2006-12-20 13:47:55 · 21 answers · asked by tipsy_girl101 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
By one they should be off the bottle. If you introduce a sippy cup and they use it also they won't even notice when you take the bottles away. I took my daughter off at 11 months and threw out all the bottles. I didn't have any problems.
2006-12-20 14:00:40 · answer #1 · answered by Ndpndnt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally think a baby should be completely off a bottle by age 1. That is absolutely the latest. My kids start the sippy cup at age 6 months and by 9 months have pretty much mastered it.
2006-12-20 21:49:47 · answer #2 · answered by flredneckgal_21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our doctor told us to take the bottle away around a year of age... if you wait past 15 months, they will be WAY more difficult to get away he said. We started the sippy cup at 6 months with juice and water... and he really did well with it. When it came time to taking the bottle away, he would be hungry, so he would take the cup, but cry for a few minutes first before taking it- a little temper. Anyways, that took 3 days of that, and then he was just fine afterwards- not too bad at all! :)
2006-12-20 22:31:35 · answer #3 · answered by m930 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should begin the weaning process around one year of age. Both my boys self weaned before then.. my oldest at 11 months, my youngest was fully weaned by 10 months. I did nothing, it just happened. But up until the age of one, they should be getting most of their nutritional intake from breastmilk or formula, and then at one year, you begin the transition to making solid foods their primary source of nutrition. It can be as easy as taking away the bottles one day, it could require a gradual process of offering less and less in the bottles. Either way, introduce a cup of some sort before you wean, and make sure baby is able and willing to use the cup, so that baby can still get adequate fluid intake once you have weaned him/her.
2006-12-20 23:00:39 · answer #4 · answered by Jen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the bottle should go away around one year old. If there is a bottle for too long, they can get baby bottle tooth decay. Get the baby drinking from the sippy cup:) My daughter is 16 months old and drinks from a straw.:)
2006-12-20 21:57:34 · answer #5 · answered by joanna19f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Introduce sippy cup around 9 months (no pressure to baby, though) and hopefully wean them off the bottle by around 1 year. Most of them will transition without too much fuss if you introduce the cup and gently encourage. If they're around older kids that drink from sippy cups, that's a plus.
2006-12-20 21:51:47 · answer #6 · answered by julesl68 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Average age is 12 months but I would recommend starting a sippy cup around 8-9 months.
2006-12-20 21:51:15 · answer #7 · answered by judybug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can work both ways. I can remember one day when I was busy and my daughter was about a year and a half; she was thirsty so my husband fixed her a bottle. I tried to bite my tongue and I told him that she wouldn't take it. I was right because my daughter threw the bottle against the wall and milk went all over the place. I made my husband clean it up.
A lot of parents just get tired fixing bottles and kind of force the issue but some babies will see older siblings drinking out of cups and decide they also want to.
2006-12-20 22:01:05 · answer #8 · answered by Merilee L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had both my kids off the bottle by the time they were a year. A lot of the reason I did that was because by the time they were getting in their teeth they were tearing up the nipple. I didn't want them eating the silicon by mistake.
2006-12-20 21:52:11 · answer #9 · answered by water.bratz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
experts say a year but make sure baby has mastered the sippy cup and is getting plenty to drink using the sippy cup only
2006-12-20 21:50:41 · answer #10 · answered by Baby Julie due 5/12 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋