Can your DC hold a bottle on their own?

Re: Can your DC hold a bottle on their own?

• jwiatrek

  January 2009

  For 4 seconds!    I know it doesn't count but it was too cute when she did it this weekend for the first time.

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• Ankea97

  January 2009

  He will hold the bottle sometimes- we start holding it and he will take over.  If it tips over, he hasn't figured out how to fix that yet.

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• SummerMama12 member

  January 2009

  Yes, he is doing pretty well with it, too.  He takes it out of his mouth or rests it in the corner of his mouth briefly and then resumes eating.  He can hold it for the whole feeding now.

  
  
  

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• Alexandria Campbell

  January 2009

  Yes. He has taken to giving himself his bottle now at night. And when he feeds himself he finished much faster for some reason

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• olivejuice127

  January 2009

  Yup, DD feeds herself in the mornings while laying on our bed. DH gets dressed and watches her just to make sure everything goes ok.

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• jenpoz

  January 2009

  Not really.  She will grab it when I am feeding her, but if I let go, she can't keep the nipple in her mouth to actually feed herself.  We use the Born Free bottles, which are rather wide, so I wonder if we used a skinnier one, if she might get a better grip on it.  She gets the idea, but hasn't mastered it quite yet! 

   

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• userdeleted member

  January 2009

  Not yet. He tries but all he does is push it out of the way. I actually had a heart to heart with him about this last night:

  "Me: Sweetie. I know you're trying to help mommy by holding the bottle yourself, but here's the thing, you can't.

  DS: Smile. Push bottle out of the way. Cry angrily because the bottle is gone.

  Me: See what I mean dear? You're just making things worse. Mommy wishes you would cut it out.

  DS: Smile now that bottle is back. Push it away again. Cry again.

  Me: *Sigh.* You're being difficult, just like your daddy. Now I think you're doing this on purpose just to annoy me.
  

  DS: Big smile."

  I can't wait until he can really hold it
  

  

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• laur1120

  January 2009

  Not yet. She is starting to get the idea though. She was holding it with both hands this weekend but I was still holding it too.

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