when to drop the bottle
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Topic: when to drop the bottle
Posted By: denny25
Subject: when to drop the bottle
Date Posted: 12 March 2010 at 8:18pm
| Ava is 18 months old and still has a bottle (200mls) before bed. When should I drop the bottle altogether? |
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 13 March 2010 at 11:14am
Anytime! If you want to get rid of it, then just do it. I don't like bottles past 1 (personal choice) so we got rid of it ASAP, but if you're happy with it, just keep it  Sorry probably not much help!
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 13 March 2010 at 1:27pm
| We still have a bedtime bottle for my 2yos. It's a definite bedtime cue for them so am not in any rush. |
Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 16 March 2010 at 4:16pm
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my boy is nearly 3 and he has one....i BF and he only has it for comfort he is very ill all the time and its the only way to get medicine in him....he never had dummy either....i dont like them but it shaw beats the crying and screaming in pain....but if he was all good he wouldnt have it ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: sharaz
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 12:48pm
| my boy is just over yr year he still has a bottle in the morning and befor bed i agree with emia personal choice i like seeing my boy make himself nice and comf drinking his bottle he totaly laxes out |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 1:59pm
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My younger one still has them when he goes to bed and he's 2.6mths.. I don't think that there is any set time to give them up... ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 9:07pm
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When Emily was down to a bottle before bed she decided herself at around 17 months she wasn't interested in it anymore. She kept throwing it on the ground, so it was then we just dropped it altogether, and moved her milk to a bit earlier and out of a sippy instead. That lasted a couple of months until she decided herself again she didn't want that anymore either, so now she doesn't have any milk before bed. sometimes it's just easier to let them guide you.
If she's happy having her bottle before bed then I'd say leave be if you're happy with it too. If she's showing signs she's not interested in it anymore, like my Emily did, then maybe look at dropping the bottle. ------------- 
 Missed MC July 2011
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Posted By: crafty1
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 2:42pm
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my 22 month old has just started dropping his bedtime one. we offer it but he only drinks a little bit now. we kept it over summer as he hardly drinks otherwise but there's no harm in them having it well over 2 or dropping it after 18 months. they say its an issue if milk is interfering with food. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 2:48pm
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agree with the milk and food....offer bottle after.....with my boy we give it to him whenever he wants only cause we only put bout 1/4 cup mostly less in the bottle and the rest water........and when we just p[ut milk he always says water so he knows its suppose to be there......... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 1:28pm
Ha ha, my mother was horrified - the gremlins were still having bottles at 3  . She is really anti bottles full stop and she was forever going on about them, in fact she pretty much forceably weaned them when I was there at Xmas by telling them that Santa took their bottles!-------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 1:56pm
| Daniel still has his. Since its only one bottle a day I don't care about it. |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 5:28am
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Until recently Hannah has had two a day.
She still asks for a drink of milk at morning tea time, but prefers it out of a cup now (usually her straw cup). Bed time is still in a bottle though, she won't have a bar of it in a cup. For her, as others have said, it's a sleep cue and it relaxes her. Doesn't bother me at all, Im guided by her. So to me, it's normal ------------- 
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 9:32am
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my 2 year old still has at least one often two bottles a day... doesn't worry me either, it's her comfort thing ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 2:40pm
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Plunket and peads say to get rid of bottles at 12 months, and definitely by 18months (something to do with teeth and speech development I think).
I moved Jakes bottle to a cup during the day at 14months, and gradually changed his bottle to a cup at 18months. He still has a cup of milk before bed (but doesn't always drink it all now) and a cup with or after lunch most days when we're at home. ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |