do you give bottles to LO when sick?

aocain02@yahoo.com · February 2011

DS has had a cold since last Wednesday and started to refuse his sippy cup. We stopped bottles when he turns one but that's all he'll drink out of right now. I know he needs his liquids so I'm just going with the flow. Am I going to regret my decision when he's better and have issues going back to the sippy cup?

EllasMommy2010 · February 2011

We have given DD bottles when she was sick. She wasn't wanting to eat, but would drink a bottle. Now she is back to her sippy. I wouldn't worry too much and just make sure he is getting the calories he needs.

juliane2004 · February 2011

DD is 16.5 months old and was sick this last week for only the 2nd time in her life. We gave her about 4 bottles/day of milk while she was sick. It was the only thing she would eat/drink.

susanlovestexas · February 2011

Yep, today is DD's fourth day of fever and she's been getting bottles. She isn't eating well and I'm afraid that if I put her to bed without a bottle she'll wake up hungry in the middle of the night. She's been having a bottle first thing in the morning also, because her fever is usually high at that point and she's hungry, but too miserable to eat.

benkari · March 2011

Once we were off bottles out of the house they went and we never looked back.

beachgirl10 · March 2011

benkari:
Once we were off bottles out of the house they went and we never looked back.

This was us. The day he fully went on sippy cups, I washed and sterilized all of the bottles and put them completely out of sight. He hasn't had one since, even when he was sick. Will your LO drink from a straw? If you are nervous about the bottle, maybe let LO drink out of a regular cup with a straw.

ELPB · March 2011

Nope. Once we moved on to sippy cups... we never looked back.

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