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When did your dc's actually stop having a bottle?

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llynnnn · 19/08/2007 23:15

I know the guidelines say 12 months but in reality at what age did your wee ones have milk from a cup rather than bottle even at bedtime??

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MrsFish · 21/08/2007 08:02

My ds is 2+3 and still has his bottle of milk before bed. I stopped his morning bottle at 18 months and tried giving it him in a cup but he refused to drink it so he only has milk on his cereal now and a yoghurt for after. He only drinks water all day out of a cup or one of those sports type bottles. I am not concerned about him still having his milk out of a bottle at night, he loves it so much and he drains a 9oz bottle in a couple of mins so its not like he uses it as comfort, but he just won't drink milk out of a cup.

Saying that I have 6 weeks to go till my next lo arrives and I am going to attempt to give milk in a cup a lot sooner so he gets used to it.

JARM · 21/08/2007 08:26

My 3.1yr old still has the equivelent of 9oz at lunchtime, the same at 6pm and again to go to bed with. She loves her milk, and would rather she drank milk than fizzy or squash

elasticbandstand · 21/08/2007 08:45

at the age of 12 months, following guidelines i took away all of my 3's bottles, to a trainer cup at bedtime and breakfast,

elasticbandstand · 21/08/2007 08:48

but i have frends whosechildren still have the bottle until they started school!

WaynettaSlob · 21/08/2007 09:00

With both DSs I've tried to give them their drinks in a cup from 12 mo, but their nightime milk in a bottle for as long as they will snuggle up to me to drink it (usually 18 - 24 months).
Conversely, neither has had a dummy since they were 8 weeks old........

harleyd · 21/08/2007 09:02

between 8-10months for all of mine

lizziemun · 21/08/2007 09:04

Moved dd from bottle to beacker for her bedtime milk at 2years, she stopped drinking milk at night at about 2 1/2. Although now at 3 1/2 she has started asking for milk before bedtime again. She is having about 4oz before bed from her beaker.

scarletphoenix · 21/08/2007 12:03

DS is still having a bottle at 2yrs +1. Only for milk though and only at home. At nursery he will quite happily drink his milk from a beaker , I can only presume that it is a comfort thing and at the moment it isn't causing me concern

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saythatagain · 21/08/2007 13:05

Our dd (aged 3.5 yrs) still loves her bottle still at night, prior to teeth brushing of course. I've tried the sending to Santa etc but she just doesn't want to give it up. I know, I know....just take it away from her! She has no problem with speech - in the slightest!

KTNoo · 21/08/2007 22:20

Sorry escapefrom, I obviously misunderstood -it was your 4yr old you were talking about?

Genidef · 21/08/2007 22:24

Nearly two and a half. Now we have to warm the milk in a bottle, but she drinks it with a straw. We had some issues with her speech and were told to get rid of the bottle asap - if this hadn't been the case, there is some chance we would have carried on.

EscapeFrom · 23/08/2007 16:43

yes my oldest - I was never warned about potential speech problems, just about his teeth, and as he had the teat in his mouth for less than 10 minutes total a day, I thought he would be ok.

I feel so guilty now.

ruddynorah · 23/08/2007 16:56

she never took to a bottle. she went from breast to lidded beaker at 8 months.

KTNoo · 23/08/2007 20:12

Please don't feel guilty escapefrom! Obviously I don't know your ds but I really don't think 10 minutes a day with a bottle would cause speech difficulties. Maybe someone disagrees with this, but I don't think you should feel like you did anything wrong.

The children on my caseload I was concerned about were, for example, having 4 big bottles of milk per day at age 2. This meant they never had much appetite for proper food and hence were not used to chewing, which helps to develop the muscles used for speech.

I mentioned some of this on another thread about dummies - often language delay has no clear cause and is simply to do with the wiring of the brain, but obviously other factors (e.g. lots of bottles of milk in an older child) could worsen the problem in a susceptible child.

Hope this makes sense, and hope you're getting the help you need.

Meeely2 · 23/08/2007 20:13

my boys are 2.8yo and still have a bottle at bedtime - we plan to give the bottles to their 3mo cousin this weekend and see how we get on......

Meeely2 · 23/08/2007 20:14

oh and my two talk for england it hasn't affected that at all

RubyRioja · 23/08/2007 20:16

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dyzzidi · 23/08/2007 20:17

I took it off my dd at 12 month old. she still has milk morning, afternoon and evening out of a cup. I coincided it with Christmas as we had a lot of visitors then went away for a few days and i just didn't take it with us or give it to her upon our return

KTNoo · 23/08/2007 20:28

RubyRioja - can I quote you on my CV please when I finally get around to resurrecting my flagging career?

deaconblue · 23/08/2007 21:14

16 months and he's still on a bottle twice a day

runkid · 23/08/2007 21:51

My ds 3.2 still loves his milk in a bottle in the morning and night time in bed he wont give it up and wont have it in a beaker

RubyRioja · 23/08/2007 22:15

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