Daytime bottles.

[Lee-Bee]

My daughter has milk intolerance. We were told by the specialist that I need to breastfeed or give formula until age 2. 16oz a day. The soy/almond/coconut milks do not contain enough nutrients for children under age 2. My daughter reacts to formula so we'd need to buy the incredibly expensive prescription dairy free formula, therefore I will continue to breastfeed a few times a day until age 2 (or she outgrows the intolerance).

So, it is possible the doctor told them to stay on formula. The formula could be taken by cup instead of bottle...even if the child doesn't like it...the child can learn to if mom cares to make him.

That all said, I've worked for 2 doctors (mom's of 4 and 3 kids). Both of them continued their kids on formula bottles until about age 18months before bed and naps. Their kids all slept 2-4 hours per nap with a full belly, they all ate good solid meals in addition to the formula. They were both doctors yet had no problem with bottles or formula after age 1.

Different strokes for different folks. I don't see why you'd give it after a nap though...that's just replacing food, typically you'd give it before to keep the belly fuller, longer. I personally don't think a bottle or two a day messes up kids teeth. It's not like they walk around sucking on it all day. Most finish a bottle in under 5min.

[sunnydays]

I have to agree with the last poster. What difference does it make whether he drinks it from a bottle or a cup? I don't think it is any faster to drink it from a sippy cup than a bottle. As long as he isn't going to bed with it or walking around with it, etc...I have never understood what the big deal is? If this is what her doctor told her to do, then why argue? This IS actually a difference in parenting. You have your way and she has hers but this is HER child, not yours. Personally, I would not be pleased as a parent, if my child's caregiver went against what I asked them in terms of nutrition, especially with dr's advice. I also wouldn't be pleased if my provider continued to hassle me about my parenting choices. My middle child has a bottle until he was 2 because I couldn't get him to drink milk in a cup (neither could his provider) and my pediatrician told me he needed it. I had to switch daycared just before he turned 2 and when I interviewed providers, one of them rolled her eyes at me when I mentioned this. I have never forgotten how that made me feel and I certainly did not send my child to her. I think we need to be careful not to push our own parenting ideas on our daycare families. If the child is causing you problems for some reason, then discuss it for sure, but this sounds like it isn't a big deal. He drinks his bottle, you throw it in a bag for parents...end of story. I have no problem giving kids bottles if that is what their parents want. I won't let them take them to bed or walk around with them, but to me it makes little difference. Just my two cents on this!

[bright sparks]

My daughter has milk intolerance. We were told by the specialist that I need to breastfeed or give formula until age 2. 16oz a day. The soy/almond/coconut milks do not contain enough nutrients for children under age 2. My daughter reacts to formula so we'd need to buy the incredibly expensive prescription dairy free formula, therefore I will continue to breastfeed a few times a day until age 2 (or she outgrows the intolerance).

So, it is possible the doctor told them to stay on formula. The formula could be taken by cup instead of bottle...even if the child doesn't like it...the child can learn to if mom cares to make him.

That all said, I've worked for 2 doctors (mom's of 4 and 3 kids). Both of them continued their kids on formula bottles until about age 18months before bed and naps. Their kids all slept 2-4 hours per nap with a full belly, they all ate good solid meals in addition to the formula. They were both doctors yet had no problem with bottles or formula after age 1.

Different strokes for different folks. I don't see why you'd give it after a nap though...that's just replacing food, typically you'd give it before to keep the belly fuller, longer. I personally don't think a bottle or two a day messes up kids teeth. It's not like they walk around sucking on it all day. Most finish a bottle in under 5min.

16-24oz of milk is recommended over the age of 12mths of a quality dairy milk or adequate substitute. This child is drinking 27oz at least and isn't showing signs of hunger and public health also states that it is important to take lead from each individual child's cues of hunger.

I have no doubt that the dr told her to keep him on formula till he was 2, and not anywhere in my posts am I implying that he shouldn't. I also think that if a child has eaten a hearty lunch that topping them up with formula or milk of any kind before nap is not good at all. Children are more over weight now than ever and to just plug them with high sugar formula to make them sleep longer is a disservice to them. Give milk for sustenance not for comfort. If the kid wanted the milk, he would take it from a sippy cup which hew as doing, after the option for a bottle was no longer available and they adjusted to the difference in their month. This child did adjust and now no longer takes it from a sippy, so are you honestly telling me this kid wants to drink his milk, or if he just loves his bottle?