Suri and the Bottle Debate
Suri Cruise, the adorable daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, may be two years old, but she's still devoted to her bottle. Most pediatricians recommend that parents introduce the sippy cup when their babies are between 9 and 11 months old. So, yes, Suri is behind the curve, but so long as she doesn't take a bottle to her high school prom, is it really such a big deal?
In the blogosphere, there are plenty of naysayers who think it's high time that Suri said goodbye to her bottle, but every child is different and does things at her own pace. When did your child graduate from bottle to sippy cup? Did you do anything to encourage the transition, or did you let your baby decide when she was ready? Share your thoughts.
--Victoria Loustalot, Real-Time Associate Producer
In the blogosphere, there are plenty of naysayers who think it's high time that Suri said goodbye to her bottle, but every child is different and does things at her own pace. When did your child graduate from bottle to sippy cup? Did you do anything to encourage the transition, or did you let your baby decide when she was ready? Share your thoughts.
--Victoria Loustalot, Real-Time Associate Producer
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She is 2, so really she should be off the bottle. However, maybe public settings freak her out and the bottle is comforting. It is hard to tell people how to raise their kids when you don't now the entire circumstances.
Three of my four children were still breastfeeding at 2, so what is the difference? As long as she doesn't go to sleep with milk or juice in a bottle, it doesn't really make that much difference health-wise. Sometimes I think sippy cups are the manufacturers' way of getting us to buy all new products after a year. Spill-proof sippy cups are almost like bottles, anyway.
Imagine how you would feel if every parenting move you made was scrutinized by millons of people. Who cares if you don't agree with it, she's not telling you how to raise your kids, quit telling her.
Isn't little Apple (Gweneth Paltrow's daughter) around 4 and still being photographed carrying a bottle??
All three of mine were on the cup by their first birthday, but every parent is different.
I took away my children's bottle as soon as they turned 1 year old. By that time they were drinking from a cup. I think it's a bigger deal for the parents in taking the bottle away than it is for the children.
I took away my children's bottle as soon as they turned 1 year old. By that time they were drinking from a cup. I think it's a bigger deal for the parents in taking the bottle away than it is for the children.
i never blog...but as a new mom...just want to say it is NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT KATIE'S if Suri has a bottle or not! and bty - why do you care?!?
It's nobody's business but Tom and Katie
It's hard to ditch a routine that you've instilled since birth. It's struggle to put on their clothes, get them out the door to make it to work on time, to put them down for nap. I can easily see not wanting to start a fire by taking away something, when you are already fighting a multitude of fires w/every day activities.
It's hard to ditch a routine that you've instilled since birth. It's a struggle to put on their clothes, get them out the door to make it to work on time, to put them down for nap. I can easily see not wanting to start a fire by taking away something, when you are already fighting a multitude of fires w/every day activities.
My little boy is about 6 months younger than Suri, he still has a bottle (breastfed til 16 months) I don't see the problem, obviously both little-uns are comforted by it. My daughter used a bottle until she was about 15 months. Suri will come off the bottle when she is good and ready don't hurry the girl.
My little boy is about 6 months younger than Suri, he still has a bottle (breastfed til 16 months) I don't see the problem, obviously both little-uns are comforted by it. My daughter used a bottle until she was about 15 months. Suri will come off the bottle when she is good and ready don't hurry the girl.
My little boy is about 6 months younger than Suri, he still has a bottle (breastfed til 16 months) I don't see the problem, obviously both little-uns are comforted by it. My daughter used a bottle until she was about 15 months. Suri will come off the bottle when she is good and ready don't hurry the girl.