[blparent] Holding a bottle independently?

[Barbara Hammel]

Maybe one thing you could try is to put her hands on the bottle and put 
yours over hers.  If she gets to keeping her hands on it, just pull your 
hands away one finger at a time until she's doing it alone.
Sometimes I think they like to be lazy because bottle time is getting your 
undivided attention so they don't want to lose that bonding time by being 
independent.  I say let her be a baby as long as you can, they grow up way 
too fast.
Barbara


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From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:46 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] Holding a bottle independently?

> Hi.  According to the books I've read, most babies should be off the 
> bottle by their first birthday.  I'm not one who has to do everything by 
> the book, so if Sarah takes longer than that, I don't have a problem with 
> it.  She doesn't have any teeth yet, so it isn't like I have to worry 
> about mouth troubles.  But she isn't even the slightest bit interested in 
> holding a bottle by herself, or in drinking from a cup or a sippy.  Is 
> there anything I can do to encourage her, or if I just wait, will she come 
> to it all on her own?
>
> Thanks,
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds 
> water."--Swedish proverb
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