at what age should babies drink milk from a bottle?

I think 4 years old is too old for a bottle. And kids really should be drinking that much milk anyway. Last I heard they recommend like 1 glass a day. My kids only drink milk with their cereal in the morning. They all stopped taking bottles when they stopped taking formula at 12 month old. They never had anything but formula in their bottles. Milk, juice and water belonged in the cups. They just now stopped using sippy cups (they are 6, 5 and 4) and drink from small cups now. Kids don't need milk and juice. They should only be getting 1 (6-8oz) glass a day at the most. I think for your daughter it is more of a crutch now. She is used to it but it is unhealthy. She is old enough to tell her that she doesn't need it and just take it away and give her a sippy cup or regular cup. She may cry but she will get over it.

Well I was brought up that as soon as they can sit up it is time for a cup. With mine as soon as they turned one I walked them to the trash can and let them throw it away and say "bye bye" I feel that the longer that you wait the more dependent the child grows. We as parents have to set the guidelines not the children. The child will drink from a bottle for as long as you allow it. 4 yes it is time to let the bottle go.

A child should be off the bottle no later then 18 months my children were off before 1 years of age or at 1 years of age. Most people believe that nothing will happen to their babies teeth ,but drinking a bottle at this age will ruin her teeth they will turn brown and rot out seen it yesterday at my childs school pretty little girl smiled and teeth were half gone and rotten. I know this because my daughter is a dental assistant she see a lot of cases

Your daughter is to old to be drinking from a baby bottle. Try letting her use a straw when she drinks her milk.

she is way to old to be drinking from a bottle my nephew and neice were drinking out of kids cups at 1 and a half by 2 they should def be drinking from a normal topless cup.

I think she will let you know when she is ready to give up her bottle. I had my bottle til i was 5. Maybe it is her security? I just tried to teach my 6 month old son how to hold a sippy cup. He holds it pretty good and just tried to naw on the rubber. (he is teething) Just give your daughter a chance!

First, she's your daugther so you have a right to keep her on the bottle if you want. However, I dont agree with this. She's almost in kindergarden. She should not being drinking a bottle. If she only drinks half her milk, praise her for drinking that half. Throw away the bottles and she will drink from a cup. She's not doing it because she knows you'll let her have her bottle. By 4, it's a comfort thing. She's fully capable of drinking from a cup.

Does it help to put it in a sippy cup. I pulled the bottle from my daughter when she was 10 mths old and made her drink from a sippy cup. What does her doctor tell you? It is bad for their teeth at the age of 4 it could cause her to need braces and other bad repercussions.

There is a thing of drinking to much milk. My daughter was in the hospital for 10 days. They said she had low iron and high white blood cells because she drank to much milk. I think she is to old for a bottle because when she goes to school she wont be able to take it with her.I would keep an eye on her teeth because they will start decaying from drinking the milk from a bottle. My daughter was 2 1/2 when I got rid of the bottle and by the age of 5 her teeth decayed and had to get them pulled and if I didnt it would spread to her othr teeth.

she just likes it for comfort. take it from her. tell her you are gonna give all her bottles to the bottle faries. Put it in a bag than tie it to a tree. During the night ditch the bottles and replace them with a toy or something. the next morning your child will be so pleased with the toy the faries left!! bottles at this age can really mess up their teeth! good luck

They should be off the bottle by 12 months old. They should start on the cup by 6 months old.

Most pediatricians and pediatric-dentists are recommending you wean from the bottle starting at 6 months, but definitely by 12 months. They encourage you to use sipee-tipee cups as apposed to a bottle, because bottle sucking is a leading cause of baby-tooth decay and well as other dental problems. Also, babies and toddlers use 'sucking' as a way of comforting, but if it is encouraged after the toddler developmental stages, it can become an insecurity issue. In your case, a 4 year old should be definitely weaned. You definitely won't want your 4 year old to go to school or have peer interaction with others her age, because they will immediately identify her as different. A 4 year old can rationalize what behaviors are baby-ish, and you are setting your 4 year old up to be identified in such a way. It can indeed hinder her peer-interaction and socialization. I'd start by encouraging a sipee-tipee cup and if you are concerned about her not getting enough milk then encourage her with more frequent smaller amounts of milk. You need to remember that a 4 year old also gets a source of dairy from other things like cheeses, yogurts, and even ice cream. A 4 year old on average only needs 3 servings of dairy products a day, so you don't have to only count on milk as a way to get your 4 year old to have the nutritionally required amount. here's a good nutritional article for you to read (specifically dairy section): http://parentcenter.babycenter.com/refcap/preschooler/pnutrition/64359.html

2 yeras old I think because it wrote at Quran that baby should drink mother's milk till his 2 years old. ^^

My doctors told me that by 1 year of age they wanted my girls off a bottle. It has something to do with the development of their teeth. When children use a bottle longer than that it was cause dammage to their teeth causing them to not grow in properly.

it is not healthy that your 4 year old child is still drinking milk from a bottle. bottle feeding should never continue beyond three years maximum. change your child's habits and get had to start drinking milk from a glass even if it is a little messy and takes a little longer initially

All my kids drank from a bottle till they entered first grade..so that was when they were 7. My eldest is 18 and i dont think it had a negative effect on him. Like you, when I tried shifting to a glass, he stopped drinking. I asked their pediatrician and she said that it was ok

It's like process , the baby needs time to change her habitual . But don't worry step by step you can change her habits on drink . It's just require patience and time...

I think as long she is drinking milk its alright but u have to try to get her acquainted her to drink milk from glass because she can't go on drinking milk from the bottle all her life.. I think as time passes she would change herself but in the meantime u have to teach her..

She should have been on a cup a long time ago. 4 year olds don't need milk, yet alone 3 bottles of it. Take the bottle away and that's all.

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