Does this look ok for 13 month old?

[grace annes mommy]

Hi ladies!

DD is still taking 3 bottles a day.  She takes anywhere from 4 to 6oz per bottle - she always has. She's never been one to take a huge 8oz bottle.  She is an excellent solids eater, very adventurous, huge appetite.  She does take a straw sippy - water, milk, or sometimes juice. But she will only take a couple ozs at a time.

I keep feeling like I *should* be dropping a bottle, or moving fully to sippys.  I have tried a few times to transition her afternoon bottle to a sippy, and she either refuses it completely, or takes a bit, then cries for her bottle.  I've realized her bottle is a huge comfort for her.

Should I just leave things the way they are for now? Or am I going to run into issues later?

TIA
Caitlin

[~*Nicole*~]

IMO it really depends on what YOU are comfortable with. I believed that the longer I let DD have bottles the harder it would be to switch and I have never liked older toddlers (2 +) walking around with bottles....but that is just me. So I started switching young. If you don't mind the bottles and feel like you can work at switching later, then by all means. I have heard that consistent bottle use can lead to issues with teeth being out of alignment, but am not sure how accurate/true that is.

I think the amount she is drinking is fine. Since she never took a large amount, the 3 a day seems normal to me. DD takes 3 sippy cups of milk a day (14 months on the 25th) --usually the most in the morning--but I just offer them b/c she enjoys them but still eats well and is active so I figure she is well balanced.

HTH.

[shinysarah]

Hi,
My lo is 13 months today and he's just dropped the 2pm bottle himself.  I started offering it him in a sippy cup and he may drink 2 oz at most but he wasn't really interested.  He has 1 bottle now in morning and 1 for bed and for now I'm happy with that.  When he hit 1 years, I beat myself up that he shouldn't have botle for bed but I've resigned myself to the fact he enjoys it.  If he was 5 years and still having a bottle then I think I'd panic but he's just 1 so I've stopped beating myself up about it.  I've had frinds who transferred from bottle later on and didn't seem to have too many problems but like it's been said-it's your choice, you're Mum! My lo loves his bedtime bottle so for now as he's still young, I'm not worries.
HTH
Sarah

[shinysarah]

Also, at the minute, he won't take more than a few of oz from his cup.

[grace annes mommy]

Thanks Sarah and Nicole. 
I reallly don't mind she still takes bottles. Some of our friends have made a super smooth transition to the sippy, but I've realized DD is just going to take more time. I know we'll get there eventually, and I'm sure sooner than later.
The only bottle that bugs me is that afternoon one - it's not a big deal or anything, I'd just prefer it to be in a sippy w/ a snack. So, I may give it another go trying to transition that one.  I just know it's going to be a slow road 

[~*Nicole*~]

Don't worry.......it'll happen at some point and as long as she is happy, learning, and growing, then she's doing great!

[mmom]

I thought this transition would be difficult for us, because my LO is not good with change.  I just kept giving him milk in a sippy with all of his meals, without any pressure to drink it.  One day i noticed that he chugged it and I switched his afternoon bottle to a sippy and he took it.  He actually transitioned himself totally on to sippy cups, which was a huge shock to me.  I think that if you keep offering it, one day your LO will take more and then you can try and make the transition.

[LucySol]

Hey Caitlin!

What i am in the process of doing with D is putting a teat from her bottle onto her sippy cup(obviously they are the same make so the teat fits the cup,not sure how it would work with different makes ) She has now got used to drinking milk from her 'cup' so i have swapped the teat for the cup spout and she is taking it fine.i dont think she has noticed the difference! i have done that for the pm milk but am yet to do it for the others.

BTW D has acup of milk morning and pm and a BF last thing at night.She just loves her milk and doesnt drink much else.i offer water/juice with meals but she really doesnt drink much of this.so for me it helps to know she is getting plenty of fluid.

hth..Lucy xxx

[mum101]

Is the afternoon bottle one before a nap? if so, perhaps you could concentrate on getting rid of the morning one instead. You could give her a sippy with breakfast instead. 

Speaking of taking their time with change, my DS still won't even drink milk in a sippy or bottle!  I still offer a small amount of milk in a sippy, but last time he just shook his head and shoved it off the high chair 

[grace annes mommy]

Thanks for the replies everyone! I guess at this age they're all just totally different - which is good to hear! I actually wrote this post after an aquintance w/ a LO DD's age was bragging about how easily he transitioned to sippys, blah blah blah 

Lucy - hi! didn't know there were cups that could be used w/ bottle teats. May go looking around at different cups a bit more, see if i can find something else that'll work.

Her afternoon bottle is after nap, and I'm realizing that this is a major comfort one for her. She's all groggy and sleepy still, and very snuggly.  So maybe I will try to transition the a.m. one.
I don't know - we'll get there one day.  I'm sure it'll be nothing I do! GA will just decide out of the blue she's had it with bottles!!!