my 2y 10m old just stopped using the bottle. He only used it once a day right before bed. He just decided about a week ago he doesnt want it anymore.
I don't know that I would say you are "wrong", its your kid, your choice. I wouldn't let my 2 year old use a bottle but that's because I get sick of washing them long before the age of 2.
It is bad for their teeth. and to use it as a "soothie" would be promoting--for lack of better word--unhealthy relationship with food.
curiusity.....when do you think is a good age to take it away?
I understand where you are coming from. My daughter will be three in July and still uses a binky. However, a bottle is actually bad for teeth, when the baby suck milk it pools in the back of their mouths and coats the teeth making them more prone to cavities. Also the muscles needed for proper speech can be ignored with bottle drinking. I think that now would be a time to start shifting. Maybe cut it down from two to one then none. I know its hard and seems a little unfair to the baby but its a milestone that needs to be passed. Good luck on weaning. Oh and nuk has a sippy that is very similar to a bottle that you could use to transition.
The APA says by 18 months a child should be weaned from a bottle.
Quoting me-n-mygirls:
For me and my children it is wrong.
It is bad for their teeth. and to use it as a "soothie" would be promoting--for lack of better word--unhealthy relationship with food.
curiusity.....when do you think is a good age to take it away?
Jasmin was off the bottle by 9 mths. she got sick and had to have pedialyte and used a cup--soft nipple-like top--so when she could have a bottle I didnt give it to her we just used the cups since she had already went a while without one.
Brady was off before a year but he HAD to be a big boy like his 2 older sisters :)
Quoting lexxie28:
The APA says by 18 months a child should be weaned from a bottle.
Quoting me-n-mygirls:
For me and my children it is wrong.
It is bad for their teeth. and to use it as a "soothie" would be promoting--for lack of better word--unhealthy relationship with food.
curiusity.....when do you think is a good age to take it away?
Your child, your choice. We were complete done with a bottle by 15 months at most.
Good luck!!
Am I overreacting?
- stargaze281
on Feb. 7, 2013 at 12:41 AM