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Told off for giving bottle at 9 months?
Just been to get Sam weighed and got stuck with the HV I don't like... Anyway, I told her I'd stopped breastfeeding but that he seemed very happy to have a bottle of formula now, and she told me I should have gone straight onto a cup instead of bottle. (The way she said it is another matter altogether - she seriously has no social skills, but anyway....) Sam has water out of a sippy cup with his meals but I am quite happy for him still to have his wake up and bedtime feeds in a bottle. Am I wrong? Should he be on just cup now?
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interesting to see what others think x
TBH if was to stop BFing I'd give a bottle because Elana won't take a sippy cup and will only drink out of a beaker. So hoping I can transition her to cows milk from this around 12 months.
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No you are not wrong - and I don't suppose you got a 'well done for breastfeeding for so long' either - that did annoy me when I stopped, I really struggled and persevered and it was still 'well don't you think you could express' when I went back to work! So well done for breastfeeding for so long!
However you have to do what is right for you and Sam. He may need the comfort especially at bedtime.
Don't put yourself down, you did a fab job bf for so long and made a really brave decision to stop. Well done you! I'm going to hate having to stop!
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they cant honestly say your doing wrong by giving sam a bottle now!? ignore her and do whats best for you!
Everything I've heard suggests weaning them off the bottle by a year old so at 9 months it is not really a problem. And to be honest I can't see much harm in giving milk in a bottle even past one year old. As long as you're not giving juice in a bottle I can't see the problem.
As lucyah said, do what is best for you... HVs can only advise you on what to do... they don't get to make the decisions, and giving a 9 month old a bottle is hardly child cruelty!
They might be capable of drinking directly from a cup at that age, but no way is Lily having her milk in anything she can tip all over herself and the floor if I take my eye off the ball for a second - and she's twice Sam's age. Granted they then have to be weaned off bottles, but would rather have that battle at a later date than spend my life mopping up milk.