CPW: If you use bottles...

Little&BigPea · June 2012

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Little&BigPea · June 2012

I said no... We are waiting till 24-months before we physically take them away. I think the transition from formula to WCM will be hard enough on DD without adding the additional stress of no bottles. She takes straw cups ok and sippy cups not too bad but she doesn't sit there and chug from them like she does with her bottle. I don't want to worry about her getting dehydrated...

TBH though, I am hopeful she'll drop them herself between now and 24-months.

mainemommy · June 2012

Yes. The easiest time to take them away is when you make the switch. I dont give milk in bottles. Bottle rot scares me.

Little&BigPea · June 2012

mainemommy:

Yes. The easiest time to take them away is when you make the switch. I dont give milk in bottles. Bottle rot scares me.

Whats bottle rot? Hmmmm... Heading to Google now to search for bottle rot...

Little&BigPea · June 2012

Little&BigPea:
mainemommy:

Yes. The easiest time to take them away is when you make the switch. I dont give milk in bottles. Bottle rot scares me.

Whats bottle rot? Hmmmm... Heading to Google now to search for bottle rot...

LOL, I've already broken the first rule too many times to count! ...

Lower the risk of the baby?s infection with decay-causing bacteria. This can be done two ways ? by improving the oral health of the mother/caregiver which reduces the number of bacteria in her mouth and by not sharing saliva with the baby through common use of feeding spoons or licking pacifiers and giving them to babies.

isacdimi10 · June 2012

SS: DS's plan is to switch him by 18 months both the pedi and his Speech therapist have signed off on this.

MOONGIRL2467 · June 2012

Can you believe my F** MIL shared her fork with MY DD!!! I was too chicken to say "well...am I feeding her or are you?!"

I was livid!!! ggrr...I knew it wasn't good for the LOs..if I would have once read this I would have quoted "you will transfer decay-causing bacteria, so please don't share your utensil!!"

btw- I clicked 1 yr...she does great with straws and sippy..I won't push it so maybe 1.5 yrs? somewhere along that.

jlsimon56 · June 2012

My LO is no good at the sippy so we are keeping bottles until she figures them out. She will only get BM in bottles. Once we switch to sippies, she'll get water, WCM, and BM in them.