The level of difficulty of weaning from breastfeeding to bottle sometimes depends on the age of the baby. Some experts say that if you are to wean from breastfeeding a 9-month old child or older, he should be weaned from breast to cup already. If the baby is less than 9 months, wean from breast to bottle first; the cup will come later.

Experts say you should wean your child when they can sit up on their own, can feed themselves with a spoon, have consistent meal and snack times, and are interested in solid foods. At this point, you child needs more nourishment than a bottle can provide them. Milk will only replace more nourishing meals that could help your child develop properly. It is important to wean your child from a bottle because the longer a child is on a bottle, the more likely that child is to develop tooth decay and other dental problems.

Weaning from breastfeeding can be an easy experience if done at your own pace and leisure. Weaning from breastfeeding to bottle on the other hand is on a case to case basis. Some babies accept the bottle without nary a cry, while others would rather starve than be given a bottle. The former can be weaned early; the latter will give their mommies a hard time in early weaning.

Most children can drink from a cup with assistance by the time they can hold their head steady while sitting - about six months. By nine months, many can handle a trainer cup (a cup with a lid containing a spout) on their own, and start using a small, regular cup around twelve to fifteen months. if your baby has not become attached to her bottle as a comfort object, it shouldn't be hard to wean to a cup.

Usually children are ready to try to drink from a baby cup at 6 months; some of them can be fond of it and even refuse the bottle but this happens very rarely, in general they can be weaned off the bottle around 12 to 18 months. It almost depends on the child how soon he or she will be weaned off the bottle, so mothers shouldn't be annoyed and nervous if the baby still prefers the bottle.

Also the success of weaning process can depend on when and how the children can sit up by themselves, because for lying on their backs children a cup won't be an extremely comfortable way to feed.

Weaning babies starts long before the time when most doctors recommend you wean. Most will say that babies must have breast milk or bottled formula for at least twelve months.

I've seen many parents giving their children bottles at age 3, but weaning from the bottle can actually be done around 12-18 months of age. In fact, both my children were weaned off the bottle shortly after their first birthdays. Weaning was relatively stress free because I had established eating and sleeping routines early on. A few minor changes in these routines was all it took to wean them completely off the bottle.

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