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Reason for weaning from bottle at 1 yo?
What is the reasoning behind weaning off of bottles to sippy cups by one
year? Are there studies showing detrimental effects from continued use of bottles? It just seems to me one year is a little early to wean off a bottle. Also, *IMO* a sippy cup is just a glorified bottle that's harder to clean. I'm in no hurry to wean my twins off of bottles. Nipples are easier to clean than valves. They take their water in sippy cups and milk in bottles. Does anyone know? -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Reason for weaning from bottle at 1 yo?
Truffles wrote:
What is the reasoning behind weaning off of bottles to sippy cups by one year? Are there studies showing detrimental effects from continued use of bottles? IIRC it has to do with proper positioning of the teeth and the development of the tongue. Both are important for speech development. Sippy cups require a different drinking technique which helps the tongue to be more versatile. But that's just what I've heard, perhaps someone with a more expert opinion can enlighten us. As for the teeth: it is the same issue over and over, whether a child sucks thumb, finger, pacifier or nipples: all can influence the positioning of the front teeth. I don't think this is a bad thing, dentists often think otherwise. It just seems to me one year is a little early to wean off a bottle. Also, *IMO* a sippy cup is just a glorified bottle that's harder to clean. Ah, the Playtex conspiracy FWIW DS weaned himself of nipples. Just started to refuse them completely a little while ago. -- -- Ilse mom to Olaf (07/15/2002) TTC #2 "What's the use of brains if you are a girl?" Aletta Jacobs, first Dutch woman to receive a PhD |
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Reason for weaning from bottle at 1 yo?
dejablues wrote:
Truffles wrote: What is the reasoning behind weaning off of bottles to sippy cups by one year? Are there studies showing detrimental effects from continued use of bottles? It just seems to me one year is a little early to wean off a bottle. Also, *IMO* a sippy cup is just a glorified bottle that's harder to clean. I'm in no hurry to wean my twins off of bottles. Nipples are easier to clean than valves. They take their water in sippy cups and milk in bottles. Does anyone know? Because, like toilet-training, there is a window of opportunity in which a child is more amenable to change. ????? I don't understand the connection? If you wait too long, it becomes an attachment object , not just a means of getting food, and it gets harder to give up. I can understand this. But a sippy cup can become an attachment object as well. Also, what is wrong with an attachment object? Some parents (me included) just do not care for the sight of an older baby with a bottle (or pacifier for that matter!) But that is personal preference and with no disrespect to you, I really don't care if it bothers other people. I care about the physical and emotional health of my child. If they were shown to be detrimental, that's one thing, but if it's just fashion, why the push from the doctors? You can't lay down with a sippy cup, either. Sure you can. Although, mine don't lay down with bottles or sippy cups. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Reason for weaning from bottle at 1 yo?
I was told that it can be bad for their teeth if you put anything other than
water in the bottles. Im sure this can be true for sippy cups as well if kids are sucking on them all day too. But I think the constant sucking of a bottle is more likely than a constant sucking of a sippy...if that makes sense. Also for ear problems, the sucking on a bottle is somewhat more likely to open up the ear canals - I've heard, Im no expert on this at all. My daughter was weaned at 11 mos because she refused to drink her formula. We NEVER give anything but that (or breast milk) in bottles so the bottles went too. My son was breast fed until 9 mos and he went to a bottle and loved it but on his 1st b-day we threw them all out. He cried the first night and that was it. His cousin however was nearly 3.5 before he was weaned because they didnt try to wean until he was already 2 and you can't reason too well with a 2 yr old. They did say if they had to do it again they would not have waited. Honestly, I dont think there is anything *wrong* with it but we didnt do it and I would get rid of them by a year again if it was an issue again next time simply because by 12 mos, they don't need them. And I would rather have my kids drinking from a cup than a bottle when they are toddlers. Of course, others would disagree and this is just my opinion. Good luck whatever you decide! Kari mom to Kaylie (7) Noah (4) and #3 due Sept/Oct "Truffles" wrote in message ... What is the reasoning behind weaning off of bottles to sippy cups by one year? Are there studies showing detrimental effects from continued use of bottles? It just seems to me one year is a little early to wean off a bottle. Also, *IMO* a sippy cup is just a glorified bottle that's harder to clean. I'm in no hurry to wean my twins off of bottles. Nipples are easier to clean than valves. They take their water in sippy cups and milk in bottles. Does anyone know? -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Reason for weaning from bottle at 1 yo?
Oh, I agree constant sucking of milk/juice (although mine don't drink
juice) all day can lead to rotten teeth. I guess because I don't use the bottles that way I forgot that other people do. I just give them their milk, they sit in their chairs and drink it. I don't see how the delivery method could possibly matter, if that's all you do. It is lying around with milk/juice/other sugary stuff against the teeth that can cause baby bottle mouth. It takes prolonged periods of sucking to deform teeth and palates and so on. It is of course also bad for the teeth to constantly be sipping any sugary drink all day long. I guess the ban on bottles is really a ban on those habits, which are supposed to be part of the whole bottle "thing." But they aren't necessarily. --Helen |
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Reason for weaning from bottle at 1 yo?
dejablues wrote:
Ok, so here is the word from the American Academy of Pediatrics website. http://www.aap.org/pubserv/weaning.htm I still don't see anything there that says it's detrimental. Also, I guess my twins are "weaned" according to the AAP because I don't let them wander around with it and suck from it all day. shrug I did get a kick out of the "In the beginning, fill the cup with water and offer it to him at just one meal a day". Who in their right mind would offer a baby a full cup of water? LOL! :-D Thanks for the link. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Reason for weaning from bottle at 1 yo?
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 17:20:09 -0400, "dejablues"
wrote: (I must say that I had one child that only took a bottle for two months, one for four, and one for three). Boy yout children sure weaned early. I can't imagine a child of two months on neither breast or bottle... My children were breast fed though they did take bottles for juice on occasion.. Neither went to a cup so early though - about 6 months was the beginning of sippy cups. And they weaned to regular cups by around 2. But my dd was still bfing at bedtime until she was 2 1/2 years old. My son weaned at 13 months when he began walking. -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. Outer Limits |
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Reason for weaning from bottle at 1 yo?
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 17:51:32 -0400, "dejablues"
wrote: Ok, so here is the word from the American Academy of Pediatrics website. http://www.aap.org/pubserv/weaning.htm While I generally like the advice the aap gives, I don't think that it has to be followed rigidly. One thing to note here, if the baby is never propped with a bottle, but always fed on your lap or if the baby is breastfed with no bottles, then I don't see that you *have* to wean them to sippy cups at all - you can go directly to a regular cup, just as we did before sippy cups were ever around. And usually, that would not be done until the baby was older and had a bit more eye-hand coordination. Sippy cups are a convenience for parents - I used one, but we did NOT have those no spill ones that are around nowadays either so they weren't something you could just put an infant down with anyway. They made lovely things to watch water spill out of when upside down with the lid on at the time. -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. Outer Limits |
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Reason for weaning from bottle at 1 yo?
From http://www.aap.org/pubserv/weaning.htm
"During this process you may be tempted to put milk or juice in his bottle to help him go to sleep, but don't do it. If he falls asleep while feeding, the milk or juice will pool around his teeth, and this can cause his incoming teeth to decay--a condition known as nursing-bottle syndrome. To make matters worse, drinking while lying flat on his back can also contribute to middle-ear infections, since the liquid may actually flow through the eustachian tube into the middle ear. There's still one more disadvantage to prolonged bottle feeding: The bottle can become a security object, particularly if your baby keeps it beyond about age one. To avoid this, don't let him carry or drink from a bottle while playing. Restrict the use of a bottle to feedings when he's sitting down or being held. At all other times, give him a cup. If you never allow him to take the bottle with him, he won't realize that bringing it along is even an option. Don't relent once this decision has been made, or it could prompt him to demand a bottle again long after he has "officially" been weaned. " And what about this is not detrimental? "Truffles" wrote in message ... dejablues wrote: Ok, so here is the word from the American Academy of Pediatrics website. http://www.aap.org/pubserv/weaning.htm I still don't see anything there that says it's detrimental. Also, I guess my twins are "weaned" according to the AAP because I don't let them wander around with it and suck from it all day. shrug I did get a kick out of the "In the beginning, fill the cup with water and offer it to him at just one meal a day". Who in their right mind would offer a baby a full cup of water? LOL! :-D Thanks for the link. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Reason for weaning from bottle at 1 yo?
x-no-archive:yes toto wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 17:20:09 -0400, "dejablues" wrote: (I must say that I had one child that only took a bottle for two months, one for four, and one for three). Boy yout children sure weaned early. I can't imagine a child of two months on neither breast or bottle... My children were breast fed though they did take bottles for juice on occasion.. Neither went to a cup so early though - about 6 months was the beginning of sippy cups. And they weaned to regular cups by around 2. But my dd was still bfing at bedtime until she was 2 1/2 years old. My son weaned at 13 months when he began walking. We didn't have sippy cups either. None of mine ever had a bottle for anything after the first one rejected water bottles vigorously - I never tried it again. OTOH I did start them on a regular cup at about 6 months IIRC. They were drinking from a small cup at the table by 8 months. child one self weaned except at bedtime by 8 months so I know she must have been drinking from a cup then. She weaned totally when she started walking at about a year. I went off on a trip when #2 was 8 months. That's why I think they were drinking from cups by then. #3 was bf at night until 15 months, and #4 wasn't completely weaned until age 3. (from bf - as I said - no bottle - bottles weren't as easy in those days either). They did learn to drink from a straw sometime before a year. Given that people don't mind now (most people) having a child bf until fairly old, I don't see why there should be a need to wean from a bottle either as long as the child doesn't go to sleep with it in the mouth. Doctors are human and have prejudices just like other people, so I would theorize that some of them have the same dislike of babies older than a year with a bottle or pacifier as have been stated here, and because of that might recommend that the baby be weaned or not have a pacifier after a year whether or not that was really medically indicated. My personal take on that is that it is more emotional than anything, and thus there is real reason to do it if you don't want to. grandma Rosalie |
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