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Infant feeding

Get advice and support with infant feeding from other users here.

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Original poster

Does anybody elses 2YO still have a bottle at bedtime?

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Fizog · 24/09/2004 09:54

...just wondering, I can't get her to give it up and wondering if it's really that much of a big deal...

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katzguk · 24/09/2004 09:57

mine!!(said in a very small voice hidding behind the chair and waiting to be linched!!)

I shoudl know better working in a dental hospital but for me her going to sleep in currentyl more important

misdee · 24/09/2004 10:05

mine does. she just wont take milk from a cup (will have juice tho). its a comfort thing.

NomDePlume · 24/09/2004 10:09

My DD, 2y 1m, has a drink of milk before bed. She drinks it from a avent non-drip toddler spout and we brush her teeth between milk and bed

sallystrawberry · 24/09/2004 10:24

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spikeycat · 24/09/2004 10:43

My ds (2 in dec) still has a bottle of milk for morning nap and one for bed time, and here is the bad confession..... its still formular, not cows milk. Don't know how to go about changing it?

scotlou · 24/09/2004 10:45

Can beat that - my 4 1/2 year old ds still has a bottle at bed time. Refuses to give it up, so can't really stop the 2 year old dd having one either. My dh says it isn't a big deal (and it's not really) so we've just left them to it. I thought he'd have stopped before starting school - but seems to be a comfort thing. I worry about him being teased - but he doesn't! By the way, know of someone who had to have a bottle disposing ceremony for her 2 - aged 6 and 8!

fio2 · 24/09/2004 10:46

my 5 yr old still has one and my 3 yr old!!

just dont tell anyone, no-one will know any differnt

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Fizog · 24/09/2004 10:48

Spikeycat I just switched (cold hard switch) from forula to cows milk at 6 months. DD didn't seem to notice the difference.

She deosn't have a bottle any other time just at bedtime while we have a cuddle then clean teeth and bed. She's always been a good sleeper so that's not a problem... I just feel so bad she loves it so much and just won't have milk out of a cup at bedtime.

Ps have to say that DD uses adult cups and beakers (no lids) for the rest of the time. does that make it better or worse??

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Fizog · 24/09/2004 10:49

Thanks guys, I do feel better about it now. I personally don't think it's too much of a big deal but it does seem to be outside my little world.

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Angeliz · 24/09/2004 10:51

Not at bedtime but my 3.6 dd has one in the morning.
I've tried milk in a cup but she just won't drink it! It's just the morning milk and nobody sees so that's alright!!

charliecat · 24/09/2004 10:52

Its better than coke in a bottle 4 times a day isnt it...or am I just saying that because my first dd was 4 and a half before I swopped hers for a glass of water and dd2 still has one aged 3.9. neither of mine touch milk any other way so the + outweighed the -.

smellymelly · 24/09/2004 10:53

I don't think 2 years is a problem, Ds had it till he was 2.5, but I do feel aged 5 is a little excessive?

TraceyP · 24/09/2004 10:55

It's no big deal really. If it's OK to breastfeed a 2 year old (and it is, and I did it) then of course it's OK to give a bottle! And you can tell anyone who criticises you to go boil their head, it's nobody's business but yours!

smellymelly · 24/09/2004 10:56

Spikeycat - ds had formula till he was 2.5 coz he never ate anything. Then at 2.5 I changed it to cow's milk in a cup and he refused it for weeks, may even have been months, but he loves it now!

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Fizog · 24/09/2004 11:16

Like your style TraceyP

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TraceyP · 24/09/2004 11:24

CountessDracula · 24/09/2004 11:44

MINE! I give it to her for my benefit, makes me think she is still my baby!

And she has one in the morning.

cuckoo2004 · 24/09/2004 13:42

If you want to change a child onto cow's milk then you can do it gradually by initially replacing 1oz of the formula with cow's milk and then 3 nights later changing 2oz of the contents to cows milk. If you replace an additional 1oz of formula with cow's milk every 3 nights then they are soon on 100% cow's milk. This should avoid upset as few children notice the change if you do it like this.

Depending on how much milk they're having in the daytime you might want to go to plain water in which case dilute the milk by reducing the number of scoops of formula going into the bottle in the same way until they reach the stage of having plain water.

If children of over 1 year have more that about 1 pint of milk a day (including milk on ceral and yoghurts!)then they tend to eat less as a result. Therefore, it might be worth taking this into consideration if children are reluctant to take solids. Good luck all.

suzywong · 24/09/2004 13:57

my three and a half year old still has a bottle of cows milk at bedtime and one in the middle of the morning.

Am waiting till he starts kindy in January to pull the plug.

TBH though I do worry about his teeth, and no we don't make him clean them after the bottle

bad mummy

laa · 24/09/2004 14:03

My Ds is 3yrs4mos and still has a bottle of milk morning and sometimes bedtime. He just won't drink milk from anything else. Equally he insisted on a drinking cup for all other stuff quite early. Wierd, isn't it! Personally, I've given up the battle of trying to remove it. I'd rather he went to bed contented and with a warm drink inside him, than unhappy. It's only 2 a day so DH and I don't see what the problem is...although the rest of my family think it is!

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Fizog · 24/09/2004 14:45

I love mumsnet!

I thought I couldn't be the only one

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lulupop · 24/09/2004 15:07

Yup, DS (3 in December) v attached to his bedtime milk and morning milk from bottle - goes mad if we present it in any other receptacle!

I've had so much trouble getting him to sleep, I really don't care if this is what it takes now!

ladymuck · 24/09/2004 15:13

Ds1 (3.5) still has his bedtime bottle. I hadn't managed to drop it before ds2 came along (when he was 2), and then couldn't drop it whilst ds2 was still having one. I've decided the time has come though - after our holiday next week the bottles will go....

Ds1 also has a filling.

donnie · 24/09/2004 16:16

this thread makes me feel so much better ! dd is 3 in Nov and she still has a bottle with teat at bed time and wake up time. Beakers and cups the rest of the time, but as other posters have said it is definitely a habit/comfort thing - she also still has a dummy at night which we have decided to ' tackle ' soon ( not looking forward to that!).

logic · 24/09/2004 16:21

Please don't beat yourself up about it Fizog! It's just a bottle...I really don't know why ppl make such a fuss about it. We stopped the bottles just before ds was 2 simply because we got fed up making them not because of any sort of peer pressure. As long as she is happy and you are all getting some sleep, who cares?

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