Hello :)
My 15month old daughter has a really good night time routine that works perfectly for both her and I . The first year of her life was awful in terms of her not sleeping constantly waking but since she turned a year , she goes to bed at 7pm and wakes between 7-8am. Woop!
My question is around the last milk feed at night and how old she will be when I need to stop doing this . I always breastfed to sleep for the first year . I stopped breastfeeding at 1 year and turned to blue top milk in a bottle . The routine currently is , bath and brush teeth, story, bottle in the dark, cuddle and sway and then put down either asleep or drowsy depending on whether she goes to sleep in my arms or not . I then leave the room and she sleeps through the night. If she wakes she willl always put herself back to sleep without me needing to go in .
When should I stop giving the last bottle in the dark like this ? I worry that she loves this little routine so much that she wouldn't want to have the bottle in day light . I also really love our snuggles and selfishly don't want to give that up.
I have heard that the bottle is bad for their teeth ? Is this right ? I'm sure my mum still gave me a bottle till late and my teeth are fine !
Any thoughts would be great !