2 year old and her ba-ba

I have a 2 year old and an 8 month old too. My oldest I just gave a regular cup and said thats that it worked for him. I'm still nursing my youngest but I let him have water in a cup and he surprisingly does very well. So I guess I would just toss all bottles and put them both on a cup even if its a sippy cup. I would say your a big girl and only babies need bottles but if you would like a drink before you go to sleep you can have one. Let her have a drink take the cup out with you and say good night. It might be tough for a couple days but if you stiick to it you'll win in the end.

by 8 months my daughter was on a sippy cup as well only time she would get a bottle was if she wasnt feeling well.  so ya i would move them to sippys and hide all the bottles

It may be hard but you just need to take it away from the 2 yr old and never look back. You chance harming there teeth if they keep going.  Like one of the other moms said maybe get your 8 moonth old on a sippy and then you can get rid of the bottles. Mine were betweeb 8 and 9 months when we got rid of the bottles and went to sippy. It may be hard momma but be stong and it will be over before you know it, Good Luck.

can you at least switch her to the sippy? we are kinda in the same problem except with the sippy right now.we wanted to start trying to potty train our son before we have our second but need to get him off the sippy.so far i have just started putting him to bed without it and when he asks about it i tell him that he is a big boy now and doesnt need that silly sippy!(but he usually carries it around with him durning the day).i would start getting her on a or just take it cold turkey.talk to her about being a big girl.

I would just throw them away and buy sippy cups and say that's all there is.  I did this will all my kids and by the time they were 18 months they were drinking out of regular cups.  If the bottles are gone and she is thirsty, she will drink out of a cup.  What worked for me was taking out the valves.  They all had hard times with the valves in the sippys.  The transition will be hard, but don't cave because then your efforts are for nothing.

I gradually took my daughter's bottles. None at nite and none in the morning... was the start. Eventually... I just took them all together. Yes.. she will throw a fit, but she'll get over it. AS long as she's good with a sippy cup she will be ok. My daughter had just turned one when I took her bottle and they kept her in the infant room for a few weeks after, where she was around bottles all the time. They told me at first she would try and steal one, or throw huge fits because she wanted one, but, she eventually learned that the bottle was no longer hers to have. Took a couple of days but it was well worth it. Now when she goes to visit, she'll pick up a bottle and hand it to ya.

Quoting MommySteph06:

Ok, I'm a terrible, terrible mom. My 2 year still goes to sleep (nap and bed time) with a bottle. I want to start potty training but feel like I can't until the bottle is gone. Even with her bottle, it's still usually a 1 1/2-2 hour battle getting her to bed. What's the easiest and most effective way to get her off the bottle completely? (And I can't throw them out because I have an 8 month old still taking a bottle, although I would throw them away and just be done with the bottle business.)

Just don't let her have it. She'll cry and throw a fit, but if it's taking you that long at night anyway, it couldn't be too much worse. Tell her no, don't give it to her, put them somewhere she can't get them, and you may have to deal with a few days of hell, but it'll be worth it in the end. Good luck.

honestly throw them out and put them both on the sippy.  If they are thirsty they will get over it.

It will be one rough week and then they will be over it.  I ditched the bottles at 6-7months with all three of my kids.  You need to do what you need to do before it ruins her teeth.

Just take it away. Dont let her have it, no matter how bad she screams and throws tantrum. give her a sippy cup instead.  I just took away the sippy cup from my 2 year old, he is only allowed to drink out of straw cups and regular cups.  It took about 3 days and he was fine. 

Try to put something bitter or sour tasting on the nipples when you give them to her. She most likely will not want them anymore.