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18 months old and does'nt.....(prepare to be shocked.....)

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Tiasmummy · 16/02/2006 19:43

My dd is 18 months old and WILL NOT hold her own bottle!! Its so embaressing to even write this! lol! She has drank out of her juice cup since she was about 6 months old but just REFUSES to hold her own bottle. It is probably my fault for holding it for her for too long...I am not sure WHY i let it go on so long. I first tried to make her hold it when she was about 7 months i think. She WILL NOT drink milk out of a cup either. She only has 2 bottles a day, first thing in the morning and before bed. So at least nobody has to see me holding it for her! lol!

Any body else's child done this...though i doubt it. Is it really shocking?? Please be honest.

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poppiesinaline · 16/02/2006 19:47

DS1 had a bottle at bedtime til he was 2 and I had to hold it for him - lazy sod.

chipkid · 16/02/2006 19:48

is this because when you give her a bottle you hold her like you did when she was a baby? she probably just loves this association and finds it comforting.

Tiasmummy · 16/02/2006 19:49

Chipkid - If it was that i could understand...but she sits up on her own and i just have to hold it for her.....my arm is really starting to ache! lol!

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chipkid · 16/02/2006 19:51

how hillarioes the little minx!

Tiasmummy · 16/02/2006 19:51

Tell me about it!

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Babyblue2 · 16/02/2006 19:52

Have you tried sitting her on the floor and putting the bottle in front of her to see what she does. DD2 got practice that way because DD1 kept leaving empty juice cups around and it was just too tempting for DD2...

Tiasmummy · 16/02/2006 19:55

Babyblue.. it only you could see what she does when i do that! Its comical. She just gets MAD and starts pushing the bottle away and kicking it. She really does get annoyed. I think it has gone past the point of no return :-(

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brimfull · 16/02/2006 19:56

yes my ds did this until he was well over 2!quite sweet really!

poppiesinaline · 16/02/2006 20:00

("She sits up on her own") PMSL Tiasmummy - sorry but I can just picture the scene! What a little minx!!!

Tiasmummy · 16/02/2006 20:01

ggirl - at least i know i am not the only one now :-)

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Babyblue2 · 16/02/2006 20:01

Maybe after her milk in the morning are you able to just leave all further drinks on the floor. Perhaps if she realises you aren't going to pamper her she would have a go, surely she'll get thirsty at some point?

Tiasmummy · 16/02/2006 20:06

Babyblue - the thing is she will drink juice from a cup with no problem..its just the bottle.

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Elibean · 16/02/2006 20:07

Oh yes, my dd was like that - she could hold her bottle, but much preferred for it to be held! My neice was the same. Part of the pleasure was feeling babied, I reckon, which is fair enough at that age.
When dd was 18 months old, we were on holiday and the last bottle teat broke - I told her it was broken and we had no bottle, but that it didn't matter because she could drink her milk out of a sippy cup like her Big Girl Friend Katie (3.5). Never looked back - but if you'd asked me a week earlier, I'd have sworn it would be impossible: maybe being away from home helped, maybe it was just time, maybe its because I had no choice and she knew it.
Anyway...dd is now 2.1 and drinks out of an open cup or sippy like everyone else. My neice is just 4 and very grown up for her age. And nope, I'm not shocked at all!

podkin · 16/02/2006 20:07

My ds is 18 months and still has one bottle in the morning (beakers the rest of the time). He still refuses to hold it. I put it down to laziness and have given up with him as it won't be for much longer...
My dd on the other hand is nearly 5 months and grasps on to the bottle every time I give it to her...

Elibean · 16/02/2006 20:08

ps she was the same as your dd, would drink juice or water from a cup, just not milk - till there was no option! Also, might be worth trying a straw? But I bet she'll make the transition when she's ready, its just not her time yet...

Katemum · 16/02/2006 20:09

She is having you on, but in such a cute way!

expatinscotland · 16/02/2006 20:13

My niece, now 11 and very gifted academincally as well as being a talented athlete, never held her own bottle. We called her 'Empress Em' (her forename is Emily) b/c she wanted her bottle held for her.

It was most embarrassing for my sister at the time. But it passed and now we give her all hell for it .

hermykne · 16/02/2006 20:17

i know a tiasmummy in RL but shes only 13wks!

my friends dd wont drink out her bottle at 3 1/2!
she gets morn lunch and pm bottle all on her lap

and her younger dd has them too

bit soft - esp the 3 1/2yr old.

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Tiasmummy · 16/02/2006 20:36

Elibean - thanks for not being shocked! :-) Thank you to everybody else for your replies. I will try to perserve with cups but she will probably just look at it and walk away!! lol!

Cheers again :-)

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FrannyandZooey · 16/02/2006 21:07

Well, I don't find it any more shocking than children of this age who are still breastfed - she likes you doing it, if you don't mind it (apart from the sore arms) then who cares? Nobody likes to think of a little baby with their bottle propped up and nobody holding them, why shouldn't your dd get the same royal treatment? It's quite cute isn't it?

knat · 16/02/2006 21:12

my dd is 2.4 and now only has bottle of milk at bedtime. She won't drink milk from cup eitehr (only water or juice). And only 2 weeks ago she began to hold her bottle. I just happened to say to her (she sit in lap to have bottle) you hodl the bottle mommy hold the book and read and she did it no questions asked and does it every night now (like u i never thought i'd see the day and was quite embarrassed).

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