2007-01-12 17:46:00 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
i don't think so
2007-01-12 17:48:37 · answer #1 · answered by barb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bottle? No way. Diaper? no way. By that age, I figure they should wearing normal underwear with the plastic outer training pants. A three year old should be actively aware of the toilet and the parent should have a training potty or a training seat for them to use. Diapers, if used at all, should be reserved for long road trips at this point.
The bottle should be taken away- immediately. There's absolutely no reason why they shouldn't be drinking out of a spill-proof kid's cup by now.
2007-01-12 18:00:53 · answer #2 · answered by Rico Suave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not normal for a three year old to be sucking on a bottle. He or she should be drinking from a cup and at least working on the potty training. What are they going to do when the child is 4 years old and going to pre-k? There is a lot expected of children entering school.
2007-01-12 17:58:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, babies should be off the bottle by 18 months. Most children are potty trained by 3. Whenever they can comprehend what a potty is, it's a good time to get them sitting on it. There are some childcare centers that will not allow children to move up into the 3 year old classroom untill they a potty trained, because they do not have changing tables.
2007-01-12 17:52:54 · answer #4 · answered by mandie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When my son was 3, he still had so many accidents I kept him in diapers at night and in heavy absorbent training pants during the day. I took away the bottle. He liked sucking on a pacifier. He finally become totally toilet trained when he was 4 or 5 years old.
2007-01-12 17:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by candide93 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bottle needs to be taken away (doesn't this parent take him to a doctor and follow his advice?) If the child in being cared for at a day car/shuttled around to anyone who will keep him then the diapers are normal at his age. This is his way of telling his parents he is not happy.
2007-01-12 18:23:19 · answer #6 · answered by lily 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not in my opinion and most pediatricians would agree that that is too long to be sucking on a bottle and the child should be at least starting the process of potty training. All kids develop diferent but there are developmental standards and if it is the parent allowing this behavior and not a developmental disorder then they need a serious talking to about what they are doing to their child.
2007-01-12 17:49:45 · answer #7 · answered by Me 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's normal.
My cousin's three and she's been off the bottle and out of diapers for a while now.
It would be better to ask a doctor or pediatrician though, to get a professionals view on what to do and such.
2007-01-12 17:55:41 · answer #8 · answered by StarChild 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's normal. Children mature at different ages, and it takes time for some kids to want to learn to give up the bottle and pacifire and diapers.
Just give them time and start to try to teach them to sit on the potty, and start giving them a cup of milk before bedtime that way they don't want a bottle while they are lying in their bed.
2007-01-12 17:50:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No!My son stopped when he had turned three. Put the diapers on at night. My son is four and I have caught himtwice waking up and going to the bathroom,washing his hands and going back to bed. I managed this be transitioning him. I gave him a drink two hours before his bedtime then I'd have him go to the bathroom one hour before. After that he'd get a small drink. An hour later,right before his bedtime I would make him go to the bathroom again. He sleeps in his underwear now. He doesn't wake up to "go" but he does wake me up to change him. So that's good enough that he's grown enough to wake up and tell me to change him. The next transition is taking place now. I wake him up 3-4 hours after he goes to sleep,depending on the times he's been waking me up to change him. I encouareg him to wake up to pee rather than change because thats what we big boys do. This makes him want to be like me. Sometimes he gives me a hard time, but I have noticed it gets easier. He reminds me the next morning that he peed with me. He feels grown. The bottle was taken out around two maybe. We transitioned to sippy cups, then to small,plastic cups with straws. Now he is drinking from small glasses with a straw. He has yet to brake one. we always encourage him to "transition" because it's part of growing up. This makes him want to do it.
2007-01-12 17:58:45 · answer #10 · answered by vince 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not the bottle and there should be at least a little progress on the potty to!
2007-01-12 17:48:47 · answer #11 · answered by ~Another Day~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋