Bottle feeding

Myzticsunshine · November 2013

So my L/O doesn't too much seem to drink out of the sippy cup, he just fiddles with it, really. When are you really supposed to wean baby off the bottle? What happens if you don't? I feel like I've read up on the subject before, and yet I'm drawing a complete blank!

djm31012 · November 2013

they say after 1 years old. my nephew is almost 3 and still has a bottle in the morning when he wakes up. its really up to you. there is nothing bad that will happen if your child still drinks out of a bottle after 1. DS doesnt love the sippy cup either. I have only done water in there, not formula but hes 50/50 if he drinks from it. Go at your own pace..whatever works for your family.

Puck1182 · November 2013

I've always heard one year. DD still drinks from a bottle when she gets expressed milk, but when we give her a little water or juice with meals she drinks from a regular cup. She actually does better with that than with the sippy!

octobermama87 · November 2013

I've been trying to get LO to take a sippy for the last 2-3 months but not pushing it on him. He'll drink from it sometimes but honestly does really well drinking out of my cup using a straw. Only bad part is- it's not spill proof and I have to hold it for him.

penguingrrl · November 2013

I've always heard a year. My kids gave up the bottle before a year without issue. DD1 went on bottle strike at 10.5 months and wanted her formula in sippy cups. I did nothing to encourage or discourage it, she was ready. DD2 nursed until 16 months but switched to milk in a sippy during the day and nursing morning and night at 12 months without a problem. To be fair, she didn't have bottles all that frequently and wasn't attached to them, so that may be part of why it was so easy. My son only is offered a bottle every few weeks and most of the time he flat out rejects them, but he's getting good at drinking water from a sippy, so sometime soon we'll offer thawed breastmilk in a sippy and see how he does and probably stop offering bottles for those rare occasions.

That said, my cousin's son took bottles at bedtime far later (well past 3 I believe) and faced none of the warned-of consequences of doing so (his teeth are fine, no bottle rot, his speech is fine).

kelly321 · November 2013

I say do what's best for the kid. US pedis usually say to get rid of the bottle when they're a year old due to potential dental issues. DD1 wouldn't drink milk out of anything except a bottle, and she had so many eating issues dating back from birth that I just wasn't ready to cut milk out of her diet at 12 months. So she continued with bottles. We cut out all bottles except right before nap, right before bed, and 1 during the night when she was 20 months. When she was 26 months, we ditched those remaining 3 cold turkey. She hasn't touched milk since (I'm the same way, though), but she started eating better once she knew she couldn't count on getting a bottle to fill her up, and she started STTN consistently (if I had known that was going to do it...).

Myzticsunshine · November 2013

Thank you guys for your help! Much appreciated!

holly321 · November 2013

My dd still uses one to go to sleep. I brush her teeth once she is out, and always before bed, in the off chance she stirs too much. In all honest, I have no idea how to eliminate it. I am currently planning some form of bribery. She sees it as comfort, and doesn't really drink much from it, more just snuggles it.

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