a three-year old should not be using a bedtime bottle so i have two suggestions: 1. switch the contents of the bottle to water. no milk (bad for the teeth). 2. use a low-flow nipple so that he will really have to work at it to get any think out. when you wash those nipples it would not be harmful to "forget" to wash off some of the residual soap. 3. buy his bottles with money or a toy. have him throw them away when the garbage truck comes. let him toss them in the bin or truck and watch them go away to the dump. 4. finally. make him go "cold turkey". you will have a few very difficult nights as he screams and protests. do it on the weekend and by monday he will be fine. you on the other hand may need psychological help!
is 3 too old to have a bottle? . my 3 year old step son is still using a bottle at bedtime. we got him off the bottle for nap time but my fiance believes that his son won't go to sleep at night without a bottle. the mother doesn't seem at all interested in taking the bottle away. i just want to know if it is okay that he still has a bottle at night or if we need to take it from him while we have him for our week and inform the mother that we have done this.