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Original poster

To think that a 6/7/ year old boy is way to old to be stood in a museum drinking milk from a babies bottle???

87 replies

kitsandbits · 26/10/2007 10:43

The boy may have even been veering towards 8 - seriously.

He was just stood there walking about with a baby blue bottle whilst his mum quized him on mumification techniques, he was obviously a very intelligent boy (who was answering the questions in more detail then I could have!) so I really don't understand why he would be allowed a bottle at that age

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hunkermunker · 26/10/2007 10:43
RosaTransylvania · 26/10/2007 10:45

Well if he was standing in a museum talking knowledgeably about mummification then his mother must have been doing something right. So YABU - wind your neck back in.

LittleBellaLugosi · 26/10/2007 10:46

Yes you are.

You don't know why he had a baby bottle.

And actually, why would you care? If it were a vodka bottle I'd be concerned. But otherwise, who cares?

Original poster
kitsandbits · 26/10/2007 10:48

So 7 isnt too old to be drinking a bottle? I thought you were supposed to introduce a cup at 12 months old?

Im not one of these pompus people, my sons almost 3 and still has a dummy when out and he gets looks for that.

But I really do feel that a 7 year old is too old for a bottle.

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MamaG · 26/10/2007 10:48
Original poster
kitsandbits · 26/10/2007 10:49

Maybe you should 'ignore' the thread if it bores you so much.

You could probably grasp the content by the title so perhaps you maybe you shouldn't have bothered clicking on it if it bores you so much

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totallyfreaky · 26/10/2007 10:50

My ds gave his bottle up on his 6th birthday.

hunkermunker · 26/10/2007 10:51

You don't know why he had a bottle.

But congratulations for being the first person I've seen to say "you can click ignore" - I suspect you'll be the first of many...!

BreeVanDerCampLGJ · 26/10/2007 10:51

My DS is 6 and when he is very tired will ask for his sippy cup.

Who knows what is going on in the background.

P.S The sippy cup is pink.....such a rebel my boy.

demonaid · 26/10/2007 10:51

When I was in my teens there was a brief craze among teenagers in our area for drinking (whatever it was they were drinking) out of baby bottles...

colditz · 26/10/2007 10:52

Yes you are. It doesn't matter - it's harmless. You don't know why he had the bottle - to give an 8 year old a baby bottle he is evidently happy to drink from is not abusive, it's just odd.

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kitsandbits · 26/10/2007 10:55

Thats what i meant colditz.

Not thats shes an awful mum - of course not!

But I was shocked because he seemed so intelligent and 'grown up' and I was admiring her teaching him and the way he was responding then he starts drinking milk from a bottle - it just threw me.

And a sippy cup when feeling poorly is an age away from having a bottle in the middle of the day when you are fine IYKWIM. - and lol @ the rebel pink cup

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MamaG · 26/10/2007 10:56

excellent comeback there kits, to my yawn! Respect

Original poster
kitsandbits · 26/10/2007 10:58

PMSL,

actully I dont give a flying feck about anyone elses kids,

Ignore my OP.

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MamaG · 26/10/2007 11:00

OK
Ignore my yawn

Olihan · 26/10/2007 11:00

We foster a 9 yo boy who has autism and drinks out of a baby bottle because if he wasn't allowed it he wouldn't drink, to the point where he would be admitted to hospital with dehydration. To any old busy body walking by he looks like a 'normal' 9 yo, and would sound like a 'normal' 9 yo if he was looking at something that interested him.

Don't judge what you don't know, please.

colditz · 26/10/2007 11:01

Try hitting the pot with the spoon, MamaG, may be more effective

ScaryScaryNight · 26/10/2007 11:02

My son often vomits if he drinks too fast(enlarged tonsils, due a tonsillectomy soon).

I would imagine a baby bottle perfect for this particular problem, it measures out the drink so he wouldnt get too much drink, and prevent him from sudden vomiting in a public place.

tobysmumkent · 26/10/2007 11:36

Message withdrawn

steph69 · 26/10/2007 11:44

Rather my child be drinking milk which is good for him than a dummy which is not good at all!!

lady007pink · 26/10/2007 22:52

kitsandbits, I'd think the same as you. Actually I was in a queue at the airport recently when I spotted an 8-year-old boy further up the queue being carried by his mummy, his head nestled in her hair and sucking his thumb while mummy rocked him to and fro. Then his daddy handed him a comfort blanket which he rubbed against his cheek. Now a toddler would have looked so cute, but he looked ridiculous. And the other people in the queue thought so too, judging by their overheard comments.
If my 8-year-old son wanted to drink from a bottle, he could do so at home but I would not allow him to do it in public. He would be subject to ridicule, not to mention unpopular with classmates if he was ever spotted.

chankins · 26/10/2007 22:58

Kitsand bits I would think the same as you too - although obviously there could be many reasons behind it which we would not know about. But if I saw a child of that age with a bottle I would certainly wonder why, and would worry that he may get picked on by his peers, or laughed at by passers-by. Also, as there is so much emphasis placed now on getting babies off bottles by the time they are one, because its bad for teeth etc, wou were not unreasonable to be shocked to see a boy of that age with one.

suwoo · 26/10/2007 23:01

I agree with your OP Kits. Sorry to parents of SN kids, but mumsnet is educating me to the issues faced by your families, but I would still be judgmental on this issue (and dummies too)

FatBellyJones · 26/10/2007 23:03

a friend of mine had her son using a bottle, dummy and pushchair til he was 8 years old, no SN, she just babied him. He only stopped when the last one was born

MrsLynetteScavo · 26/10/2007 23:09

I'm a bit surprised by the lack of understanding of SN shown in this thread. I would automatically asume a boy of that age drinking from a bottle had special needs, possibly autism. As for a child at the airport, partly I'm surprised the mother could carry him (no way can I pick up my 8 yo, he's in my bed right now, in the middle, like a star fish, so I might have to sleep in his room tonight)I would much rather whitness a big lump carried by his parents, than have to listen to a whinging, whining, tantruming over-tired child in an airport.