Guilty mum moment

[trinityrocks]

Ok, I quite by accident realised that my 10 month old can quite happily drink from a bottle with no help. I was feeding her and then my 5 yr old dd1 needed me to undo her necklace and I did it with both hands leaving the bottle resting on the chest of my 10 month old and she picked it up herself and started drinking. I now feel either that I should have let her try or that she shouldn't be doing it on her own in the mornings now to give me more time to sort out the big one for school. She sits in her highchair slightly reclined and happily guzzles her first bottle of the day whilst I potter around her. I remeber being told that feeding is about bonding aswell and feel that maybe I shouldn't be doing this. Or is it a little independence that is fine????

[HRHQueenOfQuelNoel]

Trinity - my DS2 has been bottlefed almost since birth - about the same age (10 months) he started holding the bottle himself - but I still insisted on cuddling him - except for the one feed in the afternoon when he'd drink it in hte pushchair on the way to pick his brother up. At 14 months he was drinking all of them reclined on the sofa on his own - and now (he's 2) the only bottle he has in the day (just before bed) he waits for at the stairgate at the kitchen, takes it and goes and sits himself on the sofa.

[chicagomum]

From around that age ds was giving himself his bottles freeing me up to do other things (like get dd reaady for school), but I continued givng him his bed time bottle to maintain the bond. It is only to be expected as they get older they want to do things for themselves and imo it should be encouraged. DS refuses to allow anyone to put a spoon in his mouth these days (12 and a bit months).

[mazzystar]

my ds is a bit like yours chicagomum. hasn't let anyone feed him his daytime bottles/cups or with a spoon since he was tiny, maybe 8 months. it was so funny to see him asserting his independence....you could practically see him thinking "i'll do it myself". but he still cuddles up for his night-time milks and comes for a snuggle anytime he feels like it.

Trin - I wouldn't worry in the slightest.