How old should a baby be when you stop bottle feeding?
pediatricians recommend to stop bottle feeding at 1yr— they also will tell you not to give them a bottle at night because its bad for the gums and teeth when they start coming out… its causes early tooth decay. may be if you research it and pull up some pictures on what it can do to your neices teeth then maybe she’ll reconsider or talk to your brother— maybe he can say something to her about it.
HELLO, people! There is no difference between the bottle and sippy cup. Yeah, I’ll get thumbs down for this, too, but I know for a fact that many sippy cups have been blamed for dental problems and speech impediments. Switching from one to the other does not make a difference. My daughter is 14 months old and very slight. It is hard to get the recommended calorie count into her on a daily basis. Therefore, I still give her about 24 ounces of milk/formula mix per day (the maximum recommended amount by pediatricians). She uses a REGULAR GLASS at meals, and OOOHHH….a BOTTLE upon awakening in the morning and before going to bed at night. She does NOT walk around with milk or juice in a sippy all day long (I do give her some water in a Nuby, more as an indicator of her thirst than anything else. If she goes for the sippy, I can give her a glass of milk or water).
I cannot believe your sister-in-law is doing this and that the pediatrician hasn’t had a fit with her. A child should be weaned from the bottle at 12 months. That is when I weaned my son and I had no problem doing so. Of course, he was using a sippy cut at 5 months and a regular glass shortly after that. I did not put him to bed with the bottle except on rare occasions. It was not used as a pacifier either. Your sister-in-law should of known all this before giving birth by reading and educating herself. It is really imperative that she take that bottle away now. She is doing harm to her daughter. I would gently bring the subject up and maybe give her a book on kids dental health. I do think that this is also laziness on the part of your sister-in-law. I feel bad for your neice. I pray things do change.
I believe that babies should be weaned from the bottle before they can walk. My 20 m/o has been off the bottle since 13 months, a month before she was toddling around. Now she drinks from her sippy at snack time and meals and can drink from a regular cup if I’m standing close enogh to keep her from spilling everywhere. Good luck!!
