https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:00:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1089181 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:12:24 +0000 BelugaBean 1089181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had her trying different sippy cups from 6 months on but she didn't take to it for a while. Around 11.5 months, we gradually made her take one of her bottles every day out of a sippy cup while introducing whole milk. She was done at about 12.5 months with the bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1089015 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:59:40 +0000 sandy 1089015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: like you, my LO did not take bottles...she would stick her tongue out and push the bottles out of her mouth...I stopped trying around 3 months bc breastfeeding was easy (no parts to wash!). I introduced a sippy cup at 6 months with water. At 8 months she went to a straw cup and started drinking more and more water with her meals. We basically never did bottles and went straight to sippy/straw cups. At 12 months we introduced whole milk slowly. Bc she never had bottles we never had to go through bottle weaning. LO self weaned from breastfeeding around 14 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1089010 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:45:56 +0000 shopaholic 1089010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the input! I guess I'll keep them around for another 6 months just in case! And I supposed I should keep SOME in case we have a #2 that will take a bottle? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1088592 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 19:12:03 +0000 BeachMama 1088592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped around 12 months. We introduced a sippy maybe around 8 months for water or juice. We stopped the daytime bottles cold turkey and just gave her milk from a sippy cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1088584 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 19:07:06 +0000 sumer08 1088584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We introduced the sippy around the 6 month mark, but LO wanted nothing to do with it until closer to 9 months. We bottle weaned at 12 months, and luckily LO didn't seem to miss his bottles one bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1086891 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 09:42:02 +0000 googly-eyes 1086891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say ditch em now if you don't need them!</p> <p>My 12 month dd is going to be a struggle to bottle wean...she doesn't like dippy cups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1086881 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 09:34:36 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1086881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: we introduced a soppy cup around 8 months, I think? Our pedi told us to ditch the bottle at 12 months, but Chloe would not have it. It took me awhile to wean her from her morning bottle, and eventually her nap time bottle, but this past June she was still holding strong to the dark bottle! </p> <p>We did switch from formula to whole milk at 12 months, and ONLY let her have water in the bottle. She hardly drank from it; it was more of a security thing. She'd hug and snuggle it, and fall asleep with it. Crazy!</p> <p>I hope your transition is easier and smoother. It took us a good week to sleep train her without her bottle/lovey, and then I threw them all out when she was sleeping! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1086758 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:01:09 +0000 hilsy85 1086758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If she won't take a bottle, but will take a straw cup/sippy, i would definitely try giving her milk in a sippy! We rarely use bottles, and I plan to ditch them completely at 1 year, and just use a straw cup for milk/breastmilk. He's been using a straw cup for water since 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1086747 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 07:45:12 +0000 tysonja 1086747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo was exclusively bottle fed starting around seven months and flat out refused then at nine months. He didn't get the hang of sippys and straw cups at the time so has been drinking his formula and then reg milk from a regular open cup since then. He's almost 16m now:)</p> <p>I think whatever you decide will be fine:)! ..... Or rarer whatever lo decides hehehe certainly felt like that for me!:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1086693 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 04:38:25 +0000 ALV91711 1086693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Isaac doesn't take bottles. We've started giving water in a sippy cup with meal. He lIke's it but he let's most of the water drool down his chin. Once he gets better at it then we are going to try giving him milk In it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1086681 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 03:20:09 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1086681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 14.5 months and has been really stubborn about her bottle. She never used a pacifier and hasn't been attached to a lovie or a stuffed animal, but I'm starting to think that her bottle is her attachment. She demands it for naps and sleeping. But I don't give it to her during the day, instead we're using plain straws in a glass. I'm so tired of cleaning sippy straws! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1086670 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 02:23:57 +0000 Penny Lane 1086670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my plan is to get a straw cup for LOs milk. I don't see any reason why you shouldn't do this! my LO is 13 months and the only reason we haven't ditched the bottle yet is because I can't be bothered going out to choose a cup for him, hehe</p> <p>ETA: he has taken water out of a straw cup since we started solids, but I want a different cup for his milk </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1086665 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 02:18:02 +0000 erinpye 1086665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We introduced straw cups to our DD at 9 months old, or maybe a little earlier, and she loved them, but still also demanded her bottle. We tried at 12 months to eliminate the bottles, but she wasn't ready and had a fit. We tried again at 14 months and just phased them out, and it was surprisingly easy. I think she was just ready at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-bottles#post-1086664 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 02:15:53 +0000 shopaholic 1086664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As some of you may know, K basically refuses to drink from a bottle. Or at least, not from me. I have never given her a bottle, and she won't take one from someone else if I'm in the same house/party/vicinity. </p> <p>Now I am trying to introduce sippy cups and straw cups (for water). Do they eventually just drink milk out of the cups, or is there a reason why you would do water in cups and milk in bottles only? </p> <p>How old was your LO when you stopped using bottles? Wondering if I should give the bottles away yet or save them for how long? </p>