Bottle to cup - what age?

[BlackCat181]

I was talking to my mother in law yesterday and she asked me 'DS doesn't have a bottle anymore does he??? ' and went silent when I said yes.

DS is 13 months old. He drinks from sippy cups, but still has milk in a bottle through the day and at night time.

DS has never slept through the night, always waking for a drink at least twice (nothing else will settle him)

Just curious, am I doing something wrong? Is still having a bottle strange at this age?

[elleandsam]

Nothing strange about that at all. DD stopped having day time bottles at about 13 months and started having a sippy cup of milk at around the same age after lunch but still having a bottle at night. She stopped waking for bottles at around 16 months and DH started giving her a sippy cup of milk before bed while he reads her a bed time story.

[share a book]

I'm not a bottlefeeder, but mine was having sippy cups from early on with water and EBM but she was still having breastfeeds until well over 2 years of age, and nothing else would do, EBM in a cup would not have been the same as BM from the breast. I don't think it's a terrible thing, so long as they aren't going to sleep with milk on their teeth once they have teeth I don't see a problem at all with it. They give up when they feel they don't need it anymore, and the only time I feel there needs to be parental interference is if a daytime bottle is still being used in preschool, or a night time bottle is still being used once school has started. Most give it up on their own between 12 months and 3 years of age anyway.

[lulululu]

The recommended age is twelve months. The concern is holes in teeth. Though thirteen months is certainly not unusual it would be better for his teeth to use a straw cup. With a straw the milk goes in further (missing the teeth a bit) and goes down faster. With a bottle the milk sits on the teeth more and can create holes. If he uses a sippy cup you can try putting his milk in that.