At what age should I take away the bottle from my baby?

Answer 1

Pretty baby name. :-)

I would say 12 months for the bottle and the pacifier. I was lucky that my kids both kind of refused the paci after about 5 months.

Transfer her to a sippy cup or better yet, a regular cup. She can learn early. It's what they did before there were sippy cups, and it will help her not use the sippy cup as a bottle.

Answer 2

Believe it or not, I have 3 girls and I did not have to take the bottle away from them. The older they got the less they wanted the bottle, I made sure they ate 3 well rounded meals a day and gave a sippy cup with it, and they gave up their bottles between 11 and 13 months of age.

Answer 3

It should be gone by age 1 for sure, but my doctor said any time after 7 months was a great time to start. Our daughter was off her bottle completely by 9 months and used a soft spout cup (made by advent or gerber) and she never looked back! The younger they are, the easier it is! I watched my sister try to break her 16 month old son from the bottle and it was pure h*ll! He would kick, scream, punch, throw things and everything when he wanted his bottle. He even broke a window with the cup my sister gave him. Good Luck though!!

Answer 4

I started wheening my son off of his bottle at 8 months. During the day I would put his formula inside a sippy cup and let him drink as often as he wanted. During the night when he'd wake up I'd let him have his bottle. By the time he was 10 months old he only wanted the sippy cup. It was an easy way to "train" him to have a cup instead of fighting to get the bottle away after being a year old.

Answer 5

Between 12 and 15 months is the right time to wean from the bottle. Actually, they can start using a soft-spouted sippy cup at around 6 months of age.

Answer 6

Doctors usually tell you to take the bottle away at 1 year, but it is all up to you. You are the mom and you know what is best for your baby.

Answer 7

1 yr is a good age to start promoting cup drinking. At this age they will be less likely to form the habit of drinking from a bottle. The cup or sippy cub will also help develop hand eye coordination. Make sure you have lots of Resolve or carpet cleaner on hand...it can be a messy transition, but def. worth it.

Good luck and happy weaning!

Answer 8

I would say by one it's good to be totally off the bottle. My 8 month old son is now off the bottle except he still has one at bedtime. He uses cups for meals and for a big serving of formula between lunch and dinner. If you are going to try to be off bottles by one year, you should start introducing the cup now, though.

Answer 9

to initiate with I in basic terms saved 3 bottles at a time. the reason grew to become into to maintain the quantity of dishes down. I used powdered formula and made the bottles sparkling at each and each feeding. I took the bottle from my infant while she grew to become right into somewhat over a million. She could have been 14-15 months. long in the previous I took the bottle I presented the cup to her. She has been eating from a cup considering the fact that 10 months. i began out feeding her truly huge food around mattress time so as that she does no longer be hungry in any respect and not desire the milk. Then I gave her a cup of milk in the previous mattress and he or she went directly to sleep. loads of the time, the no longer common part of breaking somewhat one from the bottle is mattress time. it somewhat is a convenience to them. The suckling places them to sleep. in case you could spoil that habit while they are youthful then you truly won't have lots difficulty. She did inquire from me for a bottle each and every so frequently and that i informed her the reality. "i'm sorry yet you're too huge for a bottle now. yet you will have your cup." and he or she went alongside with it.

Answer 10

It all depends on the child. water bottle at night, milk in cup.
If you take the bottle away too soon, they like all of us, will sub one habit for another.
YOU certainly don't want to wean the baby off the bottle, have another baby w/in 6 months and give the bottle to the new one.
That is seen as betrayal!

A lot of adults have oral fixations,
Cigars, Cigerettes, nail biting, hand sucking, finger in the mouth,
twisting and chewing on their hair, pulling at their ear... etc.
due to having the bottle taken away too soon.

My Mom weaned me off the bottle at 12-14 months and 2 months later the bottle appeared in the fridge, so normally I thought it was mine! So, I took it! It was for my new born brother. I really felt betrayed.
***I missed my comfort of that bottle, so she put water in it for me, and let me have it at bedtime. She teased me about it, and when i was 3-5 she quit washing it out for me, and i would have to clean it if i wanted clean water, one night I remember reaching for it, and it had fallen between my bed and the wall........i must not have used it for a few days, and it was all fuzzy and gross.
I NEVER TOUCHED THE BOTTLE AFTER THAT!

Don't take the bottle away too soon! Binky's look aweful in a 3yr old's mouth. Believe me, they won't be carrying the bottle to preschool.....and if they do, good ole peer presure will asure them that it's not the norm.

I would try at 18 mos, if child protests, offer them water in the bottle, and milk from a cup.

I hope that helps.
*Just think of how many Adults today carry a water bottle around with them! Comfort? or is it really for the water???

*hey do YOU carry a bottle of your own.....
of WATER???*