Is it okay to still give a bottle?
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on the milk,they should go on whole milk at one year! according to my pediatrician
on the bottle..my 9 year old took herself off hers at 9 months old,she loved her "cuppy" as she called it! now my 18 month old daughter,she RARELY drinks out of a sippy cup,she does sometimes,but prefers a cup with lid and straw,only at certain times,when she isnt sleepy and if there are kids around she wants "the big girl cup" like her 9 year old sis has,but 98% of the time she DEMANDS her boddle! lol we too have tried EVERY possible brand/type of sippy,but NO go!
maybe try a cup with straw? my daughter does like her backyardagins cup,it has a HUGE head of Tyrone and a straw,IF she is playing outside she sometimes takes one of those cup things with the neckstring,they sell at walmart for around $4,when they are that passionat about NO cups,I say let him go till HE is ready! thats how I let my kids go! and they are happy and healthy!
Yes its still ok - keep the cups near though and still encourage him now and again - eventually and also - if he sees other toddlers using cups then he will want to do the same but hes barely over a year so I wouldnt worry about it.
don't know
have u tried a nubby.or whatever they are like bottles as far as the spout.but still a cup
Just keep offering the sippy cup. He will eventually become interested. In the mean time give him the bottle and enjoy him. They grow too fast.
I think when your baby is 2 that is when you take the bottle away I know you can breast feed for 2 yrs.
Nuby makes a transitional cup, that you can put the nipple into the cup, then a sports straw, Bassically a funny shaped nipple, then a sippy cup, that is still soft like a nipple, it worked for us, good luck. your son will eventually do it. He's not that old, but if he's anything like mine was he knows what he wants.
what i did was took the bottle away completly
i put the cup in front of them and while they played they got thirsty and eventually picked it up...its hard but sometimes as parent we think its love but we hinder then
its ok but only put water in the bottle. and put milk in the sippy. It worked for my daughter
i stopped baby milk at 1 but my 2.5 yr old still has a bottle at bed time
Oh he should be at least trying to take take the baby cups hes 14 months yea.. you should of stoped the baby milk at age 1. give him regular milk and the baby cereal in his bottle he needs something to fill his tummy up. oh yah and if the milk is whole milk then water it down a little bit.
it's okay just ease him into it eventually he will like it.when my son turned 2 that's when i started to take it away it took a while though
i think a bottle is fine until 2.just as long as you clean whatever teeth they have before then. the nubbys are great for transition.for my 14 month old, she only gets cups through the day and she can have her bottle before naps and bedtime. she knows the drill. it's just consistency.if your child knows that you will give in after he makes a fuss, then thats what he'll do.if he starts to relize the futility of even starting to fuss.well he'll ge tthe point, but he's still a baby.they dont stay this little forever.enjoy babying him.
Our children were the same they would scream and shout if they were not given their bottle but they grew out of it in there own time
At his age the bottle and SMA progress is still fine.
If you refer to the baby cup as a "big boy cup" he will want to use it at some point - but probably not for a while.
One bottle that helped get my son used to the sippy cups are Nuby. I have found them at Walmart and Target. They have leak-proof silicone nipples that are shaped likethe spouts on sippy cups. My son was a preemie and had a hard time learning how to use them, but now that he is 2 that's all he uses.
I agree that kids grow up too fast, but I am not a fan of the bottle. Have you tried putting milk in a cup with a straw? Rubbermade makes ones for water and juice for kids to take to school. There are small sports cups.
My doctor said I could go to homo milk when my girls turn 12 months. It is also cheaper than formula. If he is eating a well balanced diet, you should be able to switch no problem
My oldest was a bottle boy! Try to take the valve out of the cup and put diluted juice init, once he figures out whats in there he'll catch on fast (make sure you replce the valve after he gets the drinking down or he'll spil every where). At 14 months he should be on whole milk, unless your doctor advises to keep the formula going.
He's still young, so it's ok. I started taking my son off the bottle at 12 months. I would put water in the bottle and juice or whole milk in a sippy cup. Since he didn't really like water he pretty much took himself off the bottle since the better stuff was in the cup!
your baby isn't gonna go to kindagarted and still drink a bottle dont worry he'll do it when he's ready besides theres no difference between a sippy cup and a bottle and bottles are eaiser to wash
My wife and I have raised 4 great kids.3 were breast fed for 2 yrs. one was a bottle baby. We let her keep her bottles(she liked 1 milk and 1 water)until about 2 1/2.Tell your advisors to lighten up.The baby will be fine.1 kid is a teacher working on a masters degree,1 is a classsical musician,1 is in High school,and the bottle baby is 10 and doing just great.Don't let others raise your kid for you (especially "MOM" or the "INLAW")Give them lots of love and security,don't be one of those who never lets the kid sleep with you ,or has to potty train at this age or else.Be cool with the kid(get into what they think a little,it's a scary world out there)They'll turn out fine.
Don't worry, it's fine. He will grow out of it when he is ready. If you call the baby cups a big boy cup and he sees other children using them at bursery he will eventually decide it's time to change for himself.
It's very important that you don't put any sugary drinks (squash or fruit juice) in the bottle though, otherwise it will ruin his developing teeth. Water or milk only (and if milk, don't let him sit with it in his mouth for ages and make sure you clean his teeth with a proper baby toothpaste after every bottle)
You can switch to full-fat (whole) milk instead of the formula at 1 year old, but don't give him semi-skimmed or skimmed milk until he's at least 2. I assume you are giving him solid foods as well as formula? A child of one should be getting much of their nutrition from food as well as milk. Bear in mind it takes an average of 7 tastes for a child to accept a new food, so do persevere even if he refuses to eat something the first few times, and introduce only one new food at a time. The wider variety of food you can get him to like now the better he will grow and the healthier he will be so it is worth bearing with it.
have you tried juice in the cup ?
Do what I did, I just took the bottle away one day and only gave my son sippy cups. he didn't even notice.
I stopped the bottles & formula when my peditrician said to one week after 12 mo.
I'm not trying to sound mean, but sometimes that's the best thing to do.
My babies both kept their night time bottle until my boy was 4 and my daughter was 3. The understood that it was only at bed time and they could not sleep all night with it. Both have perfect teeth and gave it up when they wanted. I think the more pressure you put on a child the harder it is to achieve what you are trying to do.
Hi, my daughter is 15 months and she is still drinking from a bottle, only we give her milk and water in the bottle and not juice. She also likes her baby milk (cow and gate) but were now in the process of just giving her it for bed (when she is going to sleep) and leaving one in her cot during the night for when she wakes. During the day we give her full fat milk (blue lid/top) and water or juice. We on the other hand have been very fortunate, our daughter will.sometimes.drink from a beaker, but would really like to take sips from the cup that we are drinking from.
Try and let your son take a few sips of water or juice from a cup that he See's you drinking from, that may be the first step he needs.otherwise he may just be one of those children who prefer to go straight to cup. Also try him with a straw..you may be surprised at how he is with it..he may get a little confused at first, but believe me as soon as he has got the hang of it there will be no stopping him, also with the formula milk try an wean him off it till you have it just as a bed time drink, then when he is two just stop all together,( that's what I'm hoping for anyway with my daughter).
Good luck, and as i was told..patience and perseverance is all you need in the first few years of life..especially at potty training.
yes its ok but always keep a beaker next to him with a drink in it to see if he will drink from it in his own time! my son is 14months he dnt drink from a bottle only at night when he wakes up for milk he dnt drink sma he drinks our milk so try and give him our milk to see if he likes it then move him on to it. my son drinks from cartons with straw you can try that to help him he might like that better but let him do it in his own time. always keep carton of drink aside or beaker!! from lisa ps USE FULL FAT MILK BLUE TOP
My three sons stopped the bottle at 6 months. I went to solid foods and a bottle of water. They quit the bottle of water at 9 months.
Just keep offering the cup, over and over, at every meal, and at every chance. My son wouldn't take milk from a cup for a long time because I think to him milk should only come out of a bottle. So he got used to the cup with water, and then as he got more comfortable with the cup he started drinking milk out it.
I think 14 months is fine for still using a bottle, but keep working at the transition to the cup. My pediatrician encouraged me to get my son off the bottle completely by 16 months. You might want to ask your pediatrician her/his opinion.
As for getting him off baby milk (I assume you mean formula) -- now is a good time to do that. You'll save a lot of money if you make the transition! What worked for my son was to do it gradually. The first few days I put 25% whole milk and 75% formula in his bottle. Then I did 50%-50%, then 75% milk and 25% formula, until he was drinking 100% milk. It only took about 9 days. My sister did the same and it worked like a charm for all five of her kids.
My son is 14 months old as well and he still wants a bottle when he gets tired - if he had to choose at any time of the day he would choose the bottle - but I do give him a cup throughout the day.
He has been on regular milk since he was about 7 months old. He refused formula. My other son did the same, but my daughter continued formula until she was almost a year - but def. at 14 months old they can have milk.
Try using Advent sippy cups. You can insert the nipple from the bottle into the cup and transition him from there. Good luck.
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