Bottles & Sippies
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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...
Ditching the Bottle
Asked by S.S. from Chicago
on September 27, 2009
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My Son Matthew just turned 2 at the beginning of the month and he refuses to ditch the bottle. He has a multitude of sippy cups. I think his bottle has turned into a c...
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- Here is some info that I hope might be helpful for you... http://www.mother-2-mother.com/cups-older.htm http://www.askdrsears.com/html/3/t032200.asp http://ww...
- He is 2 and old enough to understand that he is not baby anymore but a "BIG KID"!!! Maybe trying to convince him that bottles are for little babies and sipping cups fo...
- Yes, cold turkey. Throw them out. All of them. It will only be rough for a couple of days. It's like putting on big girl/boy underwear for the first time out in pu...
Weaning from Bottle
Asked by B.R. from Denver
on May 11, 2009
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We are trying to wean our (almost) 17-month old daughter from her "night-night" bottle. She is crying worse than when we weaned her from breast feeding and then when ...
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- i think its a good thing your trying to ween the bottle it can be hard i took my son off the bottle at 10 months i just threw them away that way there was no way i wou...
- I agree that you should help her establish a new routine. My kids were never given the chance to take a bottle. They went directly from breastfeeding to a sippy cup....
- I also say just take it away. I would throw all of the bottles out. I took the bottle away from all of my kids at the year mark. I think that my youngest was a year...
BPA In Sippy Cups?
Asked by E.B. from Duluth
on August 22, 2008
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I know all the concern over BPA in baby bottles, but what about sippy cups? My baby has Avent bottles, but since he's almost exclusively on the breast, I decided not t...
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- the brand BORN FREE has bpa safe sippy cups. they sell them at the co-op's and the linden hills home store. the easiest choice you'll ever make! i have one for my s...
- Yes, there is also BPA in sippy cups. I use Nuby cups. Took a bit to adjust from a bottle, but now my son loves them. I have heard that Babies R US will replace any bo...
- Yes you do have to be concerned about sippies as well. I ended up throwing out about $50 worth when it all came out:( A lot of the sippies don't show the number on the...
Weaning the Bottle
Asked by S.S. from Hickory
on October 9, 2006
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Does anyone have any suggestions on weaning the bottle? I have a 14 month old who will not drink milk from a sippy cup. Is 14 months to early to wean? My husband, his ...
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- 14 months is not to early if you ask most Dentist they would tell you that you should do it before a year old. Im a dental assistant and worked with many childeren und...
- Most bottle brands have the different lids for training. I used the Avent brand and switched to the sippy cup lids a couple of times a day. My pediatrician told me t...
- My fifth child is one today and she has been drinking from the cup for the last month. I agree with the idea that after 12 months, the longer they're on the bottle, t...
Weaning Bottle
Asked by T.M. from Houston
on August 9, 2009
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Hi moms,
I need some help...my son is 12 1/2 months and currently still on SOY formula...I started a couple of oz. of whole milk b/c he had an allergy early on to dai...
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- It's all about the need to suck, which cups don't provide, but there are some Nuby containers out there that still let kids suck a bit to get the liquid - don't worry ...
- Hello, I also think you should stop buying formula, unless your son has an issue with whole milk which apparently he doesn't have. As far as the baby bottle is ...
- Hi T. My 20 month old will not take any other milk except soy formula. I was mixing it with soy milk and he took it, but when I tried 100% soy milk he refused it. M...
Getting Rid of the Night Time Bottle
Asked by K.W. from Philadelphia
on April 16, 2008
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Hi everyone!
My son his 18 months old and still needs his bottle to fall asleep for naps and night time. Thanks everyone for all your tips on getting rid of the bottl...
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- I agree with trying to get him to take a sippy cup instead of the bottle. However, don't let him take it to bed with him, because that is what rots little teeth. Mil...
- I didn't get rid of bottles with my daughter until she was almost 2 years. She would only want a bottle to go to bed at night and would drink out of a tippy cup all d...
- Hello. sorry to tell you this but the best and only way at 18 months is to go gold turkey. the more he clings on to it, the worst it will get. no only will it get m...
When Do We Really Need to Get Rid of the Bottle?
Asked by T.L. from Seattle
on March 15, 2008
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I have heard to start having your baby/toddler get rid of the bottle around a year old but wonder if there is harm in letting her still have it.
My daugher is 19 mo...
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- My son is 17 months and I just switched him over to the tippy cup. I don't think he really needed to be yet, but he was having one in the middle of the night sometime...
- You should stop the bottle at one year old and go cold turkey. I know that sounds heartless but it will be shorter and less confusing to the child. Good luck.
- Dear T.....absolutely don't worry about the bottle until age two. Don't let anyone pressure you. don't let anyone think you are indecisive. Just say we wait to t...
Weaning from Bottle
Asked by T.B. from Athens
on May 17, 2008
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I am seeking advice on weaning my 18 mo old son from his bottle. (Please don't tell me he should have already been weaned, because I already know that. I am a workin...
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- Don't panic! I saw a post from a mom who 28 month old still LOVED a nighttime bottle. (The mom actually didn't mind, but she was getting a lot of pressure from others...
- Hi T., I am going through the same thing, with a similarly aged child, and with the same advice from the pediatrician. I am under the frame of mind that childr...
- Get all of the paci's out of the house so there's not chance of him seeing them. Then do the same with bottles. (maybe wait a little while afte the paci's are gone.....
Weening from Bottle
Asked by A.K. from New York
on December 12, 2007
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Hi Moms,
My daughter is 17 months old and we are still giving her (up to) 3 bottles a day. In the morning it's a bottle with formula and the others are milk, espec...
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- My son stopped using a bottle at 12 months, and I have to say it was pretty easy to do. He never got the hang of using a sippy cup and went right to using a cup with a...
- Well when my daughter was around that age, Santa Claus traded her bottles for presents. We left all her bottles out under the tree christmas eve, and in the morning of...
- JeanMarie, I was the mom to always believe that they will give it up when they want but that thought changed quick. Thankfully my daughter hasn't developed any bott...
