Is a 2 year and 2 month old too old for a bottle?

Question

Oh, it's just at nap and bed time.

Answer 1

Yes, way too old. They should have been off the bottle around a year ago. Have you tried a sippy cup instead? Some have spouts that are similar to a bottle nipple. Try that.

Answer 2

The 2 month old okay I see that but a 2 year old no. That is ridicules. What are you going to do when you think it is time to get rid of the bottle and he looks at you and says "no"? You do have a start by only at nap time and bed time. Now just try and eliminating the bottle at nap time and then bed time. Or just throw all the bottles away then when they want some thing to drink they can drink from a cup.

Answer 3

Yes, by 18 months is the easiest age for a child to wean from the bottle. Bottle use during naps and bedtime is actually the worst times that it can be used, since milk (or juice or whatever is in the bottle) pools around teeth, damaging them. Many children suffer from "bottle rot", where the teeth become so damaged from pooling milk/drink that they have to have the teeth removed prematurely. Bottle use after 2 also poses the risk of deformation to the pallate and teeth structure. It can cause the teeth to buck out and mess with your child's speech. Many of the children I see in preschool with speech issues developed them from prolonged use of the bottle. I recommend weaning your child from the bottle as soon as possible to eliminate the chance that they will have speech or tooth issues.

Answer 4

My son will be 2 in April. He gets the bottle when he wakes up in the middle of the night. While some parents and Doctors will surely disagree with me on that decision, I find that it is what comforts him most, and often times he just wants a sip or two. I did try the sipee cup at night before, but after a couple of nights with little sleep I decided that he needs it still. He was also premature, so technically he is not quite 15 months. Just relax, do what feels best for you and your child. If you really want to break him of it, then just do it, but trust me try to do it on days when you know that you will not suffer from the sleep deprivation! LOL! Good Luck!

Answer 5

Its way too old. The 14 month old I take care of drinks out of a cup with a straw most of the time. He uses sippy cups as well but not as often as the cup and straw. We started to wean him from his bottle before he turned 1 year old.

Answer 6

I work at a daycare, and we have 4 children ages 15 months to 23 months. They are all drinking out of sippy cups, at daycare and at home. That should tell you something. That child is only on the bottle because you let them be on a bottle.

Answer 7

Yes... our doctor told us to get him off of it at his year doc. appt. They said if you haven't gotten him off of it by 15 months, it's even more difficult to get it away... so we did right away.... took a good 3 days- I just took all bottles away entirely, and gave him a sippy cup instead (I always hold him when- I give him his milk-just as I did with his bottle...I think this helped). He would cry for a little bit, but then want it... so it didn't take too long, and by that 3rd day, he stopped crying and just took the sippy cup. We had also introduced the sippy cup around 6 months of age, so it wasn't anything new.

GOodluck!

Answer 8

It depends on the child. When the child is ready, an easy way to transition from bottle to sippy cup is using the Nuby system. I believe it's a 3 step process.
The nuby sippy cup is made with a soft silicone spout. From there, you can go to the no-spill cup with handles.
I personally like the Nuby system since the silicone spouts are easy on my child's teeth and palate.
OH! And never put sugary drinks in a sippy cup when putting the child down to sleep. That is shown to drastically increase the amount of tooth decay in the child.

Answer 9

NO NO NO THE BEST TIME TO TAKE THAT BOTTLE AWAY IS WHEN THERE A YEAR OLD MAYBE A LIL OVER A YEAR. BUT 2 YEARS OLD THATS TOO LONG, YOUR CHILD NEEDS TO BE ON A SIPPY CUP, AND NO BOTTLE. U NEED TO FIND SOME WAY TO BREAK THAT

Answer 10

At sleepy time only, I don't think it's that big a deal, but it should be water only, since anything else is bad for their teeth. I'd say gradually try to wean the child off the bottle using some sort of sippy "big boy or big girl" cup.