18 month old amd bottle/milk help

jakesmummy_2

My 15 month old still drinks his morning milk out of a bottle,im not worried about it to be honest,i brush his teeth well and he drinks out of a cup the rest of the day,its the only time of day he'l drink milk so i dont want to disrupt it by making him drink it out of a cup in case he stops having it.i really wouldnt worry about it i think too many health visitors etc try to move them on too quick if u know what i mean,like giving a 4 month old sippy cup!!!i mean they'r still practically newborn then!

Woby_Tide

we went from normal bottle, to a hard lipped cup that he used duringthe day for his water/juice, then finally to Spiderman cup..... took a couple of weeks but now it's Spiderman milk in the morning and evening. But I don't think there is any particular age, we just gave up as his teeth were ripping the teats so when the last one gave up it was tough!

Sarahsaver

Mine grew out of it naturally. You are the best judge of your own child, there is too much information out there 'you MUST do this you MUST do that' Relax and go wth what YOU think is best for your child.

mummy_Jay

Have you thought about making the morning a milk, a nice fresh milkshake in a cup?

As for the whole bottle to cup thing, I was told when my son was 6 months old to stop using the teets and get him onto the hard spouts as its not good for there teeth/gums or mouth developement (in the same way dummies demisinish the developement of the mouth muscles). - sorry ladies I'm a firm believer that the amount of damage a dummy does to your childs muscle and speak developement completely out ways any benifits-

My personnal advise would be get rid of the bottles completely night and morning use the advent sipy cups with the diaphma that stops spills, you will have some fuss to start off with but it will sort itself out. I think whilst your saying no to the bottle in the morning but letting him have it at night, your giving him mixed messages. Useful thing if you were using the advent system the spout attachment will fit on the bottles if you just want to get him use to the spout part first before changing the actual container.

dollop

hi to be honest id try and get him off the bottles totally,they ruined my sons teeth,he was on botles till he was 3,with no added sugar drink in them and milk too,and an awfully lot of his teeth rotted,was told he need an operation for him to have them all out i was not wanting this for him an operation at such a young age,luckily when i swapped dentists and a couple of his teeth had fallen out ect,she said he wouldnt need to have an op,the quicker you can get them off he bottle the better,for there own sakes,hope this helps xxx

SPARKY16

AnnieH wrote: »

I agree with what's already been said. My 2 and a half year old still has a bottle of warmed up milk at bedtime. They're a long time grown up and it doesn't do any harm at all. Its not like he's still going to have a bottle when he's 18 is it?

No it will be a bottle of beer when hes 18 then your troubles really will start lol:rotfl:

Minerva69

My daughter is 2yrs 7mths and she resolutely refuses to have her milk in anything but a bottle. We have a cupboard full of cups that she won't use, we've tried everything. She will drink her juice out of a spouted cup but won't use it for milk. We tried the soft spout ones (Boots used to do their own) but she wouldn't have them either.

Just had another go today, bought her a Fifi & the Flowertots cup from Woolies which she chose herself and told me she would have her milk in it. When it came down to it tonight she burst into tears as soon as she saw it and only calmed down when I tipped the milk into her old bottle :rolleyes: She won't eat yogurt or cheese so I'm happy for her to have the milk in the bottle if that's what it takes.

Just another question - is anyone who is still using a bottle/teat for an older child still sterilising them?! I read that bottles should be sterilised for as long as they are used, so I am still doing mine We don't have a dishwasher so they have to be washed by hand - should I still sterilise them or can I stop now?!

mummyof3_2

With all 3 kiddies i introduced a spouted cup at about 12 months. I put a little milk warmed in a cup and the rest in a bottle. Then gradually weaned them on to the cup that way. In a few months onto a normal cup x

doraexplorer

my son was 5 when he gave up his night time bottle, i used a small bottle with only a little milk in it . he only gave it up because i lost it when he was starting school. my son who is now 7 1/2 has perfect teeth no filling nothing they are nice and white and pretty perfect. i never worried about it . on the other hand his baby sister was off the bottle before a year old and wanted everything in a cup, just a cup no lid and has been on the cup since. saying that she still has a dummy at night time and she can keep it until she wants to give it up because i aint going to take it off her , when she screams it grinds my brain.:eek: :eek: and shes 2 1/2 and also has perfect teeth

misswig

AnnieH wrote: »

I agree with what's already been said. My 2 and a half year old still has a bottle of warmed up milk at bedtime. They're a long time grown up and it doesn't do any harm at all. Its not like he's still going to have a bottle when he's 18 is it?

My ds point blank started refusing his nighttime bottle when he was 21/2 preferring to have a drink of milk from his cup- I was devestated as it was the last vestiges of babyhood gone:eek:

I give him a large cup of full fat milk at breakfast and one just before his bathtime. I also prepare his meals ie porrige, weetabis, scrambled eggs etc with full fat milk to ensure enough calcium

However he was like this about everything-at 7 months pointblank refused BF prefering a bottle right upto 21/2 announcing one night that he didn't want to wear a nappy anymore as he was a big boy now (he was toilet trained at 22 months, again because that is what he decided to do!!). Sice then i think i have maybe had 5-6 wet beds.

I take the viewpoint that to let them decide what when they want to go to the next stages is the best thing to do as they are doing what they want to do when they feel comfortable doing it.

Obviously this should not apply when they are leaving for uni still having a dummy/bottle or a bedtime story etc:rotfl: