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How to Wean a Two Year Old

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By Nehemiah Gardner
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The baby is not supposed to be weaned until they are 2 years of age. The sippy cup looks similar like a baby's bottle, the baby must drink out of here.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Telephone book
  • A Sippy Cup
  1. Step 1
    telephone book
     
    telephone book

    When you see your baby's first tooth coming in earlier before the age of 1, find a telephone book and call the dentist.

  2. Step 2

    The doctor will come to check the baby's tooth and the doctor might say "Clean it carefully or the child will have a bad tooth when he gets older".

  3. Step 3
    bottle
     
    bottle

    Let the baby keep his/her bottle until the age of 2.

  4. Step 4
    sippy cup
     
    sippy cup

    When the age of 2 starts, take them to the kitchen, sit them on their chair, and give them their new little cup.

  5. Step 5
    bottle
     
    bottle

    Teach them how to drink from it, tell your child that it is similar as a milk bottle.

  6. Step 6
    bottle
     
    bottle

    Watch your child to make he/she doesn't go near the bottles, all bottles should be gone, that means disappeared.

Tips & Warnings
  • Don't wean the baby until he/she is at the age of two.
  • Don't wait until it is too late or the child will wear teeth bracelets when they get older.
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