Bedtime Bottles
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Topic: Bedtime Bottles
Posted By: FionaO
Subject: Bedtime Bottles
Date Posted: 02 March 2010 at 7:34pm
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Hi,
DS loves milk, he would drink it all day I think if it were offered. He eats plenty though (most days) He has a little bottle 150 at lunch time after lunch and then normally 250 at bedtime. This week after his 250 he mucks around in his cot when I pop in to lie him down again he is crying milk milk milk, so i make a bit more and he downs the lot. Does it matter, should I be trying to cut it down a bit, I read a book lately (bad idea) and that got me all paranoid he shouldn't have a bottle at all at his age. ------------- 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 02 March 2010 at 7:44pm
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Personally I wouldn't worry about cutting down the amount unless it affects how much he has for dinner. Jack has about 120ml but that is only cause he doesn't ant anymore than that. Plus it is hot at the moment so he could be thirstier than normal.
I don't know much about bottles as neither of the boys had them, is it due to physical development issues (teeth etc) that means you should get rid of the bottle? If not then do what works for you. If you decide to get rid of the bottle then just try and shift to a sipper cup. ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 02 March 2010 at 7:45pm
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Books >< lol... bain of our existance and a blessing at the same time! Thomas has 2 bottles a day still - i am starting to cut out his morning one however - he has a 'cup of tea' with Grandma (formula in his sippy cup) and his night bottle. I'm trying to remember what he did at your boys age and i'm pretty sure he still was having 200 at brekkie, water at lunch and 200 at night. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 02 March 2010 at 8:25pm
| My just over 2 year old still has a bottle at night (250mls). I have weighed it all up as plunket suggested I get rid of it but he refuses to drink milk out of a sippy cup but will happily drink water out of it so if I stopped the bottle I would stop his milk intake which is probably not the best idea. |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 02 March 2010 at 8:35pm
| Daniel has 250ml at night from his bottle |
Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 02 March 2010 at 9:12pm
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I changed Jakes day bottle to a sippy cup at 14months, and the night one at 18months (I'd read the same books! LOL). He was drinking about 300-330mls just prior to changing to a cup, then about 200mls from the cup. I would just give him a bigger bottle for now and then work on changing it to a cup. (Happy to tell you how I made the change if you're interested?) ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 02 March 2010 at 9:42pm
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If you're not worried about it, then keep going.
For us, we were both against bottles past one, so Jack hasn't had one for quite some time. He doesn't like milk anyway so he just has to have a lot of cheese and yoghurt. |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 2:14am
I switched Callum's morning milk to a sippy cup at 11m but he still has 250-300ml from a bottle at bed time. He's 14.5m now. I think I've read those books too  but IMO C is still a "baby" and he loves his night time milk, it's our time to snuggle up together at the end of the day.
I figure, C dropped all his other milk/bottle feeds on his own up till now. It was really obvious each time what was coming. So I'm going to follow his lead with this one too  ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: FionaO
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 8:07am
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Thanks so much for all your comments! I am interested how you made the change Nikki. I might just follow his lead a bit too - I tried dropping his morning bottle, but he got grumpy and then a couple of weeks later he dropped it, so he only has one after lunch before his nap and then at bedtime. He loves loves loves milk, so i could try a sippy cup, I think its a real its bedtime cue for him and we are having a few issues with sleep lately so reluctant to make changes right now. The other morning he decided to refuse all breakfast so I gave him a sippy cup of milk and that was fine. Are any toilet trained babies still drinking before they go to bed?
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Posted By: JessDub
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 8:38am
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My DS is the same... loves his milk. He has 200ml after breakfast, after lunch and before bed. Often he doesn't drink the lot.
I was concerned we should be weaning him from the bottle too after comments from other people. At the 15 month plunket check up, we had one of the plunket nurses I really rate - very down to earth - and it was good talking to her. She said that at 15 months, they could be having 500-600ml milk a day. Since DS eats yoghurt and cheese, she thought dropping the lunch time bottle would be ok but up to me. (I've left it as DS loves it so much and it's just before his once-a-day nap.) She also said that Plunket have changed their partyline on bottles and don't care if your child is taking his bottle to school - LOL! - but their concern is having the bottle in bed and their dental hygiene. So like most things with DS, I'm going to let him decide when he doesn't want the milk anymore. Oh, and I've tried the sippy cup with milk but I get a screwed up face and he throws it away. So bottle it is! ------------- 
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Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 9:55am
Sophie is just over 2 and still has a bottle before bed. She only has about 120ml, if she has more she won't eat breakfast  . She is also toilet trained but only in the daytime. She goes to bed so well that I am not going to mess with the routine just yet - anything for a quiet life .
I think that as long as a child CAN drink from a cup (so not missing out on that skill) and has their teeth brushed after milk and before bed, then why should it be an issue -------------   
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Posted By: FionaO
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 2:56pm
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Ok so brushing teeth then is normally something we do after bath before bottle and bed - and getting him to do that is hard enough. I feel more relaxed about the bottle thing. So how on earth do you get them to brush their teeth. DS currently going through that anything you ask me to do, I just don't feel like doing it stage. (i gather this stage is a long one) -------------
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Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 3:15pm
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have a toothbrush each - you do some, he does some . Make it fun, pull funny faces, sing silly songs. And don' rinse his mouth after. The dentist who saw Amy said that leaving the toothpaste residue in the mouth is the best thing you can do, esp at night. -------------
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Posted By: jano1
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 8:45pm
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I'm so glad to hear that some 'babies' are still on 3 bottles. Ava loves milk and gets grumpy if she doesn't have milk. Lately I have thought about trying to drop the mid morning feed but would rather let her drop it. ------------- http://www.thebump.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=UBB&utm_campaign=tickers"> |
Posted By: mummytobesep08
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 8:57pm
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DD is 17 months and still happily has her bottles twice a day. She isn't the best eater though so we've cut the lunchtime bottle to 100mls and 150 at nights. I've had a bit of 'tut-tut'ing at me about it though...been told things like "You should throw those dam things (bottles) out the day they turn 1!" *rolls eyes*
Why? it's not doing any harm. Someone mentioned it's bad for their teeth so I asked the dental nurse at our checkup and she said it's not, it's just bad if they have one in bed and don't brush their teeth. Another thing people said is if they only drink milk out of a bottle then they never learn to drink it cold from a cup- and once the bottles eventually go they end up not drinking milk. I have wondered about this one and thought every now and then maybe I should offer her milk from a cup too? But not too worried about it. DD curls up on my lap with her legs right up like a lil bubba and I think we both  love it so we're not gonna stop them anytime soon!------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kmarie
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 1:51pm
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At the point where I started dropping b/feeds for Bethany, I introduced warm cows milk in a sippy cup at bedtime. She loved curling up on me with that just as much as she had with her bottle of milk leading up to then. So if you like the snuggles but want to try a cup, don't feel like they'll suddenly be too grown up to keep snuggling you while they have their milk - it all depends on how you decide to do it ;) We now give her her milk after dinner though cuz we worked out that it was giving her a gripey, bloated tummy when we gave it to her just before going to bed. Each to their own I say, cuz in the end it's just about getting the milk into them whatever way works best! (Bethany now tries to insist that any milk during the day is warm too - she never drinks as much when it's cold lol!) ------------- 
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