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Summary: Begin weaning your baby off the bottle when they are 12 months old. Start the process by integrating sippy cups into their routine. Learn how long it generally takes to wean a baby off the bottle in this free video from an experienced childcare provider.
Veronica Baragas was born and raised in Austin, Texas, and has been working with children and families for more than 10 years. Her experience includes being a full-time nanny, live-in...read more
Early childhood is a special time for both kids and parents. It is widely held that during the first few years of a person’s life, some of the most important physical and emotional aspects of development are set in place. Young children are dependent upon their mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles or grandparents to meet their needs during this time. To grow into healthy, happy adults, kids require many things, including safe surroundings, a good diet, peer interaction and a variety of experiences. In this free video series, let an experienced childcare provider give some general parenting tips. All babies have to be weaned from breast milk or the bottle, and finding the right way to do this can be tricky. Hear two different methods of weaning a baby. Also, discover how to teach a toddler hand washing and to recognize shapes. Curious about how to tell your family or boss you are pregnant? Find out easy ways to communicate openly about pregnancy. So, get some general parenting tips today!
"Hi, my name is Veronica Baragas, and I'm with my wiggles and giggles.com and I'm going to share with you how to wean a baby off a bottle. Now, this is not an easy process and it'll probably be a little bit more difficult for you that it will for them. Initially, I would start weaning them off the bottle around twelve months or so, it's about the time that you start to convert to cows milk and, you know, the Sippy cups and things like that. If you're not doing it cold turkey, by just eliminating bottles all together, I would start with, you know, around ten or eleven months, integrating Sippy cups and slowly taking a bottle a day away, like a morning feeding, use a Sippy cup, little by little gradually fading it in, and eventually, hopefully, you can get to about twelve or thirteen months only using bottles at night time, and that's ok too. So, it could take you anywhere from a week or two to a couple of months, depending on the progress of your consistency, and the taking of the Sippy cup for your baby. So, just be patient and know that it will come soon enough. So, helping weaning your baby off the bottle can be as easy as doing it cold turkey, or eliminating it one bottle feeding at a time through a Sippy cup."
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