DD still has a bottle at 22 Months.....

Blackpool_Saver

so no milk now either? mmm pretty soon we shall be disappearing up our own backsides.

I drink soya 'milk' by the way.

freda

There is no reason she shouldn't still have a bottle for evening milk, in my opinion.

It won't make her teeth crooked - its not as if its in her mouth for hours every day, is it?

It will rot her teeth if you let her dwadle around, with the milk sitting in her mouth for a long time, and they don't brush her teeth after. Kids who go round town in a pushchair, with a bottle of milk in their mouth for hours are at risk. However, if she guzzles it all up as a bedtime drink, followed by a good tooth brush, there's no problem.

However, she doesn't *need* the quantity of milk at that age and if you do decide to get her to drink out of a cup instead, just try a normal one. Maybe one with a favourite character on it or something. Be prepared for the fact that she will drink just a tiny bit, nothing like the quantities you get out of a bottle! But it doesn't matter, she should be getting plenty of nutrition from meals now and has no need for extra milk.

Doidy cups are good for learning to drink from a normal cup.

My daughter had a bottle till she was well past 2. She is now nearly 3 and drinks a small amount from a cup as part of her bedtime routine.

Blackpool_Saver

I wonder how long it will be before we see reduced sugar formula, then reduced milk milk lol............. gah what next?????????????????

kegg_2

nothing wrong with having milk but the advise is not in a bottle after the age of 12 months and not being put to bed with a bottle at all.. Milk contains lactose which creates bacteria that then creates acid which atacks the teeth. It is nothing to do with the old sugar rotts the teeth sayings as it is the acid that does the major damage.

pigpen

kegg wrote: »

baby bottle decay is not a myth or just due to poor oral hygine.

All you have to do is google baby bottle decay

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=baby+bottle+decay&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

and there is info on it from many souces. Up to you whether you wish to dismiss it but it doesn't change the fact that it is an acknowleged problem with babies teeth.

When it is proven that a child with decent oral hygiene habits and has only ever had milk in a bottle ends up with teeth like that, I will believe it.. throwing stuff around that is written by those who make a living from people with poor oral hygiene and little care isn't evidence of anything other than parental neglect and professional scaremongering to get people to buy more expensive products, deprive their children of an essential source of nutrients (though after 5 we shouldn't produce lactase so should be unable to digest lactose, the only reason we can is that we continue to drink milk after weaning) and of course boost their own profit margins.

soya milk is so much worse for the teeth than cow milk.. I'd book for dentures now if I were you lol..

pigpen

kegg wrote: »

nothing wrong with having milk but the advise is not in a bottle after the age of 12 months and not being put to bed with a bottle at all.. Milk contains lactose which creates bacteria that then creates acid which atacks the teeth. It is nothing to do with the old sugar rotts the teeth sayings as it is the acid that does the major damage.

Lactose does not create bacteria.. the bacteria are part of the healthy oral environment and reproduce readily using the sugars and moisture as nutrition.. it is the acid produced by the bacteria which causes decay which is why if we brush our teeth the bacteria is reduced and the acid neutralised very quickly by the enzymes and mineral salts in the saliva.. in only a few minutes in many cases.

Our entire bodies are covered in a protective layer of bacteria.. they stop us dying! Bacteria are not all bad!

kegg_2

but if you put a baby to bed with a bottle they are not going to their teeth brushed as the idea of the bottle is they suck themselves to sleep on it.

pigpen

kegg wrote: »

but if you put a baby to bed with a bottle they are not going to their teeth brushed as the idea of the bottle is they suck themselves to sleep on it.

It didn't sound like that was what the OP is doing.. she was concerned about the bottle making her little girls teeth crooked.

Putting them to bed with a beaker of milk, or naything else isn't good either.. it spills everywhere.. and makes beds smelly.. and there is also the small risk of choking... The going to bed with bottles/beakers isn't sensible practice anyway IMO.. but.. each to their own.

kegg_2

pigpen wrote: »

It didn't sound like that was what the OP is doing.. she was concerned about the bottle making her little girls teeth crooked.

Putting them to bed with a beaker of milk, or naything else isn't good either.. it spills everywhere.. and makes beds smelly.. and there is also the small risk of choking... The going to bed with bottles/beakers isn't sensible practice anyway IMO.. but.. each to their own.

well if that is the case then i would just sit the child in a high chair and teach them to use a normal cup

Mme.Hibou

kegg wrote: »

well if that is the case then i would just sit the child in a high chair and teach them to use a normal cup

Aye, try one of these