Bottle Holding

I am a 33 year old mom with a 6 year old and a 3 year, both boys. when my 3 year was born, my 6 year old would not let him out of his sight. he was constantly cuddling and fussing over him. he would always want to hold his bottle for him so my baby got use to it. when he started crawling and walking, he still wanted someone to hold his bottle and my older son kept doing it. i finally had to explain to older son that in order for his little bro to become a big boy like him, he would have to learn how to hold his own bottle and eventually stop using it. so he stopped but my little one refused to hold it by himself. he would cry and get upset because i would leave his bottle on the floor in front of him or at the table where he would be sitting.(do not give in!!) somehow he finally caught on that hey if i want to drink my bottle i'm going to have to get it myself. he kept trying but no luck, he eventually had no more problems with holding his own bottle. AND ACTUALLY, A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, HE GAVE IT UP ALL ON HIS OWN!!! NO MORE BOTTLE

When my daughter was little I used to put her hands on the bottle underneath mine while I was feeding her. She got used to it and it just came naturally for her to hold her own. She did go through a stage where she didn't want to do it herself but since she had already been doing for a while, I knew she just wanted attention. She got attention but I didn't give in. I would play with her and talk to her while she was feeding herself and after. If you know she can do it then make her do it. It will teach her to go after what she wants and that you won't give in. Have a good night.

Try putting it in a sippee cup. Avent makes one that is appropriate for that age. My granddaughter is 8 months old and drinks from a cup when she doesn't breastfeed.
C.

My son who is now 8-months old was the same way at 6 - 7 months. My mother-in-law would give him the bottle and he would hold fine on his own, but when I went to feed him, he knew mommy would hold it for him. So he wouldn't hold it. Eventually I gave up had to just put it in front of him and if he wanted it he had to get it himself. And now I don't have any problems. I put him in his high chair and put the bottle in front him. He grabs it on his own and puts it in his mouth.