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Holding their own bottle?

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When I picked Riley up at daycare yesterday, they said they are teaching her to hold her own bottle. It shocks me, because at home when I feed her, she doesn't even try. She would much rather pull my hair :) I guess yesterday they put her in the boppy, and she held it for a while until she got distracted. Seems young to be doing this, but I have nothing to compare it to. When did you LO start holding their own bottle, or when do they usually start?
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  • Melly MelMelly Mel member

    DD will try but we use glass so it is too heavy for her. I kind of like feeding her though so I am in no rush for her to do it on her own.

    It is definitely possible that Riley is trying though.

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  • misscharlotte04misscharlotte04 member
    Cody started trying holding his around 6 months. He would only do it if he was laying in his boppy. Now he is too squirmy to try and feed a bottle unless he is super sleepy, he would much rather do it himself - but he has to be laying in the boppy. He hasn't quite mastered holding the bottle and drinking from it sitting up yet though. 
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  • WildcatPrincessWildcatPrincess member
    I wouldn't mind them encouraging it, but I wouldn't want her sat somewhere by herself to feed herself, even if she could hold it!  That said, Riley does try once in awhile.
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  • dantodanto member

    I mostly BF so I thought DD would be behind in holding up a bottle.  But on one of my earlier business trips my mom sent pictures of her holding her own bottle at around 4.5 months (I use those tiny Evenflo plastic bottles).

    DD can do it if she's really hungry and the bottle is full (she doesn't get the whole tip your head back thing).  But mostly we enjoy holding her and feeding her bottle or breast so I'm in no rush for her to master it.

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  • Starfish113Starfish113 member

    imageWildcatPrincess:
    I wouldn't mind them encouraging it, but I wouldn't want her sat somewhere by herself to feed herself, even if she could hold it!  That said, Riley does try once in awhile.

    Well, the teacher said she was sitting on the floor with her while she was doing it. Riley is going through something weird lately (separation anxiety??) and won't let anyone out of her sight at daycare! So the lead teacher said she was feeding the 5 week old but sitting with Riley and helping her too. I guess I'm okay with them encouraging it, but I'm in no rush for her to hold her on bottle with me! :)

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  • Starfish113Starfish113 member

    imageWildcatPrincess:
    I wouldn't mind them encouraging it, but I wouldn't want her sat somewhere by herself to feed herself, even if she could hold it!  That said, Riley does try once in awhile.

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  • boomersooner9779boomersooner9779
    imageStarfish113:

    Well, the teacher said she was sitting on the floor with her while she was doing it. Riley is going through something weird lately (separation anxiety??) and won't let anyone out of her sight at daycare! So the lead teacher said she was feeding the 5 week old but sitting with Riley and helping her too. I guess I'm okay with them encouraging it, but I'm in no rush for her to hold her on bottle with me! :)

    dd is doing the same thing! she does it at home as well now too. and i am so nervous b/c we are moving so she is switching daycares in a week or so. i am not looking forward to it. i feel like she is going to be miserable the first couple days :(

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  • Starfish113Starfish113 member
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    Well, the teacher said she was sitting on the floor with her while she was doing it. Riley is going through something weird lately (separation anxiety??) and won't let anyone out of her sight at daycare! So the lead teacher said she was feeding the 5 week old but sitting with Riley and helping her too. I guess I'm okay with them encouraging it, but I'm in no rush for her to hold her on bottle with me! :)

    dd is doing the same thing! she does it at home as well now too. and i am so nervous b/c we are moving so she is switching daycares in a week or so. i am not looking forward to it. i feel like she is going to be miserable the first couple days :(

    Isn't it the worst?? Sometimes she does it if I leave the room, but she's still with DH or someone else. I feel so bad :(

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  • ASmallWonderASmallWonder member
    Aiden tries to hold his own bottles but the only ones he can successfully feed himself with are the plastic ones that we've put handles on so that it's more like a sippy cup but with a nipple.  We usually use glass so I don't expect him to be feeding himself from those ever haha
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    Well, the teacher said she was sitting on the floor with her while she was doing it. Riley is going through something weird lately (separation anxiety??) and won't let anyone out of her sight at daycare! So the lead teacher said she was feeding the 5 week old but sitting with Riley and helping her too. I guess I'm okay with them encouraging it, but I'm in no rush for her to hold her on bottle with me! :)

    dd is doing the same thing! she does it at home as well now too. and i am so nervous b/c we are moving so she is switching daycares in a week or so. i am not looking forward to it. i feel like she is going to be miserable the first couple days :(

    Isn't it the worst?? Sometimes she does it if I leave the room, but she's still with DH or someone else. I feel so bad :(

    aww! luckily she hasn't shown a preference for DH or me (yet) but she definitely wanted nothing to do with her grandma or uncle this past week. hopefully this phase will be short lived!

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  • hikerbethhikerbeth member

    My kids are mostly breastfed, but do get at least one bottle per day (so they are bottle users but maybe not as "experienced" bottle users as some)

     My DD would never hold a bottle.  Ever.  She wouldn't use a sippy cup until she was about 14 months and that's just because I cut a nursing session to make her thirstier.

    DS started trying to hold it at 4 months or so and by 6 months he could drink out of a sippy or bottle on his own as long as he was reclined (he still can't tip the sippy up completely from a sitting position).

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  • blissfully_caffeinatedblissfully_caffeinated
    DS can hold his bottle but he chooses not to unless you make him. I just figure that means he likes the closeness of me feeding him so I do it. He started getting interested in holding it at 6 months or so. My daycare (that, uh, DS hasn't actually started at) has a policy to never let babies hold their own bottles. If the baby can sit up and hold a sippy cup that's fine but not reclined. Something about it being bad for their teeth? Ah I can't remember.
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  • Pocky873Pocky873 member
    I don't know when they "usually" start, but Annika started trying at around 3 months (but couldn't figure out how to tip it back), then perfected it by 5 months.  She doesn't do it with every bottle, though...sometimes she gets lazy.  And sometimes she thinks my hand is a handle and will grip me instead of the real handles on her bottle (we use Born Free bottles that have a handle attachment)!
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  • charlies-angelcharlies-angel member
    DD holds her bottle, but we still hold her while she eats. I think she started about 2 weeks ago maybe (6.5 months).
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  • MelonieKMelonieK
    She first tried around 4.5 months, IIRC, but she's just now getting really good at holding it.  Her newest thing is wanting to be sitting straight up when drinks.  I still hold her for bottles. It's my snuggle time with her, even though she's getting really squirmy lately.
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  • Danny'sGirl09Danny'sGirl09
    DS "helped" us at 2mos on the 2oz nursers. He just liked to hold things. However, by 3.5- 4mos he wanted you nowhere near it. He didn't perfect it then of course in the sense of not dropping it here and there or knowingly dipping it back.That came by 5 mos-ish where he had it down with pact with a 6oz'r. One handing it and twisting it by the start of 6mos per my book.  I think some babies have interest in holding things and others don't- so don't really use me a true marker so much.
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