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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
CelticWife
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"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to be over, it's about learning how to dance in the rain." -Unknown
Married 3-1-08 | Nathan 11-24-08 | Kaelyn 11-30-10 | Alicia 8-17-13
BF vs FF question
CelticWife
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There is one thing that I have never understood.
If it is ok to do extended breast feeding (and I am not saying it isn't!), why are people so insistant that children get weaned from a bottle at a year? I am sure the same sucking motion is just as soothing whether it be from a bottle, pacifier, or breast.
A friend of mine was criticized because her 18 month old was using a bottle. Her daughter was weaning from BF, and that was the route her mother chose to do it. So before she was criticized for BF too long, then for using a bottle. It is just strange to me.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to be over, it's about learning how to dance in the rain." -Unknown
Married 3-1-08 | Nathan 11-24-08 | Kaelyn 11-30-10 | Alicia 8-17-13
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Re: BF vs FF question
I was wondering the same thing...
I agree. DD BFed til 10 months and self weaned at that point so we just started formula in the bottle since she was used to the bottle since I pumped BM for her while working.
Now, bottles are her comfort item. She doesn't take a paci, have a blankie or a lovey. I'm not in a huge hurry to wean her from them. Besides she takes her milk faster and more completely than from a sippy. She doesn't have a problem drinking from the sippy either so I'm not too concerned.
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It may have something to do with the child's bite by reading the abstract of this study
https://adc.bmj.com/content/89/12/1121.abstract
sorry it's not clicky...I'm on a Mac...
That study is interesting.
BTW: If you are using safari (I am not sure about firefox, but I think it applies there as well), all you have to do is click on the icon at the beginning of the web address, then drag it into your post/reply. It should make it clicky for you.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to be over, it's about learning how to dance in the rain." -Unknown
Married 3-1-08 | Nathan 11-24-08 | Kaelyn 11-30-10 | Alicia 8-17-13
Maybe it has to do with the consistency/material of the nipple?
I don't know because DD still uses a bottle and I don't give a rat's arse what anyone thinks or says.
Oh thank you...I didn't know that :-) Even when I was posting the link I was thinking "there's gotta be a different way to make this link clicky" and now I know
good point
I don't know!
How are you supposed to drag it onto another page?
That is a good question. My LO was FF and we were advised to switch her to milk and off a bottle by one, so she can transistion over easier. My sister BF her LO for a year and a half and he still uses a bottle (he is 2 now).
Maybe it has to do with more sugar in the formula. We were told by our pedi not to use the formula that is made for over 1 year because there is so much sugar.
When I switched to milk I switched to sippies so it was all at once.
this is why i am in no hurry to get rid of E's one and only daily bottle. I have no issues, my pedi has no issues and I dont care that the general sheep philosophy says bottles gone at 12 months.
He weaned himself down to 1, that one can linger...