to re-introduce a bottle at 21mo

[EricNorthmansmistress]

DS used to have two full bottles of milk a day, until the HV suggested we get rid of them a few months ago. I started giving milk in a beaker which he wasn't enthusiatic about but drunk, about 1/2 what he had before. Since then his milk consumption has dropped and dropped, tried all kinds of cup, open, straws, you name it. He now just will not touch milk full stop. He's still only little and I think he should have milk. I gave a bottle last night and this morning and he drunk it all up.

He's not much for comforters or anything, he has a dummy but not very attached to it, so I'm not hugely worried about having a battle to get off the bottles again (he wasn't upset tha last time or anything) and he has his milk before brushing teeth. AIBU? DH agrees with me, as we both think having milk is better than not having milk....

mrs - mainly HVs I think. I know plenty of toddlers who have had bottles past 2 - I don't personally care one way or another what other people do re bottles!

Mere hyperbole....and I'm Jewish.

I call....

here you go

Like I said Hyperbole. And I'm Jewish - I don't take the Holocaust lightly.

My DS is 2.7 and still has a bottle of milk at night, and is very dependent on it to go back to sleep.. which has knock on effect if he wakes up in night and now for potty training.

there is allsorts of talk about tooth decay and how its bad for the formation of their teeth. It's one bottle, and their teeth get brushed. Milk is good for them, and I think keeping him used to it now, will make him like it growing up.
Having said that, my DS is a big boy, and doesnt actually eat that much, I think the milk fills him up a lot.
I would be tempted to keep him off the milk,see if his appetite improves. But I do still think children should have milk, not necessarily need it.
But I think HV's sometimes stick to the "rules" a bit too much.