some older friends/cousins have started losing their teeth. This gave me the opening to explain the importance of giving up nighttime sippy and she decided it was time. If she is "stressed" over school transition or something then she will ask if she can take sippy to bed ( it is almost like a lovey / comfort for her).... I have relented a time or 2 but make sure that the next night she doesn't so it doesn't turn back into a habit. She still falls asleep quickly. IMHO, given the short time you have had your DD, I'd give it some time b4 starting the transition of no nighttime sippy. Good luck on whatever you decide to do!

What does she DO with the cup of milk? Does she take a few sips and put it down? Does she just want it there to look at, and know that it's there? Does she want to drink from it first thing in the morning when she wakes up? Does she go to sleep with it in her mouth so milk pools around her teeth? What she actually does with it will help determine if this is a big deal or not.

Our DD still goes to bed with a sippy of milk. Once and awhile she will drink it but does not fall asleep with the milk pooling in her mouth which would be a big problem for tooth decay. A lot of the time now she just holds the cup (like a lovey) and sometimes just having it on the nightstand is ok. Since she is showing clear signs of growing out of it and attaching more to her blanket, I'm not too worried about it yet.

thanks you guys... she drinks it all right away, by the time I finish my stories,she's about done with the whole thing. This only happens at night, not even during her afternoon nap - when she has asked for it in the afternoon, I've told her that we needed to save it for later and she is fine with that and goes right to sleep.

Then that's not that big a deal. The main problems are caused by a child sleeping with milk actually IN their mouths, and if she's swallowing it all, then it's not pooling in her mouth and sitting there all night. Drinking milk after brushing her teeth isn't ideal, but it's not that big a deal either. You could try moving her toothbrushing ritual until after the story, if you think the change in her routine is worth that small improvement in her dental health. But a drink of water after the milk would do almost as well to rinse the teeth (it's not like milk is sticky and needs pressure to be removed), and might be less of a battle. I'm sure others will have suggestions too.

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