re: How old is too old for a bottle?

My oldest was a year with her daytime bottle and about 13 months with her night time one.

Youngest- 10 months she stopped the bottle all together.

I never gave either of them pacifiers.

My son was off the bottle a day or two before he turned 1. He wasn't that attached to it though and was excited and interested in using sippy cups. The pacifier I didn't take away until a week before he turned 2. I know it's a little later than what's suggested, but for awhile it was only to fall asleep and he didn't use it at all throughout the day.

My son was extremely attached to his bottle.He was off it completely a few months before he turned two.And he never really used a pacifier,just wouldnt keep them in his mouth.

My oldest was almost two before we finished with the bottle (only had one at bedtime, others were finished at 1). My second was off by 1 which was what the doctor recommended. Try a sippy cup with a soft spout to help the transition.

My oldest took pacy until 2 1/2. My second is still on at 22 months. My third won't take one! Doctor recommended after a year, use only a bedtime. I stopped using it altogether when I could tell it was messing up her teeth. I couldn't tell just by looking at her but I was laying in the floor playing with her and she was standing over me and it was super obvious!

DS was just 14 months old when he gave up bottle. However my neice was on bottle until she was 20months old.

dd is 18 months old and still on both.
I'm taking away her bottle completely now, because she doesn't even care about it, so it's the perfect time.
She's still on the pacifier, and it got worse once DS was born.

But..
WIC told me, the nutrtionalist, that 14 months is too old for a bottle and a pacifier can be used up to 3 years old. (i say too old tho.)

Quoting Livy's Mommy:" My daughter is 17 months old and i give her one bottle in the morning and at night, but just started ... [snip!] ... they gave the bottle ( and paci if they used one) up? And ive tried giving her milk in a sippy cup but she wont take it  "

This is up to the child and the parent. Everyone is different. My son never took a pacifier and weened himself off a bottle by 8mths old, he wanted a sippy. He is 2 now and I give him a bottle for medical purposes.
He gets his vitamins and powders in a bottle so it bypasses the tastebuds. Otherwise he drinks from a sippy or regular cup.

Remember. It doesn't matter what age your child is off a bottle, binky, etc...why? Well...how many 18 year olds have you seen with a bottle and pooping their pants? In due time, they will all get there.

All mine where off the blottle at 12 months,

Quoting My Babies = Love.:" dd is 18 months old and still on both. I'm taking away her bottle completely now, because she doesn't ... [snip!] ... the nutrtionalist, that 14 months is too old for a bottle and a pacifier can be used up to 3 years old. (i say too old tho.)"

3years old??? wow thats crazy way to old i think at 6months it should be gone but thats just me

Quoting Jillian Lindsey:" 3years old??? wow thats crazy way to old i think at 6months it should be gone but thats just me"

lol that's what i said!
I asked her wouldn't it make DD's front teeth protrude out some like mine are? my mom kept me on both bottle and pacifier until i was almost 4!
i think as soon as the baby is walking it's too old. but DD loves her pacifier...bad addicition.

Quoting My Babies = Love.:" lol that's what i said! I asked her wouldn't it make DD's front teeth protrude out some like mine ... [snip!] ... pacifier until i was almost 4! i think as soon as the baby is walking it's too old. but DD loves her pacifier...bad addicition."

the paci is for infants they need the sucking and it helps reduce the risk of SIDS those are the only reasons to use one thats why i say 6months at 6months they are eating food not just formula the highest risk of SIDS is between 3-4months old and they are getting teeth i babysat a little girl who had the baottle until she was 3 1/2 i hated it i stopped giving it to her and she was fine her parents would just give in as soon as she asked for it which killed me because they put her to bed with it they problem with pacifiers is that i see parents shoving it in the childs mouth when they arent fussing or after they spit it out or as soon as they make a sound i live in east TN and thats what they do to keep them quiet

Quoting Jillian Lindsey:" the paci is for infants they need the sucking and it helps reduce the risk of SIDS those are the only ... [snip!] ... fussing or after they spit it out or as soon as they make a sound i live in east TN and thats what they do to keep them quiet"

Apparently punctuation isn't used in East TN either.

Quoting Just Ames:" Apparently punctuation isn't used in East TN either."

im lazy when it comes to punctuation  

Well thank you all for your input, im going to keep up with th eno bottle in the morning and work on giving her milk in sippy cup at night before bed.  

Quoting Jillian Lindsey:" the paci is for infants they need the sucking and it helps reduce the risk of SIDS those are the only ... [snip!] ... fussing or after they spit it out or as soon as they make a sound i live in east TN and thats what they do to keep them quiet"

they think it's supposed to reduce the risk of SIDS because they think the baby would be in a lighter sleep...idk tho, i just use it for when my babies are fussy or keep wanting to suck even when they are full. lol to pacify them.
DS is 3 weeks and eats almost 5ozs at a time and still wants to suck when he's full. so a pacifier is needed. but DD is way too old, she doesn't have the sucking reflex like infants do any more(need to suck) KWIM? I agree with the 6 months or so.

but yeah, i hate it when people keep a pacifier in a baby's mouth 24/7 for no reason. It defeats the purpouse and they need to learn how to self soothe, very important. DD is 18 months and doesn't really know how to self soothe too well. I blame me not taking it away when she was 6 months to a year old. it needs to be gone now, but she's in bed with it in her mouth now lol.
I wont let her have it when it's not sleep time, period.

My mother is bad about keeping a pacifier in my babies mouths 24/7. i dont let her really watch them too much. but the babies stay with me 24/7 anyways.
She thinks it's good for babies to have bottles and pacifiers until they want to give it up...probably why i didn't give it up till i was 4 and my front teeth are messed up because of it. e_e

but the nutriolist(cant speel) at WIC said the bottle is worse for their teeth than a pacifier. i still think neither can be good tho.