Bottles of milk at bedtime?

lauren_1

When would you draw the line?

When is it time to stop the bedtime bottle?

Nicki

The bottle or the milk?

My two stopped using a bottle at around 12 months, but had a drink of milk in a cup with a lid. In fact my DS who is 8 still has a drink of milk at bedtime (his choice) though obviously not in either a bottle or a sippycup any more!

scottishchick27

I still like a bottle some nights before bed and I'm 31, (wine though :rotfl: ). I stopped giving DD a bottle when she was about 18 months and then she just got a cup of warm milk. I stopped that when she was about 2 and 1/2 when I was trying to get her to sleep without a nappy as I didn't want many accidents.

kellywelly_2

My dd 4 still has a night time bottle of milk. Not every night just when she feels like it, I think its just her bit of comfort sometimes and tbh I think she will grow out of it herself.

Krystaltips

The thing to watch with bottles is they can lead to tooth decay. Much better to swap to a cup...

wannabe_sybil

My little bear is 22 months and still has a morning bottle and an evening bottle. He seems to wake up really needing something, and in the evening he seems to really enjoy it.

I don't leave him with the bottle, which may be part of the problem, I hold him and the bottle and feed him. So he is getting a cuddle as well as food. Because I don't leave him just sucking a bottle I hope that this minimises the chance of tooth decay. I don't want to stop it too early, as I don't want him to have that, whatever did they used to call it, where people felt it necessary to smoke and put things in their mouths.

I will be trying to get him off the bottles in the New Year, but I am happy to let it go at his pace. I don't see any point in rushing things.

jackomdj

I replaced DD's bottle with a sippy cup at 12 months but she still often has milk in the morning or evening. I agree with the tooth decay thing - that is why we stopped the bottle.

Nicky

Becles

My daughter is 17 months. She's had a sippy cup rather than a bottle from a year old.

She has her bath on a night and has a cup of milk before she goes to bed. Mornings are a bit manic, so I get her up and give her a cup of milk and she toddles off and watches CBeebies, while I make the boys packed lunches and her breakfast.

hamstercheeks_2

when they stop asking for it. but I would say definitely by about the age of 24 months

lauren_1

ok thanks, my ds is 27 months and has a bottle of milk 1-2 times a week, not so much in the summer but as its getting colder he wants it more.

r.e the tooth decay, that does worry me slightly but he wolfs it down in a matter of seconds but then almost everything can contribute to decay f you think about it.

hamstercheeks_2

lauren_1 wrote: »

r.e the tooth decay, that does worry me slightly but he wolfs it down in a matter of seconds but then almost everything can contribute to decay f you think about it.

I think tooth decay is more of an issue when it is juice in a bottle, rather than milk