Anyon still using bottles

[djtippietoes]

LO uses bottles still.

[babybunnysmama]

We're still using bottles too.

[laur]

Yep. She has water in sippies and some formula, but we are still mainly bottles.

DD1 used bottles til her 2nd birthday.

[anji1820]

Bottles here too! Our pedi didn't mention the no more bottles thing at our 9 month appt at all. I'll talk with her about it at our 1 year appt in a few weeks. Until then I'm not stressing about it. I have switched her late afternoon bottle to a straw sippy but that's it so far.

[sjelwood]

We're primarily using bottles here and I haven't been trying all that hard to transition. I don't see the rush (DS just turned 11 months, so one of the younger ones).

[carissalynp]

We only just started to use sippies more when LO had a sort of revelation and realized he could actually drink milk out of them. We still use bottles at night. My goal is to try to be off bottles by 18 months since I read that when it can start being an emotional attachment and gets harder to take them away after that. I wouldn't worry about it yet.

[carissalynp]

Jan 30, 2015 10:31:58 GMT -5 @mummypig said:

Lo was using his straw sippy but now it's like he totally forgot how to do it, and just chews on it.
LO just turned 11 months this week, so maybe I should stop fretting about it. I just have so many people saying "oh, he's still on bottles?" and it got me worried.

Thanks for the reassurances ladies (hugs)

That's exactly what Adam did. For almost a month he'd use a straw cup for water, then he just stopped and since then only chews on it. Weird babies. Then he'd scream if we gave him milk in a sippy so we just backed off for a while because it was stressing everyone out.

[likethewheels]

Bottle drinker over here, too. We might get LO to take a tiny bit of water from a sippy but that's it (and it's rare).

[mevaroo]

I've offered a sippie a few times, and E has shown no interest, so he's still using bottles. I'm not too concerned about it. In the next month or so, I'll try a bit harder to transition him, but *shrug* it's not worth the drama right now.

[lalaprep]

DD is fine drinking water from a sippy, but she loves to flip them upside down and throw them over the highchair, so I'm not putting anything but water in them until I absolutely have to. She also seems to prefer the munchkin toss n' go that have the hard little spout, so they aren't leak proof at all. I'm guessing the pediatrician is going to tell is to cut out bottles on Monday, but I'm in no real rush especially since she doesn't have teeth yet, so it's not like it is messing up her teeth.

[Charlys Mom aka NBeaut]

the only reason we don't use bottles is bc he refused a bottle while nursing, and when i weaned him it was just easier to get him to take a sippy than a bottle. but i know plenty of 11month old babies who are still on bottle, and tons of older ones too. i wouldn't worry too much about it

[katybriggs]

What's the bfd about still using bottles? What am I missing? I know as time goes on, my story is going to vary more and more from everyone else's... but I didn't realize there was such a big push to ban the bottle by 12mo?

And you should probably get a lot more yes to all answers, since there's quite a few mommas here whose LOs just turned 11 mo, or are about to be 11mo. There's more F14 babes under 1 than over.

[djtippietoes]

FWIW, when I put LOs bottles in his fridge at daycare, there are plenty of other bottles in the fridge and he's the youngest in his class by over a month. He's already a year.

[carissalynp]

katybriggs I think some peoples' daycare want them off bottles when they switch to the next room which is usually between 12-18 months I think? And some peoples' pedis seemed insistent about it. Our pedi said to start transitioning but didn't make it a big deal. But the 18 month mark was the one in my mind because I didn't want to be trying to break both an emotional and physical habit if I didn't have too. The AAP recommends 18 months too I think, for things like weight gain and tooth problems.

That said, my baby is already 1, and at 11 months was still not using a sippy at all.

[ciaomama]

We use bottles for formula and sippies for water. DS will only drink about 1 oz max of formula from the sippies before freaking out.

He's 11m, 1 week old. Our pedi said it would be good to get him off of a bottle by 12months and daycare is planning on moving him to the next room at the end of Feb/beginning of March and they'd like him to be using only sippies.

[iwubrory]

DD is still on bottles as well. I can get her to take milk out of a sippy but then 97% of the time she opens her mouth and lets the milk run out. You know how old she is =)

[shellbell]

LO gets bottles every night and at DC. He can drink from a sippy, but we haven't made a full transition. I refuse to get stressed by this. It'll happen. If he's still doing a bedtime bottle in a month or two months, I'm not going to get upset by it. We don't have to be off bottles at DC until 18ish months.

I feel the same way about baby food and spoon feeding LO, fwiw.

[caer]

Still using bottles at bedtime and overnight. I just had DS's 12 month appointment and I asked about bottles. The pedi was surprised I'd given up the day bottles and said that the rest should be gone by 15 to 18 months. So I wouldn't worry about it at all!

[tessymessy]

@mummypig You are doing a great job. Quit stressing!!

FWIW: We do bottles, bewbs and sippies.. It really depends on the day.

[LBS2012]

Still using bottles and praying we get passed this before he starts high school.

[blondemum]

Using bottles for BM and sippy cups for water.

Can anyone recommend sippys that are truly spill or leak proof? I tried giving him one for DC that had some milk to start the transition there and they told me that it was spilling all over which is a problem because it's a bodily fluid. So I need to find ones that are truly spill and leak proof.

These are the ones we got said they were spill proof that were not www.amazon.com/Munchkin-Click-Count-Straw-ounce/dp/B006Y3S838/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1422639126&sr=8-10&keywords=munchkin+sippy+cups

[blondemum]

Thanks @mummypig and Dreaming

The worst is that I need to prepare the cups at home and bring them in full and measured out (same as bottles) because they can't pour or touch my milk. So I'd thought i'd need ones with covers or that close - but if these don't spill i'll give them a try.

[rowanspark]

Thankful for this thread as this is has been stressing me greatly.

DD turned 1 this month, we've transitioned to WCM. She will drink ANYTHING from a bottle, loves em. But we have tried 4 different sippys and she is not having it. I have put water, water with a splash of juice and milk in them and if given only sippys to hydrate with during the day MAYBE drinks 2 oz, with significant handholding. Same at home or daycare.

We are being encouraged heavily from daycare and pedi to scrap all bottles. I think she is so stubborn I'm afraid we will be back to the newborn brick dust diapers which I probably still have PTSD from, so we've kept giving her bottles. She (and I) are now pretty confused

She can feed herself pouches like a pro, and that has a straw type nozzle (although she hasn't really mastered a real straw). Anyone know of any sippy cup tops with similar spouts to a pouch? Any gradual transitioning plans that have worked for anyone else? Hold me?

[hammysmommy]

We're trying sippies for water, but H has reverted to giving him H2O in bottles from time to time bc babyG "seemed to be getting frustrated" and "was craving water" - I tried to explain that right now the H2O is really for practice and he doesn't really need it but oh well...

[shellbell]

Jan 30, 2015 12:45:17 GMT -5 blondemum said:

Thanks @mummypig and Dreaming

The worst is that I need to prepare the cups at home and bring them in full and measured out (same as bottles) because they can't pour or touch my milk. So I'd thought i'd need ones with covers or that close - but if these don't spill i'll give them a try.

t/j

I feel this is weird. It's not like you're asking them to touch your pee. I know every DC is different, but I keep a bag of frozen milk at DC. They know they can use it if something spills or if something happens where they need to give LO an additional bottle. I also never thought of spills as a hazmat situation. Do your DCPs glove up when they give a bottle in case some milk or spit up gets on them? I don't know. I'm not being snarky to you. I just find it weird.

[LBS2012]

Jan 30, 2015 14:50:09 GMT -5 shellbell said:

Jan 30, 2015 12:45:17 GMT -5 blondemum said:

Thanks @mummypig and Dreaming

The worst is that I need to prepare the cups at home and bring them in full and measured out (same as bottles) because they can't pour or touch my milk. So I'd thought i'd need ones with covers or that close - but if these don't spill i'll give them a try.

t/j

I feel this is weird. It's not like you're asking them to touch your pee. I know every DC is different, but I keep a bag of frozen milk at DC. They know they can use it if something spills or if something happens where they need to give LO an additional bottle. I also never thought of spills as a hazmat situation. Do your DCPs glove up when they give a bottle in case some milk or spit up gets on them? I don't know. I'm not being snarky to you. I just find it weird.

CDC does not consider breast milk to be a bodily fluid that requires special handling. I find the DC policies a little weird too.
www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/faq/

Editing to add that I can understand if their policy is in effort to reduce feeding errors or waste.

[blondemum]

Jan 30, 2015 14:55:00 GMT -5 LBS2012 said:

Jan 30, 2015 14:50:09 GMT -5 shellbell said:

t/j

I feel this is weird. It's not like you're asking them to touch your pee. I know every DC is different, but I keep a bag of frozen milk at DC. They know they can use it if something spills or if something happens where they need to give LO an additional bottle. I also never thought of spills as a hazmat situation. Do your DCPs glove up when they give a bottle in case some milk or spit up gets on them? I don't know. I'm not being snarky to you. I just find it weird.

CDC does not consider breast milk to be a bodily fluid that requires special handling. I find the DC policies a little weird too.
www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/faq/





Ahhh stuck in the box. 

shellbell, I find it weird too! But it's their policy. And honestly, the woman was super rude to me when explaining how it had spilled yesterday. She was lecturing me about how she had to put on gloves to clean it, how it was near the other babies, etc. I apologized and said how the cups i'd brought said spill proof/leak proof and how he'd used it for water at home and not leaked and I was so sorry but she kept at it as though I'd done it on purpose. A simple, "hey we need to try new cups, these ones were spilling" would have sufficed. 


Anddd they as well do the frozen bag in case of emergency, so at some point they would have to pour it if they ever needed that. 

[shellbell]

Jan 30, 2015 15:03:53 GMT -5 blondemum said:

Jan 30, 2015 14:55:00 GMT -5 LBS2012 said:

CDC does not consider breast milk to be a bodily fluid that requires special handling. I find the DC policies a little weird too.
www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/faq/





Ahhh stuck in the box. 

shellbell, I find it weird too! But it's their policy. And honestly, the woman was super rude to me when explaining how it had spilled yesterday. She was lecturing me about how she had to put on gloves to clean it, how it was near the other babies, etc. I apologized and said how the cups i'd brought said spill proof/leak proof and how he'd used it for water at home and not leaked and I was so sorry but she kept at it as though I'd done it on purpose. A simple, "hey we need to try new cups, these ones were spilling" would have sufficed. 


Anddd they as well do the frozen bag in case of emergency, so at some point they would have to pour it if they ever needed that. 

Was this a regular teacher? An aide? A sub? I'd actually speak to the director about this -- both the tone and the implication that because your milk spilled it was some kind of hazard to her and the other children. It sounds like she needs more education and some customer service skills. 

[blondemum]

Jan 30, 2015 15:12:26 GMT -5 shellbell said:

Jan 30, 2015 15:03:53 GMT -5 blondemum said:

Was this a regular teacher? An aide? A sub? I'd actually speak to the director about this -- both the tone and the implication that because your milk spilled it was some kind of hazard to her and the other children. It sounds like she needs more education and some customer service skills. 

It was one of the regular teachers. I get that it's their policy and maybe it does skeeve her to touch my BM, but my biggest problem was that even after I apologized and explained how the cups were supposed to be spill proof, she kept at it. Ahhh it's times like this I hate that I just can't stay home with him... 

[hashtagrainbow]

Bottles here for milk 99% of the time. She refuses to drink milk from the sippy, especially when she's HANGRY. If I give her milk in a sippy, she gets this pitiful disappointed look on her face and signs for milk. It breaks my heart, so I give in.