Milk bottles ….

Hello

I believe the babies now should be off bottles for milk? What are we giving babies their milk in now?

I used to use the tommee tippee bottles but I’ve just bought these mam ones although I don’t even know if she is meant to have those?

Why is this so confusing!? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thank you

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My son is still using a bottle at bed time, I can’t lie him down with a sippy cup and he won’t drink it sat up because he knows it’s his bedtime so he likes to lie down with it.. it’s the one bottle and he’s still having a dummy for naps and bed so I don’t see the issue personally but it’s obviously personal preference. My HV said to start trying him with open cups or using the sippy cups like the Tommee Tippee ones, he uses sippy cups during the day but just a bottle at bed xx

It is recommended to use either an open cup (such as a Doidy cup) or a straw cup. I use open cups for meal times and a straw cup for milk and water throughout the day.

It’s not confusing. Just give her a sippy cup. Literally any one you want to use.

Hey lovely, I think the idea is to move away from teats after 1 to avoid any kind of teeth / oral issues from prolonged use, but I think any other cup be it straw or sippy cup is fine. Xx

If you’re gonna use the man then just use the one you were using. They are the same. We used man up until like 2 weeks ago and my so. Is about to turn two. It’s because of the nipple they want you to change so you could do an open cup or a 360 cup or a hard sippy or we are now using a silicone sippy spout

We still use a mam bottle at 16 months, don’t worry to much x

My LO still have her milk in MAM bottles one in the morning and one before bed. She gets milk with her snack from an open cup.

My LG still gets milk in her mam bottles, twice a day. I use a 360 cup for water at meal times, but will do open cup soon. I don’t plan on giving her milk in anything other than her bottles.

I’ve tried to wean my son off bottles to no avail (14m). He has milk and water in sippy and straw cups fine, but he associates his bottle with night time so it’s really hard to break that habit. I also panicked about the oral thing but not much I can do.

My son will not take to any type of open or sippy cups and he’s 14 months old on the 4th so just letting him use bottles for now xx

We mostly use a little silicone cup but when we're out and about he has a sippy cup. Just a cheap nuk one of home bargains. Was like 2 quid 🤣

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