Little T has decided that she is now a big girl and no longer needs her milk.

My mother and grandmother had always stressed from Day One that milk was very important for babies and children. They warned me not to take away the bottle as it formed a risk of milk rejection. Unfortunately, T was only breastfed till she was 6 months old after which my milk dwindled into boob desert. Pfffftttt……

When she was nearing a year, other mothers told me I should start T on a sippy cup because bottles weren’t good for her teeth. They gave me all sorts of reasons and I wondered how resourceful these mothers were at researching what’s good and what’s not for their children.

So we introduced the sippy cup which she had no problems drinking from and then soon a proper cup. But her milk she maintained that she would only drink from a bottle. But at two, I decided to secretly stash the bottles away. There was a huge protest with her being the leader of the milk bottle union comprising all her teddy bear friends but I held firm.

Till this day, I do not hear enough nagging from my mother and grandmother about how I should NOT have taken away that bottle. When I try explaining that it might have destroyed her teeth, they regurgitate solid evidence of how my younger brother who was shamefully on a bottle till he was seven, has the most perfectly straight teeth. And not only are they straight, they are super duper tough. They can probably uncap coke bottles for all I know. Now at 25, a lover of dessert and cigarettes, he still doesn’t have a single cavity. And being the lazy sod that he is, I cannot imagine him taking that good care of his teeth.

I wish I had not removed the bottle because now I have the challenge of pumping calcium into this little willful imp! Milk, yoghurt and cheese…..it all depends on her mood. And she is 100% female, y’know…..moody as hell.

So really, the bottle and teeth thing is a myth. Does anyone have any milk bottle experiences to share?

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