It's Time to Lose The Bottle
As a first-time parent I know I have made more than a few mistakes raising my son. Lucky for me, I must research child-rearing topics in order to write this blog so I eventually find out exactly what I'm doing wrong. As if there's not enough guilt associated with motherhood...
Case in point. Hendrick loves his bottle. Sometimes he's like a little alcoholic who can't shake the jitters until he's sucking down on that plastic nipple. One minute he's throwing his toys all over the playroom, the next he drapes himself in a blanket and lies silently on the floor. Our sanity restored.
I thought it was OK to give my 2-year-old that bottle, as long as I didn't overdo it or fill it with sugar drinks like juice or soda.
Then I read this column from a Suburban Chicago newspaper. The pediatrician says you should start weaning your child off the bottle around his first birthday in order to prevent tooth decay. She says it's much more difficult trying to ask a toddler to break this comforting habit.
OK. So now I know.
Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.
Here's the link:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=65793
Case in point. Hendrick loves his bottle. Sometimes he's like a little alcoholic who can't shake the jitters until he's sucking down on that plastic nipple. One minute he's throwing his toys all over the playroom, the next he drapes himself in a blanket and lies silently on the floor. Our sanity restored.
I thought it was OK to give my 2-year-old that bottle, as long as I didn't overdo it or fill it with sugar drinks like juice or soda.
Then I read this column from a Suburban Chicago newspaper. The pediatrician says you should start weaning your child off the bottle around his first birthday in order to prevent tooth decay. She says it's much more difficult trying to ask a toddler to break this comforting habit.
OK. So now I know.
Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.
Here's the link:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=65793
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