How old should a baby be when you stop bottle feeding?

My neice will be 2 this May. I was talking to my sister-in-law the other day and she said the baby%26#039;s front teeth were starting to buck but then she said she%26#039;s going to keep bottle feeding her for another year. Her teeth will be really bad by then, at 3 years old. Now I%26#039;m not a mother, but that sounds really dumb. I knew someone who bottle fed their daughter till she was about 3 and her lips were shaped weird and she had buck teeth. I think she should be taken off the bottle right about now, but I don%26#039;t know. I don%26#039;t want to offend my sister-in-law by questioning her mothering techniques but I don%26#039;t want my neice to have buck teeth. What should I say to her?

How old should a baby be when you stop bottle feeding?
Woah, your sister in law should have pulled the plug on that 12 months ago! As you can see the obvious dental damage it is doing is not healthy. Unfortunately your sister in law seems a bit too blind to see that. Have her talk to a child%26#039;s dentist and see if that can break through to her.
Reply:I AM THE MOTHER OF TWO AND BOTH OF MY CHILDREN WERE OFF THE BOTTLE BY 1 YEARS OLD. SHE SHOULD NEVER PUT ANYTHING BESIDES BABY FORMULA IN THE BOTTLE B/C YOU DON%26#039;T WANT THEM TO BE STUCK ON IT. SHE SHOULD BE ON A SIPPY CUP BY NOW. THEY STOP TAKING FORMULA AT 1.
Reply:Why not have her daughter learn to use a sippy cup? They are spill proof now, and the kids feel so grown up using them. I always feel wierd when I see a kid walking around with a bottle. My kids were both off bottles by age 1 (by daughter would never take a bottle - she went straight from boob to sippy cup) Tell your sister that you are concerned for your neice%26#039;s teeth, show her how much braces cost, and buy your neice some really cooly sippy cups that will make her forget about those bottles.
Reply:why is she going to keep bottle feeding, did she give a reason? Both of my boys weere off the bottle by the time they turned one. I can%26#039;t stand seeing big toddlers walking around with bottle, it drives me crazy! They%26#039;re are great sippy cups with soft spouts that work very well to transition off the bottle. But even with those it%26#039;s important that they don%26#039;t suck on them for comfort, especially at night. Bottles and sippys should only be used for thirst not comfort. It all seems a little strange to me that your SIL is noticing a tooth problem, but doing nothing to correct it (taking away the bottle). I don%26#039;t think it would hurt to say something, that way you can at least get a better understanding of the whole situation.
Reply:What is your sister-in-law thinkink. My baby was exactly 1yr old when I took the bottle from him. You should but your niece a zippy cup the one with the soft top so that she wont really feel the difference. Don%26#039;t tell your sister-in-law anything just give it to her as a gift, and maybe your niece will like it. Get her one of a character she likes. Hope it works . Good luck
Reply:at age one you are supposed to give the child milk..... that is also when a sippy cup should be introduced....


i hate seeing toddlers with bottles.... the only thing i think is %26quot;what is wrong with the parents??%26quot;


same with a 2 and 3 year old with a pacifier...
Reply:i was 6 months!! Make her take it away or that kid will need braces!!! give her the propel or gaterade bottles because tehy will keep the same feeling you know the twist caps!
Reply:pediatricians recommend to stop bottle feeding at 1yr--- they also will tell you not to give them a bottle at night because its bad for the gums and teeth when they start coming out... its causes early tooth decay. may be if you research it and pull up some pictures on what it can do to your neices teeth then maybe she%26#039;ll reconsider or talk to your brother--- maybe he can say something to her about it.
Reply:A baby should be introduced to a sippy cup at 6-7 mths and off a bottle at 12-15 mths. You are right her teeth are only going to buck more. Sorry but I think your SIL is just being lazy.
Reply:It is recommended that a child is breastfed (in countries outside the First World) until at least age 2. However, in the US and the rest of the First World nations, most children should be off the bottle by 12 months at the latest.





I was weaned at 10 months. My moronic aunt and uncle decided to let their son self-wean. He used a pacifier until age 7, breastfed until age 6, and used a bottle (at night) until 8. He is now 12.
Reply:I cannot believe your sister-in-law is doing this and that the pediatrician hasn%26#039;t had a fit with her. A child should be weaned from the bottle at 12 months. That is when I weaned my son and I had no problem doing so. Of course, he was using a sippy cut at 5 months and a regular glass shortly after that. I did not put him to bed with the bottle except on rare occasions. It was not used as a pacifier either. Your sister-in-law should of known all this before giving birth by reading and educating herself. It is really imperative that she take that bottle away now. She is doing harm to her daughter. I would gently bring the subject up and maybe give her a book on kids dental health. I do think that this is also laziness on the part of your sister-in-law. I feel bad for your neice. I pray things do change.





God bless,


Spyder
Reply:one year old!





i realize that different cultures have different bottle feeding norms, but the AAP says 1 year old to prevent such problems.





my daughter has her two fron t teeth slightly inverted. we have a family memeber who is an ortho that says she may have actually have benefited from the bottle a few months longer. go figure!
Reply:i stopped bottle feeding at 6 months then started on a sippy cup which my daughter was able to feed herself
Reply:I literally stopped the bottle on their 1st birthdays with both of my kids. I introduced the sippy cup here and there for a couple of months before hand and on that birthday, they were done with bottles.
Reply:I kept my bottle until i was 3 and a half.


I have perfectly straight teeth. It is nothing about the bottle. And i will get thumbs down for this but i am giving my opinion. It is up to the babys mother.
Reply:I believe that babies should be weaned from the bottle before they can walk. My 20 m/o has been off the bottle since 13 months, a month before she was toddling around. Now she drinks from her sippy at snack time and meals and can drink from a regular cup if I%26#039;m standing close enogh to keep her from spilling everywhere. Good luck!!
Reply:HELLO, people! There is no difference between the bottle and sippy cup. Yeah, I%26#039;ll get thumbs down for this, too, but I know for a fact that many sippy cups have been blamed for dental problems and speech impediments. Switching from one to the other does not make a difference.





My daughter is 14 months old and very slight. It is hard to get the recommended calorie count into her on a daily basis. Therefore, I still give her about 24 ounces of milk/formula mix per day (the maximum recommended amount by pediatricians). She uses a REGULAR GLASS at meals, and OOOHHH....a BOTTLE upon awakening in the morning and before going to bed at night. She does NOT walk around with milk or juice in a sippy all day long (I do give her some water in a Nuby, more as an indicator of her thirst than anything else. If she goes for the sippy, I can give her a glass of milk or water).





If your SIL is giving the child milk in a bottle all day long, or if the child is walking around with the bottle, it%26#039;s a problem, but no more than all of those 3 year-olds I see clinging to their sippies. SAME THING, people! It has just become culturally acceptable for kids to use a sippy. Until not too long ago, they didn%26#039;t even exist. I don%26#039;t see entire generations before the current one with crooked teeth.





Silliness.



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