I hear that bottle-feeding should cease when the child turns one year old.
What say you?
2007-12-10 03:41:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Yes, I completely agree, I always start right around the time they start to walk. Usually a year, give or take a month or 2
2007-12-10 03:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by TD R 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At around 10 months you should start putting the formula in a sippy cup, and giving that before or after you give cereal or baby food(which ever you do with the bottle). Still giving the bottle at the other times. Then by the time there a year and eating 3 meals a day you should be weaned off the bottle and giving whole milk.
2007-12-10 06:57:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When my daughter tuirned one I started putting her milk in a sippy cup all the time. I had to try a few different ones but by 14 months the bottle was totally gone. She had a sippy cup at 7 months with a little bit of water in it to get her used to them early, but she wanted a different sippy cup for her milk. I dont know why, but it was fine with me. I had planned on giving her until 16 months, but then I would have thrown them all away and a baby will not starve themselves so she would have eventually took one. Luckily I never had to do that though.
2007-12-10 03:47:30 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My son was horrible to break from the bottle!! At about 10 months, the pediatrician started pushing us to break him. But he was having nothing of it. I let him have two a day. One in the morning while waking up and the other at night before bed. But there were rules. He had to sit down until he was done. No playing or walking around. When he got up to play, the bottle was done for the day. And there was nothing given in the bottle but water. All of the "good stuff" came from cups. Eventually, his wanting to play got the best of him. He gave it up finally at about 14 months.
2007-12-10 04:03:16 · answer #4 · answered by lindsey j 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why is your wellness adviser advising you to wean him off the bottle???? he would be taught the thank you to drink out of the no drip sippy cups in case you supply them. often a new child is weaned via a million-a million a million/2 years previous from the bottle by way of concern bottles reason to tooth. in any case attempt the no-drip sippy cups as that doesn't come out somewhat speedy they nonetheless ought to suck to get something... reliable luck, and that i did no longer immediately anticipate you have been giving the new child soda-pop, I figured it must be juice. lol.....
2016-11-15 03:51:11 · answer #5 · answered by cywinski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that at about a year a sippy cup is a good choice if you aren't using the breast. It's really up to the individual parents. For my son, I had him using a sippy cup at about ten months so the whole bottle and breast thing didn't become an issue when he turned a year.
2007-12-10 04:23:25 · answer #6 · answered by .vato. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, that's right. I have started giving my 10 month old water in a sippy cup instead of a bottle and she does fine, she doesn't have it quite yet but she sure is getting there. She still drinks her formula from the bottle tough.
2007-12-10 03:51:44 · answer #7 · answered by Baby Ruth habla español 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I started weaning after 12 months, my daughter was completely off by 16 months. Could've probably been earlier, but working full time it's hard to know what her days are like at the sitter's.
2007-12-10 03:47:03 · answer #8 · answered by angelbaby 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do what you want and what you think is best for your child. I breastfed for 15 months and my daughter rarely got a bottle so when I stopped breastfeeding I let her use one.
2007-12-10 03:45:17 · answer #9 · answered by Precious 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I say definately by 14 or 15 months. i took my sons bottle away at 10 months. He was like, "Whatever." LOL
2007-12-10 03:45:31 · answer #10 · answered by Liz H 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋