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Infant feeding

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Then the health visitor said...

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HerMomminess · 03/08/2010 20:26

...'You should get rid of those nasty bottles as soon as possible'

And I am confused.

DD is nearly 1 & was having her immunisations. I casually asked when one should try to be rid of bottles/reduce further(she has appr 17oz a day in 3 divided bottles) and is on 3 full meals with lots of yoghurt/cream cheese/ cheese etc.

However, up to age of one I thought they still needed some milk.

If I was breastfeeding would she have said to get 'rid of the nasty breast asap'? I suspect not.

I guess I am annoyed/hurt even? Which I appreciate is my fault for allowing her to get to me. But seriously: is this the end of the world?

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mousymouse · 03/08/2010 20:27

well, you can give milk from a cup, which is much better for the teeth.

mummyhill · 03/08/2010 20:31

She's not telling you top stop giving her milk, she is telling you that you should maybe wean her off the bottle and start using a cup for her milk.

ButterpieBride · 03/08/2010 20:32

I heard that they need to be starting with a cup at 6m and completely off the bottle by one.

(Still drinking milk, obviously, but either breast from a breast or expressed breast or cows milk from a cup)

Although I had to actually remove the bottle from my mums house and throw it away as she was still sneaking it to DD1 at 2yo

solo · 03/08/2010 20:32

What mousy said.

ButterpieBride · 03/08/2010 20:33

Breast from a breast? lol, well I knew what I was getting at

tiktok · 03/08/2010 20:34

Bit tactless and insensitive, I agree, and many babies have bottles at this age.

But it's not a bad idea for teeth to at least start using a cup...she just means use a cup instead of a bottle, not to stop offering milk.

There's no huge rush, though, IMO.

Fibilou · 03/08/2010 20:46

i knew what you meant too butter

lovingmy2 · 03/08/2010 20:49

My health visitor told me recently wthat i needed to reduce my DD's breastfeeds to only 2 a day saying the food was now more important than milk. I smiled and then came home and gave DD a breast feed . I will feed my DD as much or as little as i like.

Seona1973 · 03/08/2010 22:19

it is always advised to get rid of the bottle by around the age of 1 as drinking from the bottle is bad for their teeth. DD was off bottles by 15 months and ds took so well to the cup that he was off bottles by 10 months. They still had milk, they just had it from a lidded free-flowing cup rather than a bottle.

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HerMomminess · 03/08/2010 23:25

Cheers all.somehow I trust you guys more and appreciate tiktok coming along.

I guess it just felt like I was front of the queue for bad mom awards.HV also said that DD shouldn't get too much milk cause that will make her fat.admittedly haven't been able to get her weighed but we're talking about a baby that was on 9th centile at a stage&now looks like height of health.

She does take a cup (sucking cup/tomme tippee kind of thing) and drinks water from it. I'm not going to get hung up on it.Obviously don't want to ruin her teeth however I would like to see concrete randomised evidence that these three bottles are doing her harm.

Anyway.all the input appreciates.first goin to get 1st birthday party out the way & then think about it.

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