Does your child go to bed w/ a bottle or sippy?
August 26th, 2009 Posted by: admin
Ian coslept and nursed to sleep until he was 9 months old or so, so I never gave much thought to sending him to bed with a bottle or cup, but I’ve read it several times that doing so can lead to more ear infections, gum disease, and teeth rotting and/or cavities…I just started working at a church nursery Sun mornings and Wed nights and several parents have asked me to lay their babies down with a bottle or cup for bed Wed nights and the babies end up nursing right to sleep! I’m wondering if I’ve got this whole bedtime thing wrong….Ian fights sleeping in his crib at 13 months and always has, but these babies (ranged from newborns to 18 months) who go to bed with a bottle or cup fall asleep with no fight for even complete strangers in a matter of minutes! Does your child go to sleep with a bottle or sippy cup-why or why not?
By: Ian’s Mommy (Sam)
By: Ian’s Mommy (Sam)
Tags: Church Nursery, Matter Of Minutes, Sun
August 28th, 2009 at 00:12
yes because they 2ant somthing to hold during the night
August 30th, 2009 at 01:00
I have also heard about increased ear infections and teeth and gum problems… but I know for a fact putting babies to bed with a ‘baba’ works wonders.
I don’t plan on doing it with my kids, I’m hoping if I never start they will never know the difference.
I heard juice is the worst.
I do plan on using a pacifier though… not sure how the results will differ.
August 30th, 2009 at 19:48
my husband is in dental school right now. He showed me pictures of toddlers’ teeth after getting in the habit of falling asleep with a bottle or sippy cup. It really is a bad habit. The milk that is in the cup or bottle will rot the child’s teeth. I’ve seen it myself. About six years ago I was friends with a couple and both of their children’s teeth were completely rotted because she wasn’t willing to deal with difficult bedtimes and teach her children how to go to sleep on their own without their bottles. It was really sad.
August 31st, 2009 at 07:14
Try a pacifier. I know this is not the same, but it is better for Ian in the long run. You will not regret it!
September 1st, 2009 at 21:17
well i don’t have a child but my baby cousin does and he fall right a sleep but he did get an ear infection
September 5th, 2009 at 00:15
Mine NEVER! IT’s badddd, and it’s the truth about ear infections and all, don’t do it…I can’t imagine a daycare allowing kids to be laid down with a bottle, it’s against some state laws church or no church
September 5th, 2009 at 01:51
I don’t think they have proven the whole ear infections thing. I believe that is patently wrong. A bottle with milk or juice in it absolutely can lead to bottle rot, where the baby’s teeth rots before he gets his adult teeth. This is especially bad because the position of the baby teeth guides the adult teeth in, and if they lose their baby teeth before they grow in the new ones the teeth come in all snaggle toothed. I have seen it happen and honestly there are some things that braces can’t quite fix.
It is completely okay to send a baby to bed with water in his or her bottle, however. Water doesn’t cause bottle rot. I think it is fine, and I know a ton of people who have raised their babies that way or were raised that way and they all turned out just fine.
September 5th, 2009 at 08:09
Yes babies do like to go to bed with a bottle, but it is definetly not a good idea.
Feeding a baby laying down can lead to an ear infection and the formula and/or milk sitting in the baby’s mouth all night will lead to tooth decay or like they call it “bottle rot”.
I know that its easy to do what the baby wants, but I would try everything else you can try before giving him a bottle or sippy to go to bed with.
September 6th, 2009 at 13:55
Your son might be fighting about going to sleep in his own bed since you let him sleep with you for 9 months or so (makes it a habit to them) so he may fight it until sleeping alone becomes a habit (to really get him used to just sleeping in his own crib you can’t let him sleep with you at nights or it will confuse him). It is easier to parents to just let the kids go to sleep with a bottle or sippy as it’s a comfort item and again a habit for the kid and they eventually have that same fighting problem with the parent decides they shouldn’t do it anymore. My own son does take a sippy to bed but i make sure he only gets water and he only takes a sip or two before he is asleep. Sending any baby or kid to bed with juice/milk etc does cause tooth decay and other mouth problems, same with letting a kid have a binky too long. (like seeing a 5 year old ******* on a binky. You can bet that child has bad or very crooked teeth.) Talk with your dr about all the health factors and why is it bad to send them to bed with a bottle or sippy. Try making a bedtime routine with your son, like bath, lotion time, story time and then bedtime. or however you do your nights. Just make it the same and routine every night and you can get your son to sleep alone in his own crib with no sippy or bottle. Good luck!
September 10th, 2009 at 01:36
The problem with the sippy and bottle is that there is fluid in there and it’s that fluid that rots the teeth, etc. This is never recommended. All babies **** for comfort. Pacifiers are the best for this though not full sippy’s and bottles. Also, those babies are probably used to being cared for by strangers if their parents have to work. It is kind of routine for them and that is what they are used to. None of my kids (4) ever went to bed with a sippy or bottle. My first 3 used a pacifier. My 4th never had a pacifier but used to nurse to sleep.
September 11th, 2009 at 07:37
no mine does not cause i think he could choke. do what you think use your instect( you have it as a parent)
September 11th, 2009 at 09:05
it does promote rotting teeth, juice is the worst. try plain ol’ H20. It’s good for them, and it won’t hurt their teeth. If you see a rise in ear infections then find another way. too many ear infections will spur the doc to insist on putting tubes in his ears. good luck. Just remember, YOU’RE the parent, so it’s up to YOU to do the raising, not the baby. The baby is only going to do what you let him get away with.
September 11th, 2009 at 20:47
It’s dangerous for a lot of reasons. The ones you stated and also there is a chance of your baby choking and strangling. It seems to me that more young mothers are doing it, and it upsets me. It’s normal for a baby to fight sleeping in his crib at 13 months or younger. The best way is to rock him, give him his bottle, and put him down. If he’s not asleep, you’ll have to let him cry it out. I know it’s hard, but after just a few nights, he will go on to sleep. Most of the time in rearing children, the easy way is not the best way. Talk with your pediatrician. And good for you for questioning.
September 13th, 2009 at 12:20
well i am not going t anwerfo myself cause i don’t have a kid, but my younger sister is 8 & still has to go to bed with her sippy cup. She loves it she has it in her bed with her. She has this instead of a bottle, & hates walkig through the hallway to get a drink & hates spilling water on herself. Well then my mom told me that when i was lilttle i refused to drink out of bottles even at bedtime went from mommy - “big kid cup” as she nicly put it. So it all depends on the kid. & yes i am not a mother farfrom it but ithtwo younger siblings & cousins ..you learn fast. ope this helped
September 14th, 2009 at 10:54
No. We don’t want her to be in this habit and have rotten teeth. We give her milk before bedtime, brush her teeth, and read stories, and put her to bed.
September 15th, 2009 at 22:44
Yes, this is very bad. My step-son had to have extensive surgery on his teeth when he was 3 because of tooth decay. He has more silver and caps on his teeth than he does real teeth. My daughter is almost 2 and has started wanting to go to bed with her cup. However, I give her water. She is not to keen on water and won’t lay there and drink it like she would juice. She will only drink water if she is really thirsty.
September 19th, 2009 at 03:29
I didn’t ****** feed but used the cap from a bottle (they used that at the hospital) and he only used that as a pacifier for his first 2 months.
If your son is still using a bottle have water in it or the sippy cup. Once the bottle was gone it was gone. The sippy cup he had he would hold and only in the beginnings of sleep would bring to his mouth. Once he was out you could take it away. He did that more with nap time than bedtime.
September 22nd, 2009 at 05:13
My 15 month old still needs me to go to sleep and I feel it is perfectly normal. I’d rather him receive his comfort and love from me than from an object. Not to mention all the medical problems you were concerned about are true. Try laying down with him on your bed and transferring him to his crib when he is almost asleep or if you want continue to co-sleep with him. Don’t listen to people who say he will never learn to sleep on his own. Only you know what is best for your child. Good luck.
September 23rd, 2009 at 04:21
No. He’s been on a bottle since he was 3 months and never taken one to bed. I cuddle him when he gets his nighttime bottle then we brush his teeth and off to bed.
September 25th, 2009 at 12:08
i never put my kids to bed with a bottle or sippy cup. it is extremely bad for their teeth. the sugars in the milk cause tooth decay.
September 25th, 2009 at 14:34
My daughter doesn’t always go to bed with a drink, but if she needs to have one I give her a sippy with water that way it doesn’t hurt her teeth. But I usally give her a small drink in a cup before bed that way it eliminates the drink all togather. She is 2 yrs old
September 27th, 2009 at 01:37
My son is two years old. He doesn’t go to sleep ‘with’ a sippy, but we do put one by the bed because he wakes up thirsty, gets a drink, and goes back to sleep. He’s always been that way, even when he was still on the bottle. He would wake up for a drink, not because he was hungry. Once he had a drink, he went back to sleep. I never just let him keep it, if he was really fussy I gave him a pacifier to soothe him.
I’ve had no issues getting him to go to sleep, and he falls asleep for my mom as well without holding onto a cup.
September 27th, 2009 at 15:54
I give my daughter a pacifier. I don’t give her a bottle or sippy cup because when they **** on it and fall asleep a little of the milk or juice or etc. stays in there mouth causing their teeth to rot. If you feel you really need to give your son a bottle or sippy cup to sleep fill it with water for WATER will not rot the teeth.
September 27th, 2009 at 21:41
My 15 month old goes to bed with a sippy cup, but it is with water instead of milk. My older son always needed a cup of milk to go to sleep-afterwards we would just make sure to take it out of his crib when he fell asleep.
September 30th, 2009 at 15:56
My son is 12months and he typically has a sippy cup of juice before bed and then we brush his teeth. If he wakes up in the middle of the night we offer water (because we’ve also heard of the tooth decay thing). We do however let him go to sleep with his binky but we take it away after he falls asleep (we have limited the binky to naps and bedtime only). I nursed also and so far we have not had any problems. no infections and his teeth look great.
your pediatrician may be able to give you so advice but mines suggested only offering water before bed cause anything else can cause tooth decay. good luck.