Baba Questions.

You need to drop the bottle mom. He should only be getting between 16-20 ounces of whole milk per day. How much are you putting in the bottle? Warm the milk and put it in a sippy. You might have to try one with a spout that you can take out so the milk flows easily and he understands that his milk will come out of it. Then you can put the spout back in. Just start with a tiny, tiny bit of milk so it doesn't make a huge mess.

Have you even introduced a sippy cup to him? I started my breastfed daughter with a sippy at 6 months so she knew what it was. I have a friend who bottle feeds and both her kids were off the bottle and using a sippy by 9 months. Just a thought for the next baby. No bottle fights in her house.

I think dropping the bottle (or baba or whatever you're calling it) is a habit that harder for the parent to accept than it is for the kid. You may be surprised that he transitions just fine.

Put the milk in a sippy, put it on the tray, and let him figure it out. You may need to tip it up to his mouth but he'll get the picture. He won't starve. He'll want the milk and he'll find a way to get it.

Throw away all the bottles so you are not tempted to give in.

Our dentist said no bottles after 12 months. I'd throw them away (so YOU aren't tempted) and give him sippy cups instead (or cups with straws).

He'll figure it out.

I'd say he's old enough to go straight to a sippy cup. Just show him how to do it, make a game of it with him. He's plenty old enough to lose the bottle that's for sure. Good luck.

My kids took the cuppy at around 12 months. I never held their bottles for them, after they were able to hold it themselves as an infant.

I think it's best to do it around 12 months old or they will get really attached to the baba. I have weened my kids by replacing 1 bottle with a sippy cup at 1 meal time. I left the sippy cup on the high chair with their food. Over several weeks time, I replaced other bottle times with sippy cups. I also had one child who never held their own bottle and I weened him this way too. This didn't work with one of my kids and I had to drop the bottles altogether and go straight to sippy cups. Good luck!

He'll drop it, and pick it up. Drop it, and pick it up. It's part of motor development. He'll get the hang of it. The difference between a bottle and a sippy is mostly psychological on OUR part (the only real difference is that kids can drink faster from a sippy). So bottle or sippy, either way. He'll drop them a lot (most kids do for the first month), and get the hang of it. :)

I have to respectfully disagree with the poster who said that a child should only be getting x number of ounces of milk a day.

Each child's needs vary tremendously, but with they exclusion of a few very rare disorders, all children need *very* high levels of fats in their diet (as opposed to adults who need low levels), as well as far more concentrated nutrition than adults need. My own son (on the upper end, known only because we were in a nursing study) drank an average 20oz of breastmilk PER FEEDING from just a couple weeks old to 9.5 months (apx every 2 hours). When I lost my milk, he was then drinking an average 64oz of fourmula a day (aka less than half of what he drank in breast milk), and then when we switched to whole milk has averaged 1/2 gallon of whole milk until the present (at age 8). That's just what his body needed. He's a fast grower, and a VERY active child.

I would try the sippy cup. The more you do it for him the longer it will take him to learn himself. It's ok for him to get frustrated. If he's having trouble or not tilting his head far enough back then with your finger on the very end of the cup push it up where it should be. He'll fgure it out. Sippy cup may be easier for him since they are usually short and fat vs tall and thin.

I think it's definitely time to wean from the bottle. Most babies wean at around 12 months (unless breastfeeding) and graduate to a sippy cup. Definitely do not hold it for him, he should be doing it himself. You may want to gradually cut out one of the bottles and use a sippy cup at meals until; there are not more bottles.

Good luck!

Baba means bottle, right?
Weaning from the breast I went right to sippy cup starting at 12 months, so he should be fine with that. Don't feel guilty, every baby is different. Just make sure he still gets his cuddle time. Cut out the bottles one at a time and offer the cup. I would start with noon, then dinner, followed by either morning or bedtime, whichever he is least attached to. Give him about a week each time to adjust to the change.
Good luck!

Definitely go straight to sippy cup, but don't begrudge the time you have spent holding the bottle for him. That's cuddle time that's good for both of you, and you will get less and less of it as he gets older. I'm always surprised when I see babies sitting on a couch holding their bottles with the mom sitting a few feet away. Hold that baby for pete's sake!

Respectfully, this sounds more like an issue for you than for him. He will figure it out if you give him a sippy cup (or even a regular cup). Give him a chance. The longer you wait, the harder it will be for both of you.
A parents job is to help their kids grow up. Not keep them babies, even though it is tempting. This opportunity to hold his own drink, have some independence, gain some motor skills far outweighs any downside that he may be thirsty for a day or two until he figures it out. Does he feed himself? Does he even eat solids since he is getting so much milk? He won't starve and you both will be so proud to see that he CAN do these things.
Good luck.