My daughter off her bottle that is. Before the bout with Kaydra's last illness and the pediatrician's directive to get 24 ounces of whole milk down her by whatever means necessary, Kaydra was starting to wean. She has a doidy cup that she loves and had gotten quite adept with it. We had also (we being me and the day care) gotten her very near to the point where she no longer needed a bottle to go to sleep. But then she got sick, wouldn't really eat and in the interest of sanity saving, bottles came back full force. We are now back to round the clock bottle feeds. And so today, in my infinite mommy wisdom, I decided to have her quit the bottle cold turkey. This was a very bad idea. If you were here with me now you would know that I have been solidly punished for my foolish mistake for about 2 hours now. And on the car ride home, and every 15-20 minutes or so before, during and after dinner. Kaydra 1, Momma- 0
This weaning thing is proving a bit tricky. Pediatrician said wean at 12 months, internet says between 12-18 months, some say just do it before they can make the bottle for themselves. Kaydra is a very good solid food eater and has great interest in using rimmed cups. It does work. But at the same time it still feels like she needs the bottle. I don't want her dehydrated, I want her to stay in tune with her thirst cues as much as possible. In a lot of ways weaning has become about me. I want her more in tune with food and drink than I am. I don't want her to fall into patterns of emotional eating. But I don't want her stunted either. To wean or not to wean, that is the question.
Cold turkey is too hard, it may or may not be best, but personally I think it is too hard. We had good luck with the take and toss cups, they are easy to get the milk out of and cheap to replace when the lids get chewed on.
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