The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies should gradually stop using bottles when they are 1 year old and weaning bottles before 18 months.
This makes the parents anxious:
My kids don’t drink milk without a bottle. Quitting a bottle is simply harder than quitting breast milk!
I heard that eating a baby bottle after 1 year old will cause tooth deformities, is it true?
My child is now 3 years old and is still used to drinking milk from a bottle before going to bed. Is it really that serious if you don't quit the bottle?
To tell the truth, using a baby bottle for a long time after 1 year old is really harmful.
affects tooth development and oral health, and also affects the appearance of teeth
at a young age, the appearance of teeth is greatly reduced
if the baby continues to use the bottle after teething, the teeth will be soaked in the milk for a long time, and will increase The chance of dental caries! The degree of mineralization of deciduous teeth is low, and generally a whole tooth will be damaged after caries.
Think about it, after the baby teeth grow out, it will probably take 6 to 7 years before they are replaced. That is to say, the child’s teeth will be absent for several years, which may affect the health and order of the permanent teeth!
If children have irregular teeth, they will be ridiculed by their classmates, which will affect their self-confidence and interpersonal communication.
may affect the baby’s jaw development and tooth arrangement
long-term sucking action may cause the baby’s upper jaw to protrude, narrow the dental arch, and become a "bottle mouth." The swallowing action of extending the tongue and extending the mandible may make the baby form a face that "covers the sky".
The action of holding the nipple for a long time may cause the upper front teeth to protrude and the lower front teeth to recede, becoming what we often call "buck teeth" and "protruding mouth".
is prone to imbalanced nutrition, which also affects the development of language skills.
For children, drinking milk from a bottle is quick and labor-saving. The child can drink a lot without knowing it. If the milk drinks more, the corresponding food intake is less. It is easy to cause nutritional imbalance, and too much milk will also cause excessive fat intake and cause obesity.
Insufficient food intake makes it difficult for the muscles in the mouth to exercise, which is not conducive to the baby's learning to speak, and may also hinder the baby's language ability.
Therefore, when the baby is 1 year old, parents should let the baby leave the bottle!
Of course, this is not a simple matter. The reality of is often like this: : The old mother changed all kinds of cups and even coaxed, but the little ancestor just refused to drink!
Actually, from sucking a pacifier to drinking from a cup, the action changes very much. It is necessary to give the baby time to learn and adapt. It is normal to resist some resistance at first.
And some babies do take pacifier sucking as a kind of comfort and become dependent on the bottle. Leaving the bottle suddenly can cause the child to enter a state of anxiety. What about
? Look at the following:
do 2 things to help the baby get out of the bottle smoothly
1. Don't worry, slowly guide
. The following tips may help, moms can try.
choose cute and brightly colored cups for your baby to attract your attention;
don’t force your baby to resist the cup, strive for impression points, and avoid resistance;
is not suitable for learning when your baby is hungry, try when your baby is in a good mood;
encourages the baby's small progress in time, and unconditionally offers your praise.
2. Choose special feeding bottles
pacifiers, duckbills and straws for babies in different periods to meet the needs of the baby at different stages. What mothers have to do is to choose the appropriate type according to the baby's development to help the baby transition and adapt.
Moms can adjust themselves according to the degree of cooperation with the baby!
Of course, after choosing the type, remember to fully consider the materials, choking prevention, leak prevention, and usability.
material
must first be safe and non-toxic, and secondly, it must be resistant to falls and high temperature. recommends choosing PP, Tritan, PPSU material.
, such as PPSU material, is light and resistant to fall, which is convenient for the baby to hold and drink by himself, and it is also resistant to high temperature, High temperature boiling or steam sterilization will not deform, and will not precipitate harmful substances.
anti-choke
to see if there is an anti-choke design, such as the one-word or cross-shaped design of the straw opening, ensures the water flow is even and slow, and avoids too much water to choke the baby.
Leakproof
Tilt and invert the cup after filling the water, and observe whether the cup edge and the straw opening will leak.
usability
, such as the handle design, is convenient for the baby to grasp and reduce the fall. For example, the gravity ball straw allows babies to easily suck milk while sitting, lying down, or lying on their stomach.
Alright! Not much to say, moms go try it~
