I know it depends on the child but most kids by this age are off of the bottle. The pediatrician said to just throw them away and forget about it. Grandma still likes to give him the bottle from time to time though. he asks for it alot as well. Will he eventually get tired of it?
2006-09-14 15:05:58 · 25 answers · asked by mannymota 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Wow, appreciate all the insight.
He drinks from a sippy cup too and a regular cup sometimes with a little help. I do think the bottle is a comfort thing like some of you said. He likes to brush his teeth though so thats a good thing.
2006-09-14 15:45:15 · update #1
It will ruin his teeth-yes I know they'll fall out, but it will still affect his perm teeth down the road. My sister found this out the hard way. For some reason it makes the teeth soft, more sensitive, and prone to cavities even with good brushing and flossing.
2006-09-14 15:12:38 · answer #1 · answered by heaven help me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see you are getting a variety of different responses, but here's my two cents worth... Even if a child were to occasionally drink from a bottle UNTIL the age of five and in kindergarten, social pressure (i.e. not wanting to be embarrased in front of his peers) would eventually put an end to the bottle. As for any concerns about tooth decay, my son's pediatrician simply said, don't put them to bed (literally) with a bottle. If you let your son have a bottle as part of his nighttime routine, that's fine. Again, just don't put him to bed with it and do the best you can to brush his teeth afterwards (I know, it's a struggle with little ones).
And to anyone who thinks that drinking from a sippy cup is some important rite of passage...let's face it. How do they drink from a bottle? They suck on it. How do they drink from a sippy cup? They suck on it. Same thing, slightly different mechanism. : )
2006-09-14 22:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all of my boys were off the bottle at or before 1 year. you say that he can drink out of a sippy cup, so just get rid of the bottle and dont keep them around. you just need to tell grandma that he doesnt need a bottle and you are the mother so she should respect you. If she doesnt follow your wishes, you will just have to keep him away until she gets the picture. Besides him being too old for the bottle, its very bad for his teeth!
2006-09-17 23:14:05 · answer #3 · answered by holly w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree - you should get Grandma on board with the program. I wouldn't recomend just throwing away all the bottles and demanding he drink from a cup. Get your son involved. Offer him a special cup (one of his faveorite cartoons perhaps?) and encourage him to help you throw away all the bottles in exchange for the new cup.
The bottle is likely a safety/comfort item for your son. He's old enough now that if you just simply yank the bottle away form him and force him into something else he will feel scared and hurt. Instead - help him to understand its a new and fun thing and encourage him to make the choice :)
2006-09-14 22:38:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My baby is now 4 so this was sometime ago, but I through out all the bottles and any thing else she liked to suck on the day she turned one and put her on a sippy cup with a soft sippy lid, it was as soft as a bottle nipple. she didn't like it for about two days and I only would let her have a drink out of it, then after 6 weeks I put her on a hard lid sippy cup.
maybe let him pick out his own cup and act up about him picking out his big boy cup and let him help you make his drink in it when you first get it home keeping him happy about it on the way home. Then later hide the bottles out of the kitchen then the next time when he ask for a bottle say OK you can help mommy make it, have him look for a bottle with you and oops where did they go? then say "look, I found your BIG BOY cup,want to make your drink in it? well it worked with my baby hope this helped! you all so could go to parents.com. one of my friends used it to see if her son was ready to give it up. Her son had to have a bottle, only after school in the car when she picked him up til age 6. she just didn't want to take anything away until he wanted to let go but,she found out being ready and not wanting to let go is two different things only mom's know what they should do with their kids go with what your heart tells you.but don't feel like you should rush him, he is only 2 after all. you might try a soft sippy cup only when he asks for a bottle, and see how get goes.
2006-09-14 23:46:45 · answer #5 · answered by jenny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should have started getting him off the bottle at 1 years old. Just give him all drinks in a sippy cup and get rid of the bottle otherise he can get buck teeth and other tooth problems. No matter how much he wants it don't give in to him, you would be just making it worst in the long run.
2006-09-14 22:21:18 · answer #6 · answered by Jamie M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few reasons why you should really try hard to get him off the bottle. Reason one it could rot his baby teeth right out of his head because you drink diffrently out of a bottle than you do with a cup.The second reason is child hood obesity you can monitor his milk intake better with a cup instead of using a bottle as comfort food the child will be more likely to eat as a need to comfort where he should only eat whenhj hungry.
2006-09-14 22:15:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think a 2 year old should have a bottle. if you leave it up to him to decide he could keep it untill hes 5. just slowly replace the bottle with a sippy cup. what helped my little one was to tell her she was a big girl now, and that she needed a big girl cup. shes was off just about a month after she turned a year,
2006-09-17 17:01:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you should get him a sippy cup it's practically the same thing as a bottle plus if you ask me it's not good for his teeth.
2006-09-14 22:13:46 · answer #9 · answered by Miss Bank$ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get sippy cups. You can get the ones that can be used a few times and throw away( they are good if you are on the go with your son a lot).
2006-09-14 22:18:56 · answer #10 · answered by luvtohateyou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋