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I Need Advice Again!
Asked by W.T. from Tampa
on August 17, 2007
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Well my daughter is 16 months old and was curious when I should completly bottle braek her. She only has her bottle at nap time and bed time that's it. During the day ...
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- I broke my daughter of the bottle at 12 months when the dcotor said she was done. At first she wanted nothing t odo with a sippy cup. But one day I just refused to giv...
- I broke my son from the bottle at 12 mo. Thats what his ped. suggested and I'm having a new baby so it seemed easier to do it now. It wasn't too hard he had been using...
- I am new here - however my son is 13 months old and only takes cups with straws - no more bottles.
Ditching the NUK
Asked by A.A. from Minneapolis
on October 11, 2008
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My daughter is about to turn 3. She is our 4th child, and the only one who has used a NUK. We have decided that, it will be taken away around her 3rd birthday. I wo...
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- We did the same thing with our daughter when she turned 3. I took her to Walmart and let her pick out any Barbie that she wanted and she had to pay for it with her "p...
- I definately understand - when we took our daughter's nuk away we stressed that she was turning into a big girl and was not a baby anymore and only babies used nuks. ...
- These are all good ideas, and mine is along the same lines. My younger child had a nuk until he was almost 4. Right around the time he turned four, we had started ta...
Transition from Bottle to Cup with Special Circumstances
Asked by C.K. from Boston
on July 10, 2009
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Hi
I know there have been several requests for ideas on how to transition a child from bottle to cup but looking for more suggestions from any moms with kids with all...
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- Hi. My son has been on neocate since he was 3mo (supplementing bf with me on a restricted diet till I cracked at 6mo) and he is 3.5yrs now. He's allergic to dairy, so...
- Have you tried giving formula to her out of a sippy with a straw? or out of a regular adult cup with just a little bit in it? It might be messy (I'd suggest using a ...
- My daughter is 21 months as well and still won't give up her night time bottle. We use the born free bottles and they have different stages of nipples. We just incre...
Bottles at Night
Asked by C.M. from Charleston
on July 10, 2009
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well, up until about a month or so ago, my daughter would sleep all through thre night, she wouldn't even cry out when her diaper was wet.... Then, for some reason, sh...
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- This sounds like either a growth spurt or a bad habit, maybe a combo of the both. Have your tried uping her bedtime bottle to 8oz? More food in her belly means she'...
- Hi C., I'd quit the bottles at night immediately. I know a mom who did the wrong things with her kids teeth--shear ignorance on her part--and her kids had to have ora...
- How old is she? you may just have to give her a sippie cup of water to ease her over, and about the bad habits my son slept with us until he was 4 so don't worry about...
Need Help Kicking the Bottle Addiction with 2 Year Old.
Asked by J.F. from Minneapolis
on November 27, 2007
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My 2 year old still has a bottle of milk twice a day, every morning and before bed. I know I should have stopped a long time ago, but he won't drink milk from a sippy...
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- At the risk of outrage from all the mothers who have already written, I still feel compelled to share my experience. My oldest son took milk from a bottle at night un...
- I have to say that cold turkey is probably the easiest way, especially at two. If he is not willing to take milk from a cup then he will eventually learn. I think that...
- Cold turkey is the best way in my opinion. You could end up with your child on a bottle at 4. I have seen this in the store. It is not a pretty sight. Most of the time...
Switching from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by K.F. from Detroit
on May 7, 2007
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I took my daughter for her 1 year Dr. visit. He told me it is time to stop feeding her from formula to milk and to take her off the bottle and let her use a sippy cup...
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- well, when my little girl turned one I put away all the bottles and started giving her sippy cups. She hasn't had a bottle since she turned one. I don't think you're g...
- well I think that you should just give her the sippy cup and sound excited make it seem fun, kids like new things she'll eventually get used to it after a couple of da...
- Hi K., Don't rush it if she is not ready. Despite what the doctor says every child grows at their own pace. If she is drinking out of a sippy cup during the day t...
Advice on Bottle Weaning
Asked by K.B. from Houston
on April 23, 2007
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I am hoping that you guys can give me some advice on getting rid of the bottle. My son is 18 months old, and still is using the bottle. We've gotten him down to just...
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- We started switching my son's bottle out for a sippy cup at naptimes and only giving him the bottle at night time. We used the Nuby cups with the flexible nipple. Th...
- Wow, you got lots of resonses- I hope some helped. I am also weaning my 1 year old daughter of the bottle. She has done really well so far, I'm down to only one at bed...
- When I weaned my daughter from the bottle, I had a hard time getting her to drink milk from a sippy cup. She would drink water from the cup, so I knew it wasn't the c...
My Toddler Is on a Milk Strike.
Asked by D.A. from Washington DC
on June 29, 2009
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My husband and I recently weaned our son off the bottle. He drank milk out of the bottle about four times a day. We are expecting our second child 7-28 and our toddler...
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- My son always drank Soy anyway, but when we ditched the bottle- we went to a sippy cup or one of those 'big boy' sports cups/bottles. He's 6 now and rarely drinks mil...
- Don't give him milk the human body contrary to multi billion dollar marketing campaigns does not need milk from cows to survive. In fact many people are intolerant or ...
- my advice is to let his taste buds make the decision on this one. pick your battles! he can get all the nutrition he needs from yogurt, cheese and greens and there's n...
Possible Lactose and Tolerant 1 Year Old...
Asked by B.O. from Spokane
on February 26, 2009
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Ok so my daughter will be 1 on Sunday and I had started to wean her off the bottle to a cup, but then she got sick last week and only wanted the bottle I ended up stic...
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- Since your little one is on lactose free milk formula I suggest you buy Lactaid or another brand of lactose free milk from your grocery store. Both my daughter and gr...
- My friend's son (a toddler) is lactose intolerant, but she found that he is not allergic to *raw* dairy. You can find Certified Raw Dairy farmers -- which have their ...
- My 3 year old son is allergic to dairy and we just flew from Seattle to San Diego in October. I just took his carton of milk with me through security and a few cups al...
When to Stop Giving Bottles and Pacifier
Asked by E.P. from New York
on January 11, 2009
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My 15 month old daughter still gets three 6-8oz bottles of organic whole milk a day, once in the morning when she first gets up, one in the afternoon before or after a...
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- My daughter never had a bottle at all. I breastfed and she used a cup when she was old enough to hold one. She started using a pacifier when she saw another toddler w...
- My daughter started at her daycare/preschool at 15 months. Their policy was no bottles and no sippy cups! A friend of mine had watched her until that time, but she g...
- Hi E., I would wean from the bottles and pacifier gradually. I'd start by getting rid of the wakeup bottle, not needed. At wakeup time, I'd serve breakfast with milk...
