Still using bottles???

chelle7707 · March 2013

I have no idea if we are behind or on target. My LO still takes 4 bottles of formula a day. How many bottles are your LO's still taking??

KatFCo · March 2013

DS still takes several bottles a day. We're working on night weaning. He also hasn't shown a lot of interest in sippy cups yet. I think there's a wide range of where kids are right now, so I wouldn't worry.

chelle7707 · March 2013

Same here. DS is really not doing well with a sippy. In fact he seems to hate it. He also will not hold his own bottles. We are still mostly eating purees and some (not a whole lot) of table food. We are also working on night weaning. We have gone to the CIO method which kills us. I actually sit there and cry while I watch the montior but when he sleeps hes SO much happier during the day!!

MegSowers · March 2013

4 bottles a day for us. STTN. Purees, yogurts... not anything too crazy for "real" food. LO's weight was a concern, so they told us to concentrate on the bottle for calories.

KristenS09 · March 2013

DD BF's in the am and then has 2-3 bottles while I am at work (I'm usually gone for 10 hours) and then will BF once before bed. She will takes little drinks from a sippy cup but only if we hold it for her. I feel better about this now knowing I am not alone.

SteelCity44 · March 2013

When DS is at daycare, he gets 2 bottles. The rest of the day, he nurses or drinks WCM or water from a sippy. I want to transition the bottles (half WCM, half BM) to a sippy, but DH isn't ready yet.

jcsntms06 · March 2013

She still getting formula/mixed with WCM four times a day, but we have been offering them in sippy cups. We plan to make the switch to sippy full time soon.

Jazzyashes84 · March 2013

chelle7707:
I have no idea if we are behind or on target. My LO still takes 4 bottles of formula a day. How many bottles are your LO's still taking??

Yup, us too. 4 Bottles/day 7oz I recently ordered a straw cup (Lollacup) that is supposed to be spill-proof! So I think I am just going to start filling that up with formula throughout the day and let him drink what he wants.

He seems like he's getting kinda big to be laying down drinking a bottle. Morning/Night time is fine though he's still a baby

Andreabks · March 2013

our pedi didn't say anything about timing, and she only recenly has wanted to drink out of my cup. now if its in my hand, she wants it.

so long story short she's still taking all her BM in bottle form. i'll probably buy her a sippy cup next time i'm at target.

Andreabks · March 2013

oops, wrong board. good to know there are mom's this far along still using bottle though!

Mrs.LKA · March 2013

Jazzyashes84:
chelle7707:
I have no idea if we are behind or on target. My LO still takes 4 bottles of formula a day. How many bottles are your LO's still taking??
Yup, us too. 4 Bottles/day 7oz I recently ordered a straw cup (Lollacup) that is supposed to be spill-proof! So I think I am just going to start filling that up with formula throughout the day and let him drink what he wants.
He seems like he's getting kinda big to be laying down drinking a bottle. Morning/Night time is fine though he's still a baby

OP: DS gets 2 6 oz bottles plus 2-3 straw cups of WCM/Formula. I tried SO many sippy cups before trying a straw cup. He took to the straw cup right away! So if your little one isn't into the sippy cups I suggust trying a straw cup.

Jazzy: I have the Lollacup, just an FYI it is FAR from spill-proof. I have found that most of the spill-proof straw cup are way to hard to suck from so DS can't use them. I do like the Lollacup, but I only put water in it since it spills everytime he sets it down since it tips over.

MANDALYOUNG1 · March 2013

We're still on three bottles a day. She has one in the am, when she wakes up, another at nap time, then bedtime. The rest of the day she eats solids and drinks from the sippy.

Megasaurus12 · March 2013

My LO still uses a bottle for EBM and still nurses frequently in addition to solids. I found luck with the sippy cup if I give her something other than milk out of it. Water or super watered down apple juice 1 part juice: 45 parts water she won't take EBM out of it yet though.

abbyful · March 2013

For milk, still on bottles. He gets 3 or 4 bottles of pumped milk at daycare, then when I'm with him I nurse him. He also gets about 8 oz of solid food a day.

He loves drinking from a sippy cup, but he isn't efficient at it yet and it's mostly just playing/practicing. He only gets water in the sippy cup, no way am I going to waste breastmilk in there yet!

Edit: Oops, sorry, I'm not an April 2012 mom, I thought I clicked on August 2012!

BrittanyH43 · April 2013

We have LO on a bottle in the morning and before bed. Otherwise its a sippy cup. She really hated the cup at first, and I had to buy multiple different types before we found one she likes. She is mostly on regular food as well. She already has 10 teeth and has hit most milestones early. Kids all progress at different rates, just follow their lead!

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