When should we stop bottle-feeding milk to our 1.5 year son?

Answer 1

ASAP the longer he is on it the harder it will be to ween him. They say most babies start an emotional attachment to the bottle at 7 mo. But its normal for his age to still use the bottle at times. i'd say average about 16 mo. It was easy for my son he just stopped wanting them he is 15 mo. he stopped completely at about 13 mo. Just make sure u take it slow. I found this article on babycenter.com http://www.babycenter.com/expert/toddler/toddlerfeeding/13364.html

Answer 2

Well It Is Recomened That The Baby Stops Using A Bottle By One Years Of Age, My Daughter Stopped Before That I Started Her On A Sipee Cup At 9 Months

Answer 3

NOW!!! My 6 year old daughter was off the bottle by 1 yr.
I have always heard that the bottle can ruin their teeth. Try giving him a sippy cup instead, one that has a stopper in it so the milk doesn't sit on his teeth. They also have cups with a fold down straw in it, so kids really get a kick out of drinking out of a straw like an adult.

Answer 4

6 months ago. My son is already drinking his juice out of a sippy cup and his milk will start going into a sippy cup as soon as he masters holding onto it. The transition to a sippy cup should start when solids start, in my opinion because it helps lessen the trauma when you switch from a bottle to a cup.

Try the Nuby sippy cups, they have soft spouts, kinda like bottle nipples. My 6 month old loves those.

Answer 5

We started our daughter on a sippy cup during the day at 1yr and then took the bottle away, she still continued with a bottle at night but just 1 and then we just gave her less an less as time went on until she gave it up for good. She was 2yrs old when she stopped all to gether.

Answer 6

There's really nothing wrong with letting your child use a bottle at this age as long as he doesn't go to sleep with it (brush his teeth before bed and put water in his bottle), and as long as he's not drinking so much that it's interfering with his solid intake (doctors worry about iron deficiency). I think he's supposed to be drinking between 18 and 24 oz. per day. Put water in it after that.

As long as the bottle doesn't interfere with his health, let him suck away. I'm assuming you're trying to wean him now and maybe having difficulty? I'm a big believer in intuitive parenting: if it feels right, do it. Why force him to do something he doesn't want to? (I held my toddler whenever he wanted as a baby. To heck with self-soothing-- at some point before college, he won't need hugs from Mommy anymore). If you're not trying to wean, you may want to try if you don't like the dirty looks people give you when you're out (or you can leave the bottle at home or in the car).

Answer 7

Now is the time. If you have problems try putting something he doesn't like in the bottle and milk in a cup.
My daughter didn't like water so that is all she could have in a bottle. She gave it up pretty fast.

Answer 8

As soon as they start trying to take a drink out of your glass when you are drinking. Now would be a good time to start offering sippy cups and just use a bottle at bed.

Answer 9

You should introduce him to a cup, but there is nothing wrong with an occasional bottle. As long as he's learning to use other things, try cutting him down to a few bottles a day, then one, and eventually he'll not need it.

Answer 10

I worked at a day care for about 1 1/2 and i had my own room and at the age or a year my children in the daycare were drinking out of cups.....