10 mth old won't hold his bottle

It took my daughter, who is 18 mos. now, a long minute to learn how to hold her bottle. I thought it was laziness, at first, which I had discovered to be true because I had been holding her bottle for her since she was born. She still hasn't transitioned well to the sippy cup which I am trying now. However, there could be other issues, such as the bottle being too heavy for him or him being used to you holding it among other things. If it persists, I suggest that you see his healthcare professional and ask what their best advice may be.

there was a time also when my baby didnt want to hold his bottle. i even tried to put a handle in the bottle for him to hold on to. but he still wouldnt hold it. so what i did was i held the bottle near his mouth. he of course would open his mouth waiting for me to put it in, but i wouldnt. so he would hold out his hands and reach for the bottle. i would then help him out to put it in his mouth. if he lets go of the bottle, then we start all over again. i started doing this to him when he was about 9 months. he is 11 months old now and he holds the bottle by himself. maybe you can try my strategy :) good luck!

My daughter had her first birthday yesterday. She needs me to hold her bottle. I wish she could manage to hold her own bottle. I also wish she would move on to using a cup with a lid. My three year ols son also drinks from a bottle but he is able to hold it himself. He is disabled and still acts a bit like a baby.

My foster, then adopted son wouldn't, but it was because he had asthma. His diminished air supply made him weak. We couldn't get a good doctor to diagnose it - one doctor actually told me "These kids just don't have good genes!" I felt like he had slapped me - I LOVED this child. When he was the age of your son, ten months, he was finally diagnosed and given some help, and developmentally, he began to skyrocket and catch up. As a mother of ten, though, I would say, hold your baby close and give him his bottles, and enjoy every minute. In a few months, he will be a toddler instead of a baby. These stages go so fast!!

Hello welcome to mylot My grand daughter used to have this same problem till she completed her first year, we were worried, now she is grown up lol.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Professor

I had three children. One held the bottle until he was ten months old, another held the bottle until he was a year and the third til he was fourteen months. I followed what I read about bottle feeding and tempered it with gut instinct. Two of the rules I followed with all three of my children were introduce the sipy cup at 9 months to be used exclusively once they can use it well and never give them the bottle at night. My advice to you is to sit back and relax. No baby responds well to a nervous mother. The next time you see your pediatrician bring the subject up. Have fun with your baby! Happy motherhood! Cheers to you!

Yes my baby was exactly the same, he would not hold his bottle either. Now he is 16 months and he has 2 bottles a day, which he will drink laying up right in his cot. The rest of the day he will drink juice from a beaker that has a straw at the top, although it did take me a while to get him to learn how to suck out of a straw. My son still will not hold his bottle if he is not in his bed, which is why I have resorted to these beakers, and I have to say they are brilliant. They do not spill, the straw does not come out, and there is a slide cover on it that covers the straw so great for travelling with. I guess the best thing you can do is just perservere with things, and hope that he will get the hang of it, which I am sure he will do eventually. One thing I did do, when I was teaching him, which may help, is I used to have him laid down a little but enough so he did not choke on his drink, and I used to give him his bottle and prop it up with pillows or something. I would then place his hands on it, so he understood that he should hold it, I also had a couple of those bottle that were easier for his small hands to grip round, you probably know the ones I mean, they have a hole through the middle, and the baby can use both hands on either side of the bottle. anyway you could try this... just make sure you stay with him, in case he chokes. As I said he will get the hang of it soon, sometimes it just takes them a little while with their co-ordinations.