The great (bottle) debate
Brady is going to be two-years old in two months and he still takes a bottle. Â I know a lot of people take it away at 12 months but he was just not at all ready at that point. Â At a year old he was still very much a baby and although he would drink water or juice out of a sippy, the milk needed to come from a bottle. Â Also, I didn’t really see the difference in bottle and sippy. Â Both were plastic containers with a removable nipple.
He gets a milk bottle three times a day – in the morning when he wakes up before he eats his breakfast, in the afternoon for nap, and when he goes to bed. Â Getting him to sleep without one is almost impossible but it is what relaxes him and soothes him. Â I would much rather him be a paci lover and soothe himself that way, but he never liked them.
Now that he’s rounding the bend to turning two I think its time to toss the bottle. Â We have all kinds of sippy cups but I went and bought one recommended to be the best transition cup, one that is as close to a bottle as possible. Â We filled it with milk, handed it to him, and he slammed it so hard on the floor it broke and spilled everywhere.
I know I’m probably going to end up being forced into a cold-turkey stop but I’d really rather not go that route.  So, I’m asking for advice on weaning him off.  And do you think it’s really that big of a deal to take a bottle at his age?  Play nice.  🙂
