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Posted by VanessaG on July 12, 2003 at 00:01:56:
In Reply to: Kicking the bottle habbit at 16 months! posted by Mariah Willard on July 11, 2003 at 23:46:54:
: My daughter is 16 months old. Now I started a bad habbit by putting her to bed with her bottle. I am finding it very difficult to take that comfort away from her. It is almost like a security blanket. What should I do and how should I start weaning her from it? I don't want her chances of getting bottle rot to increase. I am trying to ttake the bottle away from her cold turkey..Is that the right thing to do? What are some tips anyone can give me for experience...Thx, Mariah If you are putting anything but water in to her night bottle it is doing serious harm to her teeth. Infant carries is the term for infant tooth decay caused by prolonged exposure to sugary drinks pooling in their mouth. Cold turkey could be very stressful for everyone involved. Over a week or two you could slowly dilute it down to just water. Ie. 3/4 milf-1/4 water for a couple of days, then 1/2 and 1/2 and so on. At that point she may not even want it anymore. It might become a security object to hold at bedtime and if she does have a couple of sips of water it won't be damaging her teeth. Good luck, let us know how it goes.
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