holding the bottle

Toni828

Any tips on getting LO to hold his own bottle without me holding him?

Heyjordynhey

we used the sippy cup with the nipple like looks like a bottle with handles like Nuby makes to help him learn to hold it. after about a month with that he knew how to hold it. it looks like this 

https://www.diapers.com/p/nuby-3-stage-polypropylene-bottle-7-oz-1-pk-21178?site=CA&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc_D&utm_term=NY-023&utm_campaign=GooglePLA&CAWELAID=1338679866&utm_content=pla&ca_sku=NY-023&ca_gpa=pla&ca_kw={keyword}

Ab42187

Heyjordynhey said:

we used the sippy cup with the nipple like looks like a bottle with handles like Nuby makes to help him learn to hold it. after about a month with that he knew how to hold it. it looks like this 

https://www.diapers.com/p/nuby-3-stage-polypropylene-bottle-7-oz-1-pk-21178?site=CA&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc_D&utm_term=NY-023&utm_campaign=GooglePLA&CAWELAID=1338679866&utm_content=pla&ca_sku=NY-023&ca_gpa=pla&ca_kw={keyword}

We did exactly the same thing. It took her about a month and a half to figure it out but now she holds her own bottle.

SusanC111

Practice! and try propping him on the couch against pillows so he's on an incline. I sit right next to him and help when he needs it. 

nanabanana06

I prop him on a boppy and gave him the bottle. He would drop it at first and is have to put it back in place a lot, but he learned. I think the sippy cup thing is a waste since at 1 year they shouldn't be on a sippy cup since they aren't good for their teeth. Straw cups are what we're learning now top switch to by 1 year.

smileybabyboy

For awhile DS could hold his bottle only if he was reclined in his boppy.  These are neat but it didn't fit our Medela bottles https://www.diapers.com/p/ba-baby-bottle-holder-blue-563930?site=CA&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc_D&utm_term=TBB-003&utm_campaign=GooglePLA&CAWELAID=1457637495&utm_content=pla&ca_sku=TBB-003&ca_gpa=pla&ca_kw={keyword}

nanabanana06

Nicb13 said:

Nana_Osaki06 said:

I prop him on a boppy and gave him the bottle. He would drop it at first and is have to put it back in place a lot, but he learned. I think the sippy cup thing is a waste since at 1 year they shouldn't be on a sippy cup since they aren't good for their teeth. Straw cups are what we're learning now top switch to by 1 year.

Straw cups are better but lots of kids use sippy cups while transitioning from bottles to regular cups. Just don't give them juice in them and don't let them walk around with it in their mouth like a pacifier.

We mainly use straw cups with DS but I think your post will make parents think that sippy cups shouldn't be used at all and IMO, that isn't the case.

I dunno. I know it's my opinion, but I wouldn't want to waste money on things that are supposed to be stopped at 1 year. More so since studies do show that extended sippy cup usage is just as bad or worse since the valves on some are bigger than bottles or binkies. We stop both tgose thing just before or at 1 year. I have a niece that needs sous dental work because of sippies and binky usage abd she's 2.5.