Daytime bottles.

[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!