Babies: 9 - 12 Months

holding their own bottle (100% of the time)

Our babysitter told me the other day that my son is behind b/c he doesn't hold his own bottle. She said we really need to work on that. He is 9 & 1/2 months old. Is he really behind? My nephew is the same age & holds his own, but I've never seen any other 9 month old kid do it (but haven't really paid attention until now). For a while he seemed like he wanted to & would hold his bottle some, but now he's like "screw it - why would i do it when my mom will do all the work!" and doesn't hold it at all. How do you even teach them how to do that?

Re: holding their own bottle (100% of the time)

  • My son never held his own bottle.

    Abby seems to have zero interest in it as well.

    I really do not see this as a developmental thing at all and more just a preference on the child's part. 

  • My DS doesn't hold his bottle but he will hold his own sippy cup.I agree with PP, it is a preference thing.
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  • I hate it when people take it upon themselves to decide what is wrong with other people's children.

    My DS is lazy.  He can hold his own bottle, but if he does, he gets distracted and won't eat as much.  So I still get cuddles and get to pretend he's still my baby... and he eats a full bottle.  

    For serial though... I would never think of telling someone that their kid is "behind" because of something that isn't really a developmental milestone...

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  • We use the thick Evenflo glass bottles. When they are full of liquid, they weigh quite a bit, so DD has never really been able to hold them. If she's laying on her back she can balance it enough to tip it up, but not if she's sitting up. I'm not worried about it.

    ETA: DD is a few day shy of 11 months old.?

  • My DD does hold her own bottle all the time however I don't think that makes her "ahead of the other".  I think she just likes control of her own bottle!  All babies are different.  She has control of her bottle but just recently started rolling over consistently so it just happens differently for every baby.  I would not worry about it.
  • DC holds his own bottle, and has since the end of march (although, he STILL doesn't like to roll over - ugh). we sat with him and held his hands on the bottle with him and then he just started doing it on his own - i think we did this for 2 days or so, and now he doesn't like when we try to hold it for him! 
  • My son will hold his bottle when he is in his highchair or sitting back alone. If we are holding him he will not do it on his own. I am sure he figures, mom is here why should I hold it.
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  • My DD started holding her own bottle at 4 mos, I think it had to do with the fact we took long car rides, and if she wanted a bottle, she had to learn how to hold it on her own.  I taught her by just handing her, her bottle and she knew what to do.  Its amazing how they just know.  I can say she is behind on crawling though!
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  • DS has insisted on holding his own since he was 5 months.
  • DD can hold her own bottle, but refuses to do so.  She carries her sippy cup around all day and will do it by herself.  If I put formula in the sippy she refuses to drink it herself!  Little Miss Stubborn
  • That seems kinda sad. They need to be held to eat!
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