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From: cushner@ttidcb.UUCP (Jeffrey Cushner)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: bottles
Message-ID: <629@ttidcb.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 11:16:45 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 20 11:16:45 1986
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In article <654@hlwpc.UUCP> kp@hlwpc.UUCP (K Pearson) writes:
>In response to the question, how do I get my
>child off the bottle, I say leave him or her alone
>and the child will eventually give it up with some gentle
>encouragement. I have a two-and-a-half year old boy
>who I tried to force off his bottle when he was 18 months old.
>
>In the last month since he has had his bottle back, he has
>become less obsessive about it, and I believe he will give
>it up voluntarily before too long.  He only takes it to bed
>with him and is not interested in it during the day.
>
>  I know all the arguments against giving a child a bottle
>in bed, but I think I would rather have a well-adjusted
>boy with a few cavities than a whining, insecure pre-schooler.
>
>			   Marianne Carlton
>			   AT&T-BL

If all you should be worried about are a few cavities, then I'd say
fine, do it; I mean what are a few cavities?

BUT, that is not the case!

What happens when all your son's baby teeth turn BLACK and are then all
pulled and replaced by silver temporary teeth and your son is called
JAWS in school.  This happened to both my neice and nephew, since my
Sister-in-law gave them their bottle at night filled with milk or fruit
juice.  This was infant nursing syndrome at its worst and you are just
asking for it with your son.   If you MUST give him a bottle at night,
make sure it is filled with WATER only!

BTW, having seen was INS will do, we never gave our son a bottle in bed,
therefore he never had any problem with it.  At sixteen months old now,
he has his bottle during the day, but also drinks from a cup (no lid)
and straws.
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