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debsey75
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Spinoff to my bottle & formula post..Re stopping bottles
AJ is 13 months and still on a bottle 4 times a day. It just fits so nicely into our routine honestly. He drinks fine from a sippy cup and uses straw cups as well with no problems.
I was going to stop using bottles last month but the pedi advised against it because of the jealousy issues AJ has with Gianna. Even if AJ just finished a bottle, he still wants Giannas bottles.
AJ also refuses to hold his own bottles. I have tried everything and nothing worked. He holds sippy cups with no problems.  The pedi told me to stop rushing him. He is just a baby too. I agree but how long is too long?
Should I start to cut out 1 bottle per day? How do I do it? Or do I continue with his 4 bottles per day?
AJ and Gianna are 11 months apart so she will be on a bottle for quite some time still.
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Re: Spinoff to my bottle & formula post..Re stopping bottles
I'm surprised the ped says you are rushing him considering he can drink/hold a sippy. That is weird to me.
But anyway, I'd just get rid of them myself. My DS never held a bottle either, but held sippies, which was even more incentive to get rid of the darn thing.
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| Posted 12/9/08 8:23 AM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: Spinoff to my bottle & formula post..Re stopping bottles
toss the bottles, IMHO...he will get used to it 
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| Posted 12/9/08 8:24 AM |
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debsey75
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Re: Spinoff to my bottle & formula post..Re stopping bottles
Posted by KateDevine
I'm surprised the ped says you are rushing him considering he can drink/hold a sippy. That is weird to me.
But anyway, I'd just get rid of them myself. My DS never held a bottle either, but held sippies, which was even more incentive to get rid of the darn thing.
I think the main reasoning behind him saying that is b/c AJ was having major jealousy issues when Gianna come home. He really went from a sweet little boy to a different child....his sleep pattern changed, he began hitting me, screaming, throwing temper tantrums...etc. It was so bad one day I really thought he was sick in pain so I took him to the pedi. 
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| Posted 12/9/08 8:29 AM |
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headoverheels
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Re: Spinoff to my bottle & formula post..Re stopping bottles
if it's a jealousy issue i would probably keep a bottle or two, and get rid of the others. (i am not a BTDT mom but i am just thinking objectively.) i can imagine it is very inconvenient but i think it's a nice little bonding time for you and AJ to sit and give him a bottle maybe twice a day, and then gradually decrease it to once a day. once he gets used to having his little sister around maybe you could get rid of them altogether good luck!
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| Posted 12/9/08 8:30 AM |
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Re: Spinoff to my bottle & formula post..Re stopping bottles
Posted by headoverheels
if it's a jealousy issue i would probably keep a bottle or two, and get rid of the others. (i am not a BTDT mom but i am just thinking objectively.) i can imagine it is very inconvenient but i think it's a nice little bonding time for you and AJ to sit and give him a bottle maybe twice a day, and then gradually decrease it to once a day. once he gets used to having his little sister around maybe you could get rid of them altogether good luck!
ITA I would slowly decrease the bottles and put the milk or formula in the sippy cups. This is what I did with my DS before he turned one. Then after his one year old appointment, when I switched to milk, I took away the last bottle and replaced it with the final sippy cup.
I think as long as you have a sippy to give your DS when your DD has her bottle he should be okay. I always keep a sippy cup with water in the refrigerator so if it is time fir my DD's bottle and not my DS's milk I just give him the water sippy and he is fine. At this point he knows the difference between her bottles and his sippy. I think your DS will be fine. Just do the transition slowly.
My Ped also said that he did not bother you about getting rid of the bottle until your child was turning 2 years old. I just did not listen and decided I wanted my DS off a bottle at one years old. Really just do what is best for your DS. It is very stressful having a newborn and another child that just turned one. Eventually your DS will be off bottles. 
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| Posted 12/9/08 8:46 AM |
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Re: Spinoff to my bottle & formula post..Re stopping bottles
Posted by Mikismom
toss the bottles, IMHO...he will get used to it
ITA! He might be upset for a while but eventually he will get used to it. When we were getting Jacob off his bottles, we would give him his sippy cup in place of the bottle...even if we just put water in it. He eventually realized that he couldnt have his bottles anymore.
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| Posted 12/9/08 8:49 AM |
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cantbelieveit
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Re: Spinoff to my bottle & formula post..Re stopping bottles
I say don't rush. What is the big deal really. My DD was on a bottle until 19 months. It was only 1 per day at that time in the morning and she refused to hold it up until that day. I enjoyed cuddling her on the couch and holding it for her. My dd is mature, too mature. She hardly plays with her toys and would rather be doing what I am doing. At 2 1/2 she is taking her dolls and setting up to take pictures and asks to use my camera. I don't know what she is going to do at age 10 . So my point is, kids grow up soooo fast. I don't think a few bottles for a couple of months longer than you would have liked will do ANY damage. If anything, its nurturing. I have to side with your doctor. JMO.
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| Posted 12/9/08 8:52 AM |
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cjik
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Re: Spinoff to my bottle & formula post..Re stopping bottles
I agree, don't rush him. Especially if there are jealousy issues. Sometimes I feel like there is a big rush to make them grow up fast and get rid of all baby things by a year, but they are still babies in so many ways!
Our pediatrician wants Matthew off bottles by 18 months, which seems a fair amount of time to wean. Did you start milk yet? I'm planning to use the sippy cup instead of his bottle for milk so he gets used to it. He gets one of juice and water each day, and I'm thinking of trying one cup of milk for a few days to see how he reacts to it. If there are no problems, then I'll add another. But it sounds as if the morning and evening bottles might be best for AJ to keep right now. Also, if you aren't doing this with the cup, maybe it would help to hold him sometimes while he drinks, so he has that same feeling of comfort he got when you held him to drink the bottle.
Good luck! it must be hard having two so young--heck DS is jealous of the computer right now!
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| Posted 12/9/08 9:38 AM |
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gottaluvmusik
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Re: Spinoff to my bottle & formula post..Re stopping bottles
our ped said we didnt have to go crazy about the bottle until 2. Cadi still has 2 bottles of WARM milk a day..haha
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| Posted 12/9/08 9:40 AM |
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