Bottles & Sippies: Tween
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Getting Rid of the Bottle
Asked by L.L. from Salt Lake City
on March 21, 2008
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My daughter is 15 months old. We've weaned her off the bottle except for her nighttime one. We don't give it to her in her bed, we feed it to her and then put her in b...
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- My question is that you said she won't drink milk from a sippy cup or regular cup. So if she is off her bottle during the day, what is she drinking? What ever she is...
- My answer to the Dr would be "when we are ready!" one bottle at night isn't a big deal and every Dr will tell you something different cause bottle weaning only has gui...
- Do as your doctor says, get rid of that bottle! I have an 11 year old that wasn't completely weaned until she was 4 yrs old!! Her front teeth are ruined! She is defina...
Weaning from Bottle
Asked by S.E. from Philadelphia
on June 18, 2008
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Hello Ladies,
How old was your child when you started to wean him/her from the bottle? I have been told by my pediatrician to stop giving my almost 15-month old son ...
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- Hi S. I agree with the Mom's who say get rid of the bottle. The longer you wait, the harder it will be and it is only a delivery method for his liquids. My son wa...
- Hi S.! Is the bottle a problem, or too much milk? I weaned my youngest off the bottle w/a NUBY sippy cup. The tops are soft like a bottle nipple and it worked wonde...
- I've been told by many doctors over many years that a bottle is only a tool for Mom to feed her child, a replacement for the breast. If I child can hold his own bottle...
The Dreaded Bottle
Asked by M.B. from Miami
on August 11, 2006
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I have an almost three-year-old (will be turning 3 in October), who is still in love with her bottle and absolutely refuses to go to sleep without drinking some milk r...
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- Boy do I know how you feel! My daughter was just a couple months younger than yours, when we finally were able to take the bottle away. BUT, she was only drinking wa...
- M., Megan is a big sister now and needs to have the responsibility of showing her "baby" sisters how big girls drink out of a cup. Be a little dramatic with it. Whoop...
- One of my friends told her son that once he turned 2 all of his pacifiers would break. I'm sure this will work with bottles too. That night before his birthday and a...
12 Year-old BOY - Weigt Loss Suggestions
Asked by K.T. from Chicago
on October 23, 2010
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My 12 year-old son has been very conscious about his weight lately. Although he IS on the chubby side, I don’t necessarily see him as OBESE although that's his doct...
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- Hi, I really feel for him. I struggled with being a little overweight at his age and it was no fun. Now I'm a pediatric physical therapist and I can see where my fam...
- I agree that this is going to have to be more of a lifestyle change for not only him but the entire household. Grocery shopping is a big one! There are lots of thing...
- i had a chubby fellow too, and it was a difficult line to walk. i wanted to help help himself, and not be the food police, and to make it as easy for him as i could. h...
Problem with Sippy Cups
Asked by K.B. from Columbus
on September 24, 2009
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I am raising my 2 1/2 year old grandsons, my problem is they drink out of Nuby soft spout sippy cups, which are great. The issue I am having is they do not have the va...
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- Throw away these cups forever. Never give them anyhthing they want when they pitch a temper fit. It will only get worse. They must learn how to ask properly forsome...
- K., I have an inhome daycare and also grandparent to that age.....I too use the nuby cups b/c I love them.....best cup to transition from bottle. The best thing nuby...
- I may sound cruel but... throw them out in front of them and do not give them the option of going back to the cups you hate. Kids will eat when their hungry and drink...
Getting 14 Month off the Bottle
Asked by B.O. from San Francisco
on April 17, 2008
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone out there has advice about how to get my 14 month old off the bottle. She will drink out of a sippy cup (water and juice only) but she w...
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- I'd be interested in this too. My son is 12.5 mo and will not take milk (warm or cold) from his sippy cups. I had one successful try with a born-free training cup, b...
- Hi B., I had the same problem and my peditrician recommended putting a small amount of Ovaltine in your milk and slowly reduce the amount your putting in. I starte...
- Have you tried flavoring the milk in the sippy cup with strawberry or chocolate? That is what I had to do to get my son to drink milk out of the cup. I put about 1-2...
How to Get My 4 Year Old off the Sippy Cup
Asked by N.A. from Baton Rouge
on March 9, 2009
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My daughter just turned 4 on March 1st. She has been off the bottle since she was just over a year old but drinks from a sippy cup. She will only drink chocolate milk ...
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- Mom, don't worry about the sippy cup. She will out grow it and this is not a huge problem at 4. I don't know of any 4 year old that completely picks up her room. I h...
- Hi N., I'm only answering from a grandmama's (Mi-Mi) viewpoint. I do not recall this "problem" with any of my four children. Still, one son insisted on drinking cho...
- I agree with Beth. I started giving my son a regular cup at 3 or 3 1/2. I didn't really think he was ready to give it up, but I saw that some other kids his age weren'...
How Old Is to Old for a Bottle?
Asked by A.M. from Peoria
on August 8, 2007
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How do you start weaning a child off of bottles? A little history: He was born at 30 weeks 4 days and has had many bouts of sickness through out the 14 months of his...
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- Hi A.. I have a very sweet 17 month old son who is still on a bottle. He only takes one before nap and bed time. His DR. said that by 18 months he should be weane...
- Kids should be off the bottle by 12 months old.
- I am not sure there is a majic number. my son was also a preemie. one way to get him off the bottle, we switched him to sippy cups. not sure everyone would agree. b...
Can't Get 13 Mo Old to Take Milk from Sippy Cup
Asked by J.B. from Los Angeles
on February 15, 2008
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My 13 mo old will drink water from a sippy cup with no problem but will not take breastmilk or cow's milk. I'd like to get her to take milk so that other people can t...
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- Before my daughter would take milk in a sippy cup I had to wean her completely. I weaned her completely at 13 months. She weaned pretty easily. I never put breast milk...
- My daughter had a hard time with drinking anything from a sippy cup. We now own lots of different styles of sippy cups. She's not a big drinker to begin with. One t...
- Hi J., in my opinion, you just need to keep trying. My son was the same way! He didn't start to drink the milk willingly until 21 mos. A lot of my friends like to use ...
Sippy Cup
Asked by K.P. from Augusta
on January 2, 2008
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I have a 5 year old daughter, who will be 6 in April. She still drinks out of a sippy cup at home and her grandparents. I'm sure she has gotten to old to use it, yet s...
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- I have 5 kidds 8 and under- ther older three use sport cups and the younger two sippy cups. This way the big kids aren't using little baby cups but it is a lot less f...
- K., When my son was 3 1/2, we went a trip to the beach for a long weekend. Before I left, I put all the sippy cups in "storage." He asked about them a couple of ti...
- My son will be 5 in march and he still had cups with straws but he usually just drinks out of a regular cup, so I think your child should be using a big girl cup by no...
