Holding bottle or sitting up?

ebettley · January 2013

Has your LO began holding its bottle? If so, what month?

My DS refuses to even put his hands on his bottle..lazy little thing!

He is doing good sitting, however he will still topple over from time to time and can not get to the sitting position himself. We have to sit him down. How is your LO doing?

khill86 · January 2013

DS sits really well on his own. He can get into sitting by himself. He only likes to sit up once he's found something interesting to play with. If I sit him down he'll stay there until he's bored and just go to his belly.

We BF so I can't comment on the bottle from experience, but I have a friend whose baby would NOT hold her own bottle and still won't at a year! She plays with her hair with both hands while my friend holds the bottle. BUT she'll hold it for her grandma, no problem! My friend was worrying, but now she realizes her daughter is just lazy and prefers not to hold her own bottle when she doesn't have to haha!

acbfreire · January 2013

DD has been holding the bottle for over a month. She sits for a few seconds but then falls to the side or forward and rolls onto her tummy. She cannot get into sitting on her own.

unaveragejane · January 2013

I didn't even realize that holding their own bottle was something they are supposed to learn how to do until the pedi asked about it at today's appointment. DS will try to hold his bottle, but he can't keep it tipped up enough and winds up sucking air rather than formula. I'm wondering if this holding the bottle thing is more for babies who eat laying back. I've always held DS almost completely straight up to eat to help with his reflux.

As for sitting, DS can sit up on his own for several minutes at a time if he is really engaged in something. I still put a lot of pillows or a Boppy behind him b/c we have hardwood floors and he'll eventually crash over. He hasn't started getting into the sitting position on his own yet. Do they typically start doing this from their bellies or backs?

khill86 · January 2013

unaveragejane:
I didn't even realize that holding their own bottle was something they are supposed to learn how to do until the pedi asked about it at today's appointment. DS will try to hold his bottle, but he can't keep it tipped up enough and winds up sucking air rather than formula. I'm wondering if this holding the bottle thing is more for babies who eat laying back. I've always held DS almost completely straight up to eat to help with his reflux.As for sitting, DS can sit up on his own for several minutes at a time if he is really engaged in something. I still put a lot of pillows or a Boppy behind him b/c we have hardwood floors and he'll eventually crash over. He hasn't started getting into the sitting position on his own yet. Do they typically start doing this from their bellies or backs?

They can usually get into sitting once they start crawling. So from their bellies. DS crawls then he'll find something worth examining and sit up. So from hands and knees, he tucks a foot under him and kicks one leg out to the side, then pulls his torso up.

emberlee3 · January 2013

DD holds onto her own bottle some of the time, but she gets too distracted to hold it herself for a full feeding. She sits up very well, and can almost get herself to sitting from her belly. She is trying really hard to crawl, too.

DS never held his own bottle. Never even tried. Even so, he self-weaned at 10.5 months, held his own sippy, and was a self-feeder from an early age with utensils and finger foods. Some babies just like to relax with their milk

laurenhankey · January 2013

I would say our LO has been holding her bottle for 2 months if not more? I never really jotted down when she started doing it (like I do everything else!). She can sit in the tripod position for quite some time but can't get there on her own too well even though she tries so hard!! We're getting there though!

topaz7777 · January 2013

DD holds a bottle at daycare and can stay in a sitting position for hours until she sees something that is worth a belly flop. She can't get back to sitting though, so if she finds something fun, she rolls to her back and plays with it. Then she will get frustrated and cry until I put her back in a sitting position.

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