When did you stop using a bottle completely?

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She has one before bed and first thing. Sippy cup the rest of the time. 14 months

How come just one bottle a day at six months?

DS is 4.3 and still has a bottle of milk morning and night. Drained in about 20 seconds flat and uses cups or glasses the rest of the time. Not bothered in the slightest. I'm sure he won't go to uni with them.

Spotty, it was because they were fully weaned by then. They had reflux (and weaning was still 4 months, not 6), so weaned early from about 3.5 months. By 6 they were on 3 meals a day plus snacks, so the milk was just making them fat (extra calories which weren't needed).

I stopped bottles with both my dc as soon as they turned 1.

I have DS his last bottle the night before his 1st birthday. He wasn't really interested in milk/bottles at that stage so it was pretty straightforward to switch to a sippy cup full time from his birthday.

scarlett- wow that is so early to cut out milk almost completely. You say solids were "4 months not 6" I assume referring to advice- when was that?

Was 2002 & 2005. All done on hv and Dr's advice, so no worries - they still had milk to drink, I didn't cut out milk as a drink - they just didn't get bottles or milk in those amounts anymore. They were fully weaned.

Nobody said you could only post on this thread if you'd had your dc in the last couple of years - when mine were little you weaned much earlier than now - by 6 months they were eating meals.

backfor- when was that?

Why does it matter when it was deepbluetr?

Thanks Scarlett. Dc1 hated milk and hardly drank any after six months either she just refused once on solids!

Spotty, mine went off it too for ages - but seemed to have a resurgence of milk love at about 5 or so. They drink heaps now, it makes me gip because I hate milk (and seeing people drink it!).

Just curious.

The info about health benefits of later weaning has been around for a long time. I had my first in 1996 and I wouldn't have considered 4 month solids then.

I hate milk too bleurgh. Dd's four now and drinks quite a bit. She will choose it over squash etc.

Spotty I hate milk too- my kids have never drunk animal milk - they think it is rank. Never formula, animal milk, cheese, yogurt, butter.

Where did you get all the information from in 96?

I didn't get internet until about 2006, so would have had to go out of my way to collate info contrary to that given by my health care professionals.
I just tended to go with what they advised tbh, and as it worked with one, I fully expected a similar outcome with the next.

I had my first in 1996 and followed advice from the health professionals, which was standard weaning from 16 weeks, but start earlier if they were a 'hungrier baby'.
Why is it bothering you so much deepbluetr ?

I contacted la Leche League by telephone when I had my first baby in 1996. Hvs told me to start solids at 16 weeks.

This did not seem right to me. My baby was thriving, gaining and happy. My instinct told me it was garbage.

La Leche League gave me the the most up to date information published by NHS, UNICEF and WHO, which were just coming to their conclusions that 6 months was the optimum time to start solids.

Information has always been available- even before the internet.

Backfor- doesn't bother me at all- go ahead. They are your kids after all.

Aaah, you were much more invested in feeding options than most then. I was just bothered about getting them fed, not in the research.

scarlett- that's fine- I was more interested in getting my babies off to the best possible nutritional start.

My family - on both sides advised evaporated milk mixed with water in a bottle which would also have gotten "them fed"- and raised many of my extented family from birth.

They also survived. I appreciate that feeding our babies is the primary concern.

"The info about health benefits of later weaning has been around for a long time. I had my first in 1996 and I wouldn't have considered 4 month solids then"

DD is nearly 14. When she was a baby the advice to start babies on solids was from 16 weeks. In reality with DD it was probably nearer 6 months because she wasn't interested and had a spell in hospital.

My dd2 13 months still has a morning and bedtime formula . She want bother with cows milk. Even though I wish she would. The other day , I refused to give her formula all day and by bed time she was rotten. I relented, she tasted and did I naughty giggle and a shoulder shimmy.
rod for my own back

Dd1 (19) started weening at 14 months by a over zealous MIL. Dd sneezed and a spaghetti hoop came out her nose

She was a 'hungry' baby apparently and weened quite early. She could climb through a letter box now and absolutely no health problems.

When dd2 is ready to give it up - she can. I'm not pushing her.

4 months*

When I changed DD from formula to cow's milk I mixed cow's milk with formula 75:25, then 50:50 then 25:75 then 100% cow's milk. It worked.