She has Milk in the morning and at night - not too much just 5 oz of milk and some water to dilute it a bit. We brush our teeth after morning bottle and before we go to bed. The rest of the day she either drinks water out of a sports bottle or a beaker with a flip spout. She only drinks water (mostly) or Milk (am and pm). I've tried giving her milk in a cup and she won't drink it so I'd rather carry on giving her milk in a bottle. At least I know she's getting her calcium. Is this really bad - her teeth are growing fine - nice and straight. Should I be forcing her to give up the bottles or is it acceptable to let her carry on for a while longer?
2007-08-13 11:19:25 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
She never drinks from a bottle in the day at all. She only has water from a beaker and drinks plenty of water. She doesn't like squash or juice which is good! She loves her Milk first thing in the morning she still like to come into our bed for half an hour and she has a bottle of milk. She also has another before going to bed. Why are bottles so bad? Will these two bottles a day really affect her teeth or become a problem? Of course my aim is to stop them soonish. I just wondered whether I could leave it another 6 months. She loves having a cuddle and some milk in the morning and at night, it really comforts her I'd hate to take it away but don't wanna cause other problems. HELP!
2007-08-13 11:31:26 · update #1
Her teeth are lovely and have been checked by dentist. Her speech is great - she says a new word everyday and is very clear.
2007-08-14 02:22:44 · update #2
Too many people will try and force you and baby onto the next stage and since she is not yet 2 i would carry on for a while longer, the night before her birthday and after her last milk feed have a little birthday bunny is taking the bottle away ceremony...and in he morning it will be her birthday and a new routine will begin...just pour her milk into a beaker and allow her to open her presents...hopefully that will take her mind off it and make it an easy transition...
good luck
2007-08-13 11:29:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
OK.... question 1: your friends son has a severe expressive delay. The best thing you can do is urge her to call the local elementary school and ask for a speech evaluation. If he does indeed have a speech delay they should offer him a spot in the special needs preschool and he would get therapy there. Her life will be so much easier and less stressful when he can communicate his needs and wants. A speech delay is not an indication of intelligence. My son is so smart that even his support administrator is in awe of his computer skills and things like that...he just turned 3 in november and 13 months ago he only said 10 words! Question 2: according to WIC a bottle is not an "approved feeding method" after the age of 12 months. However I DO know that some kids either have trouble with learning how to use a sippy cup, or refuse to give up that bottle. My breastfed son was using a sippy cup months before my friends son (who is 2 months older). She was freaking out that WIC would cancell her benefits becasue her 15 month old still had a bottle. I personally was a bottle baby and my mom had to tell me that she threw my bottles away when I was 4 years old before I would give it up. SO, although not ideal, there are lots of parents who allow it. I would give it a few more months, then maybe have a casual conversation about what kind of sippy your son likes...or if she visits your house you could offer her child a drink in a sippy and see what the kid does with it :)
2016-05-17 05:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by devona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 2 sons my eldest is about to turn 5 at the end of the week and he loved his bottle, it is a comfort thing i found it really hard to get him off his night bottle he was actually 3 years when i finally got rid of it which is really bad. My youngest is 22 months and i vowed not 2 make the same mistake with him and the day he tuend one his bottles went in the bin and i replaced it with a cup, the first few nights he cried but got over it easier then i had expected he still has a cup of milk in bed now, but the bottle has gone, my eldest was a late speaker and i think it was due to the bottle as he was used to sucking and it controls the way the mouth works. The decision is yours if ur wanting to leave it a bit longer y not try on the 2 nd birthday explain you need 2 leave the bottles for the birthday fairy in replacement for presents. Good Luck
2007-08-14 01:34:02 · answer #3 · answered by AMANDA G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. My youngest is almost 3 and still wants a bottle at night. I don't know who came up with the idea that babies need to be off the bottle at 2. I've never stuck to that rule and I have four healthy children with beautiful teeth. I think what's most important is that your child is happy. My son drinks from a regular cup during the day and isn't at all interested in a sippy cup. Only when he's tired does he want a bottle. I keep suggesting a sippy cup but until he's interested it's really his call. Good luck :)
2007-08-13 19:02:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some ways yes she's a little too old and in other ways it's not.
It's not going to hurt her teeth. I would try to wean her from the morning bottle and then eventually the night time bottle.
That bottle is almost like a security blanket for her and the one thing I can say is "It's better than seeing her with a pacifier in her mouth" as I've seen children the age of 6 having. Good luck and she'll be ready soon to give up that bottle.
2007-08-13 12:16:55 · answer #5 · answered by Mignon F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about it...what's bad for her teeth is if you don't brush them after the bottle (especially at bedtime). But it sounds like you've got that covered. What the hell is all the fuss about giving a child a bottle for a few years? People in other cultures nurse or give a bottle until the child is 4 or 5. When my son was about 2 1/2 we told him a made-up tale about the "Bottle Fairy", and how she will come to a BIG kid's house and take all his bottles for a new baby who needs them (we enlisted the help of an expectant friend for this side of the story) and will leave a BIG KID present for you in exchange for the bottles. Well, he mulled it over for a few months and then one night out of the blue: "Mom, I've been thinking about this bottle fairy thing. I think August (the friend's soon-to-be-born baby) is really going to need bottles, and I don't need them anymore, so I think we should leave them for the Bottle Fairy and she can give them to August." That night he put all his bottles in a box and we left them on the desk, and the next morning THEY WERE GONE ("Whaaaaa??? How did THAT happen!?!?!") and in their place was a brand-new Leap-Pad. Hey! That's only a toy for BIG KIDS!! Babies would NEVER know what to do with a Leap-Pad! The next day at school August's mom thanked my son profusely for the bottles that the Fairy left at their house, and my son only asked for his bottle once the next night; I had to gently remind him that they were gone, and I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do. That was it. He still drinks a sippy cup of milk at bedtime, though (and then we BRUSH HIS TEETH!!!!) I hope this idea helps you with your daughter. And BTW, the bottles all just went to Goodwill.
2007-08-13 11:55:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My friend's son was almost NINE years old, and he still took the bottle to bed. He was a poor eater, and she reckoned the same as you; that at least he was getting milk at least once a day.
20 months is not too bad; another 6 to 12 months will probably see the end of it. They give it up naturally. Don't force her; it's a little comfort thing for her, I guess. And she's a little young to have her comfort removed!
2007-08-13 11:31:21 · answer #7 · answered by marie m 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No not really it is bad for her teeth to have a bottle then she will be dependant on it. Just ask her when you are at the store if she would like these kind of cups that have characters of shows and she will probably be glad to give up her bottle. and tell her she will be a big girl if she does give up the bottle for some nice sippy cups. give her a sippy cup or straw cup with her favorite characters on it. My son when he turned one literally threw his baby bottles in the trash and said he wanted a sippy cup. now he still has a cup but it has a lid and a straw and he is 4 now. I hope you find this helpful because then you dont have to clean anymore of the bottle nipples just clean a sippy cup lots easier
2007-08-13 11:40:01 · answer #8 · answered by jen1999_81 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are we talking cows milk? as this is not suitable for children as it is hard to digest and contributes to excema and asthma, you do not need it for calcium as you can get calcium quite adequately from a balanced diet, fish green veg eg broccoli,
try her on a soya based drink or rice milk which is naturally sweet and tasty and satisfying, the milk industry has brainwashed us into believing that we need to drink the liquid from the udders of another animal.
2007-08-14 05:45:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 21 year old son lives on milk!he has bottles of it during th day,im trying to get him off the bottle,he will drink water and juice during the day,but he has to have milk before he goes asleep as it fills him and hes not up in the night looking for food,youre doing great,try get him off the bottle as it can impair their speech
2007-08-13 12:11:42 · answer #10 · answered by lees 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋