What age did you take the bottle away?

Good morning, Moonchild, My son just turned 5 and I STILL give him milk before bed. He calls it a NA-NA. I think when he was about 2, I took the bottle away, but replaced it with the nipple headed kids sports cups, and/or Advent no-spill cups, and only allowed him to have it for his bedtime na na. The rest of the day, he used cups. Some cups still had covers with straw, or sports bottle style - just for my own sanity and for the sake of my carpets and furniture! LOL Anyway, when I started noticing he was chewing on the soft parts of the cups, I told him I was not buying anymore and once they were gone, they were gone. Actually, I JUST threw out his last Advent Sippy cup - that was his last one. I bought the hard plastic tip sippy cups and he uses them only at night now. I don't see anything wrong with allowing them the comfort of a nighttime drink of milk. They grow up so fast and I don't like to rush these last few little 'baby' habits. The most important thing though, is make sure she doesn't fall asleep with the cup/sippy in her mouth. Take it away before she falls asleep. Also, because my son is older, he knows he has to brush his teeth and go potty after his na na and before he lays down for sleep. These little habits will go away when he's ready and it's really just for us. He doesn't refer to milk or cups as na na except at home, with us, right before night nights! So I'm not too worried about his 'acting his age' because he uses appropriate behaviours/language outside of the house. My advise; let her have her little night time comforts, but adjust to 'older' style bottles (like sports bottles), teach her to stay awake to finish so she can brush/pee, and keep her going on big-girl cups EXCEPT for bedtime with mom. Good luck!

My daughter was about two and a half years old when her bottle fell on the wayside, but it was very difficult for us to take it away from her at that age because she was older. So, when I had my son, he had his very last bottle on the day before he turned a year old. I'd heard that the bottle should be gone by the time they were a year old and I was determined to do that. I think that because he lost his bottle so young, he has had an easier time adjusting to various things in his life.

My son actually weaned himself off the bottle at 10 months old. He would refuse to drink out of the bottle anymore. So the doctor told me to keep putting his formula in his sippy cup. I did that for a while and then he refused to drink the formula and I had to switch him to regular milk. If he hadn't weaned himself off the bottle I probably would have given it to him until he was a little over a year and then taken him off of it. He drinks out of regular cups now and does just fine and he's 4.

Personally I cant stand seeing preschool aged children with bottles. My oldest was 10 months and off the bottle and on a sippy, my middle daughter was 12 months and off the bottle and my youngest has now been off the bottle since 2 weeks after her 1st birthday. My 2 oldest daughter's were off the sippy at 3 years old because of starting preschool and they dont use sippy cups. I personally think it's best to have a child off the bottle by 18 at the latest. It screws their teeth linement up and I cant afford braces later in life. Also having a child on a bottle longer then 1 year can cause more cavitives and problems with the mouth. I started my kids on sippy cups at 5 months old and never let them sleep with a bottle. I just fully took it a way when they were babies. I didnt give them an option. I know every child is different and it's probably a security thing for your daughter but I would just throw them away to prevent further damage to her teeth. Try buying her a stuffed animal or something to replace the bottle. I hope you have good luck taking it away.

As I remember, my children lost their bottles between age one and 1 1/2. It was probably closer to 1 for our son, as he and I were living with my parents at the time. My mother thought he should be potty trained already, but he wasn't. My daughter quit waking up in the night and gave up her bottle when I started bring her water instead of milk in the night. Our daughter's son was not developing as fast as his sisters had. His doctor told my daughter to quit giving him so many liquids and make him eat solid food. She started only giving him milk or juice from a regular glass. He started eating solid food and started growing. He'll always be short but is an acceptable size for his age.

when my daughter turns 2 years old, i started to give her a milk in cup, at first I'm having a hard time because she wasn't use to it, but as a mother it is my duty, so I applied patient and perseverance in order for her to learn. right now she's already 5 years and she's turning 6 this year, but I don't have any regret of what i done her, cause she is a very will discipline child. I'm a proud mother.

well i've been hooked on the bottle for quite some time now. i've been trying to part ways with my relationship to jack daniels for over 20 years but i can't live with him and i can't live without him. its no use it was just meant to be.

Hi, moonchild1au. I took all of my kids off of the bottle by age one years old. As soon as they hit this age, I took them off of the bottle. I started training them to drink out of a cup by eight months. It took them a while, but they caught unto it eventually.

i weaned the children when they were one year old. it was a tough one but i have to do it. i started giving them milk in a glass. during the night, it was bottle feeding. during the day, milk in a glass.

I took away the bottle as soon as they were able to sit up in their small chairs. They had breakfast, a mid morning snack of mashed banana, lunch (a nap afterwards) teatime at four, again sitting in their chairs a cup in their hands with their milk (and I was at their side to help them hold it) and another meal at 8 PM. Then it was bedtime and no more eating until the next day. So I guess the bottle went away from my house before they were one year old. My pediatrician did not feel so much milk was needed (night bottles and such). I had friends who gave their children bottles at night, long time after going to bed. I discovered it did not do so well with sleeping habits. Many times we went to see them at night and a little ghost would come to say hi at times where they should be sleeping. It´s just my experience though. I hope it helps.

it is best to take the bottle away as soon as we see that is not needed anymore. My children were off the bottle and onto a sippy cup after their first year. Usually, if they are walking and talking, the bottle can make it's departure.

If she still drinks between her sleep, then it's okay to give her the bottle since it's easier for her rather than to wake up and drink through the glass. But other than that time, try to stop giving her from bottles. She's already three, I don't think she'll need the bottle anymore.

I am not a mother yet.., But i have six younger siblings and I've witnessed how my mother took care of them.., All of them stopped bottle feeding as soon as they can sit on the chair in the dining room table with the rest of us.., and eat with us.., and that usually happens.., around a year and 2 months old.. they looked so cute like little adults..=)