Are these drinking bottles better for teeth than baby bottles for teeth ?

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The guidance is to stop baby bottles at 1 year.

So I've got got these for my 18 month old, but I'm wondering if this is actually better for teeth ? It looks like a bottle spout anyway, just harder.

Can they use these indefinitely or are these bad for teeth too ?

Thanks !

I dont think those are suitable. NHS have more advice.

He drinks water out of an open cup, but still loves to lie down with a bottle of milk at night and I just can't work out what he could have instead ? It's not going to be comforting to drink milk from an open cup instead. It's just not the same thing.

What do others use ?

We also have those 360 magic cups, but you also need to suck from them - or are they better than the Nuk bottle ?

I think it’s partly to get them to drink from an open cup and partly to stop ‘bottle rot’ which can be prevented by just making sure their teeth are brushed after milk and not leaving a bottle of milk in their cot

Ah ok. It's useful to know why these guidelines exists.

I usually try brushing teeth after milk, but not for night feeds ( they're becoming less frequent now ).

He has no problem drinking from an open cup. He just knew how to do it on his own.

The problem isn't the type of bottle. It's the lying down with a bottle of milk at night. Not an issue, if you brush his teeth afterwards, but I'm assuming this is to help get him off to sleep. The milk sits on the teeth overnight and there is less protection from saliva etc. What I suggest to either switch to water or if that's tricky, gradually dilute the milk down so it stops altogether.

Ok got it. I thought it was the type of bottle that was a problem all this time ! Like I said, I brush the teeth after the bottle at bed time but I don't brush them after any night feeds for obvious reasons. The night feeds need to stop anyway and are thankfully starting to become less frequent.