Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 1/11/2004 11:22:00 AM Author: Laura Subject: I have gotten off the subject? I am confused with your reply. If your were speaking to me, then you did not read all of my post because I specifically spoke about MY SON. So yes, I have children. I am also a developmental specialist with many years experience in preschool settings with many children. I have helped potty train and bottle break many children. I didn't address the bottle situation because others had done it so well. I did address potty training because I thought that is what had been missed in previous posts. The OP wanted to know how to tell if her child was ready and I shared some signs that we looked for as professionals. My son was broken from the bottle at 15 months. He hated sippy cups (I don't think I will ever know just why) and resisted them furiously no matter which ones we tried. He had been introduced to them at daycare as soon as he could hold one. Finally at about 18 months we tried a cup with a straw and he stopped the bottle on his own. He preferred the straw for some reason. And still does. I gave our sippy cups to a friend. The hard part was for us the feeding thru the night, but I did address that above. Name: Email: Subject

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