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Subject: Re: Re: Re: How do I get my kid off the bottle?!
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 23:13:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 31 23:13:35 1986
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---------------------Reply to mail dated 31-JAN-1986 21:25---------------------

People may be sick of this topic but I just have to add my 2 cents.
I have a nine month old child who has just given up her bottle.
I didn't even have to work at it.  Now I know this will not help parents
of 2 or 3 year olds to wean but it may help another new parent like myself.
I read a fair amount about weaning and the general opinion is 9 months and
12 months appears to be the two best times to wean. "experts" say babies
show boredom with the whole thing so won't really miss what they are bored
with. They say that after this time you will have trouble because th bottle
becomes security and not nutrition to the baby.
What I did to prepare for this time was to give Jenny a little glass of
formular at each meal when she was 7 months old. She was very very messy at
first but now she spills very little (I still hold the glass most of the time,
but she is showing signs of wanting to go it alone).

Now for the older children, I haven't seen this mentioned here but one
suggestion I've seen else where is to attach the bottle to something they really
love and eventually they will associate the security with the object and
not the bottle (teddies and blankets were what the people suggested).

Candace