do you feel bad if hey are still using them past one year cause they shouldnt have them right?
2006-11-21 14:18:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I took the pacifier away when my children got their first tooth at the age of 5 months and the bottle away at one. They adjusted quickly and I did not have a problem. I never could stand seeing a 3 or older year child in public with a pacifier or a bottle in their mouth, It still bothers me seeing that.It is one of my pet peeves I guess.
2006-11-21 15:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by Urchin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK, I have 2 daughters. Both hated the pacifer by the end of 6 months. I never had to "wean" them off of them. Now the bottle is another story. One of my daughters was done with bottles by the time she was about 10 months old. She loved her sippy cups and wanted to use them. My other daughter was still having a bottle of water when she went to bed at 3. I told her she would have to stop the bottle - that she was a big girl (I had the same problem with the potty). She said she would when she was 4. On the morning of her 4th birthday, she came down stairs, walked to the trash and threw away her bottle. Then she went into the bathroom and used the toilet, never again to wear a diaper. She came out of the bathroom, looked at me and my husband and said "told you". We stood there with our mouths open.
You really don't give enough information, so there is a yes and a no to your answer. If it's the only thing they will use to drink liquids, then yes it's bad. If they want a bottle at bed, or when they are scared (same with a pacifer), then once in a while (at home) is fine. Personally, I hate pacifers - and it really gets me when I see 4 and 5 year olds sucking on the blasted things. Bottles are different. Kids form attachments to things...bottles, blankets, teddy bears, etc. If the bulk of his nourishment is from a cup, then a little water in a bottle isn't going to hurt him and he won't be going to school with one. Relax.
2006-11-21 22:31:19 · answer #2 · answered by Allison S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I work in a daycare with children 6month -5 years. There are many children who use a pacifier until they are 2. It is a real source of comfort to them. Kids at that age can not do something to comfort themselves..so, this does it. I could never understand that notion that kids should be off them by 1!!..That is so harsh to them. No child ever goes to college still on a bottle or a sucky. lol. And for the teeth, well..let's face it..it is their baby teeth, it does not harm their permanent teeth.. I see nothing wrong with giving a child the comfort of a paciifer or a drink of warm milk thru a bottle.
2006-11-21 22:35:14 · answer #3 · answered by sticky J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first had a pacifier until he was 3 but we reserved it only for nap and bedtime and only at home and in the crib. Every household is different, and while there is some potential risk to teeth development, our house was so stressful at the time, I felt it was better to let him have the comfort item then add more stress to his life.
The last thing I read said the problem lies with letting the child suck on the pacifier 24 hours a day. No one knew he even had a pacifier that long except the occasional babysitter.
2006-11-21 22:35:43 · answer #4 · answered by DJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is suggested that you wean from bottles and pacifiers at one year. My first was about 14 or 15 months old when I finally took his bottle away for good and that first 24 or so hours was hell. I felt horrible and wanted so bad to give it back, but he VERY quickly adjusted to just using a cup - within a couple days he was fine with it. He never took a paci, though. Now my second is 13 months old and still uses a bottle, but will drink from a cup and he also stopped using his paci on his own a few months or so ago.
2006-11-21 22:22:43 · answer #5 · answered by magen n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally dont like pacifers, but since my mother in law kept buying them I thought id at least try it. Both my kids had no interest. With the bottle they both kinda stoped at a year old. now that I am preg again with my 3rd, my daughter who is now 15mos sees the bottles I am buying and totally remembers. She trys to use them even though they are empty lol.
My advice is to not pressure ur child to stop just because ur worried what others think. I agree with the lady whos child stopped on her 4th Bday. They will quit when they are ready. But of course encourage the growing process but dont force. Good luck and God Bless
2006-11-22 01:32:40 · answer #6 · answered by goober 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both of my children just lost interest in a pacifier once they got teeth. Past 1yr I would just take the pacifier.
For a bottle- if they are having problems with a sippy cup then use the bottle by all means, otherwise just switch to the sippy.
2006-11-21 22:22:56 · answer #7 · answered by iampatsajak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son had his until he was just over 6 months old. I cant stand seeing children with a pacifier over the age of a year. It's also not the greatest for the child for have one for too long especially when their teeth start coming in it will cause them to grow in crooked.
2006-11-21 22:49:16 · answer #8 · answered by missjewl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter was off the bottle by 18 months...she wanted to be like her 3 year old cousin who was drinking out of cups. She held on to her pacifier until she was almost three, SHE threw it away herself. Nope I never felt bad because she was using her pacifier past the age of a year because it gave her comfort and I knew she wold eventually out grown it...which obviously she did.
2006-11-21 23:44:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pacifier- 9 months old
bottle- 10 1/2 months old
2006-11-21 22:57:30 · answer #10 · answered by Alison 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋