This Is A Serious Question
Filed under: Baby Blabber > Tom Cruise
Suri Cruise has been stepping out with her daddy in NYC these last few days.
The child is now 2 years old.
Isn't that too old to still be sucking on the bottle??????
[Image via WENN.]
Posted: May 5, 2008 at 7:22 pm
"no, definitely not. at that age kids are transitioning to solids and still need the calories from milk."
WTF? what kids transition to solids at 2? Kids start eating foods at 6 months. 2 years old is WAY to old for a bottle. Shes going to have buck teeth!!
I thought i was the only one who noticed it. Yes that little girls need to be off that bottle. It is suppose to be done at 1.
Re: C – choke already bitch !!!!!
She should have been off that bottle months ago!! Shows the parents are just not concerned about her teeth or her development!!
Re: Snickers – get your facts straight. leah's daughter is 4 NOT 3 , which makes the situation 10x worse than Suri. Suri just turned 2 last month!! Leah has one child who she is spoiling - tom has already raised 2 children who appear to be doing well. I'm sure he will have Suri off the bottle soon enough. This isn't his first day parenting. So why don't you stop losing sleep over this along with the other retarded 900 bloggers on this thread. you all sound like pathetically stupid people.
Yes. It is. It will get harder and harder to break the habit the longer they wait. Ask any pediatrician. It rots the teeth. I guess they're allowng her to be a "creative, strong woman."
Grow up and parent your child!
technically yes…youre supposed to stop around 1 year old. Formula and milk are nutritionally no longer needed after that. 2 years is definatly pushing it…but they are cult members and cults do weird things.
YES! My daughter was completely done with the bottle one month after she turned 1. She needs to use sippy cup.
Re: becky –
A BOTTLE IN PUBLIC?!!! OOOOOOOOH!!!! AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!! GASP!!!!! MY EEEEEYESSS!!!!
I'd love to see your face when I whip out my tit and breastfeed my 2 year-old, ha ha ha!!
Re: MsLove –
just clarifying on my comment….i meant breast milk, not normal milk. Yea people do extended BFing but its more for comfort and security than anything else (whether the comfort its for the kid or more for the mom that cant let her kid grow up- thats up for debate), but the kid doesnt need the milk (or formula) to live anymore. So i guess the bottle is maybe Suri's security like the boob might be for a BF kid.
YES,YES AND DOUBLE YES,MY DAUGHTER HAS FOUR CROWNS BECAUSE SHE DRANK FROM A BOTTLE TIL TWO.BAD FOR HER TEETH…BUT WHAT THE HELL THEY HAVE MONEY TO FIX THEM SO WHO CARES,RIGHT?
according to babycenter.com… "By the time most babies are about 9 months old, they have the motor skills to drink from a cup, so [they] recommend starting then."
Re: Mary –
Well whoopdeedoo for you, and all the other morons who enlightened us about what THEY did with THEIR kids.
As much as you don't want to hear this, your way isn't necessarily the best way. It's certainly not the ONLY way.
I wonder how many people who comment here are actually parents? Hmmm. A child gives up a bottle when it's ready. And I imagine when a baby is surrounded by flashing cameras and whatnot, it wants as much security as it can get.
Perez, comment all you want about hollywood, but leave parenting to parents.
Yes! 2 is too old. Everytime I see a picture of her she is sucking on one; I cringe.
I have a son who is almost 2 and I CANNOT get him off the bottle! I don't want him to have it, but it's just the thing he has not gotten over. My doctor said 18 months, but kids have a lot more will power than you think, you can't judge if you don't really know and that means having a kid
I've never seen so many people needing validation about their own parenting skills - it's enough to make me lmao. Do you even read any of these comments aside from your own? Every one of you, with the exception of a few level headed rational non judgemental people, are screaming " I took my baby off by 1 " it's gonna rot her teeth", "he's a bad parent". Just listen to yourselves! It's not your kid, so why do you care to give advice to a person who will never even read this blog? Every child is different. It has nothing to do with being a bad parent vs a good parent. If you have a child that never sucked it's thumb, never used a pacifier, but is potty trained and still likes a bottle once a day, then you're not doing too badly raising your 2 year old. All of you need to call it a day.
my 2 year old has been off the bottle for a LONG time. He is also off the binky and learning to go in the potty. Lazy parents are BAD PARENTS and letting your 2 year old still drink out of a bottle is just lazy.
yes, she should absolutley be off the bottle. Maybe at bed time, but tooth decay can be a chuge problem if she is using it reguralry. Then again, its not the nanny's job - or is it…
Doctors say they should be off the bottle by 1 !!!! my son was off by 11 months! its wrong for her to still be taking a bottle!
you should start to get your kid on a sippy cup around one. i guess that it's hard not to 'baby' your kid when you never see it and the nanny raises it.
Not really. It all depends on the child and the parent. Mine was only allowed to have it it for bedtime and naptime (she gave up napping at a really young age). The nighttime one was really hard to take away. She was about 2 1/2 when she would finally take a sippy cup to bed but that didn't last long, she gave that up real quick.
babies drink from the breast or a bottle.toddlers drink from cups! they get their nutrients from food.a constant milk supply just makes them fat and rots their teeth.
thank you for finally saying that!!! YES shes too old. must be scientology……
yes, i've been thinking that for a very long time!
Re: melissy –
you are an absolute idiot. they aren't SUPPOSED to be anything…..it's all personal preference and what works for each individual family. you loser.
YES it is! Your pediatrician will smack you if you have a kid on a bottle past 1! What good nanny is letting this continue too?
I have a 2 1/2 year old and he was over the bottle thing a little over 1. But it is up to the parents to do that, she needs to be on a sippy cup for sure by now. But again, it is up to the parents to throw out all the bottles and only have the sippy cups for her to drink out of. But trust me it is a lot easier to not mess with it, which looks like that the case here.
Oh and there's nothing wrong with my 4 year old's teeth or speech either. She regularly sees her dentist and has an incredible vocabulary.
My daughter is 2 and still drinks from a bottle. It's a comfort thing and it's not that big of a deal. Actually, latinos don't think you need to ween from the bottle until the child is 3. Perez, ask your mom how old you were? LOL
Leave Suri alone - she probably got the urge to suck from her father since TC sucks HARD!
Theres probably some anti-depressants in that bottle! LOL! It makes me sick that these rich suckers with all the resources in the world, can't figure out that its WRONG for their babies to be sucking on ANYTHING at two years old (pacifier, bottles, etc). Bad for the teeth! Ever heard of a sippy-cup people????
As long as your brushing your child's teeth then it's not a big deal. My daughter's pediatrician couldn't give me any other reason why she had to ween by 1. Leave the poor child alone!
Yes, they are supposed to be off the bottle when they turn one. It's probably a scientology thing! I'm sure they think she'll be the one to decide when she gives up the bottle!
Standford Professor is full of shit. Have you ever heard of buck teeth brother????
I was wondering when someone would finally notice this! Yes, 2 is too old for a bottle! Give her a sippy cup please!
well, bottle is one thing, but what troubles me even more is the fact that they are still carrying her like a handbag ! If 2 yrs old is enough to start dinking from a cup, it's also more than time to start walking !! What 'you think ??
Until you have kids… shut your damn mouth! Every kid is different, look at the kids that are 4 and 5 yrs old and still have their pacifiers!
It is too old….don't they take her to the dentist? At age 2 it is the pefect time for sippy cups and no pacifier's….it will ruin teeth and will eventually bring the front teeth foward from sucking!!….even though these are the 1st teeth your still a parent. I notice that most stars kids do this, too many pics with there kids and a bottle….hello they grow up now act on it!!!
Re: MsLove – Of course it's "up for debate" according to you, who has never been there yourself. Who are you to say, or suggest, what another child's needs are, or what the motivations of another woman might be? What's with this need of yours to criticize a mother and child doing ebf, what is with your need to assume that mom is only doing it to keep her child from growing up?
I think you are the one who needs to grow up, and look in the mirror and ask yourself what exactly it is about breastfeeding that upsets you so much.
yes, i have a 17 month old daughter, i took the bottle, passy everything away when she was 6 months old.made things eaiser for me and she is not going to have buck teeth from the bottle and she does not have to be dependent on any "thing"
Almost a thousand comments?
You're (most of you) a bunch of busybodies. What horrible future mother-in-laws you will make.
whatever, you do what works with your child.
Poor little Pucci-clad ragamuffin. She has to carry the instruments of her Scientology audit.
Again with the bare feet and the bottle. Violet Garner Affleck needs to have a chat with her on proper city attire.
I do have a quibble though — I realize she is the most fashion-forward toddler around, but if you're going to give your kid bangs, keep them trimmed. Annoyingly in-her-eyes here, and while that's fine for grown women who don't mind the stabbing pain of hair-in-eyes and believe that beauty is pain, etc. etc., it's kind of mean to do to a toddler.
Re: samantha –
Surely your daughter will be the most mature and independent child as a result of your exemplary parenting skills.
*snicker*
My first post!! Perez I love you!! Thank you for finally mentioning the bottle…it's probalby some stupid scientology thing but damn…2yrs and she still sucks on the bottle..give me a break. Give it up already!!!
I'm in no position to offer parenting advice, but shouldn't suri be off that barley milk and bottle regimen by now?
Re: ace tomato – The bottle has to do with Scientology. I think the mixture is barley, water, and something else. It's one of the many odd things about the Church of Strong Believers.
You hit that bottle, kid, and hit it hard.
More importantly, WHY is she wearing velvet after February?!
we know how infantalized her mother is, so Suri's gonna be on the bottle for another couple years, I fear.
Bottles will deform the teeth.
Thank you! No, really it's fine…if you don't have a problem stunting your child's growth in the way of speech and developement of teeth! I'm getting sick of seeing 3 year olds with pacifiers and bottles because their parents are too lazy to wean them…sorry but that's kind of your job as a parent.
My thoughts exactly - she should have been off the bottle at age one. Are they just lazy??
guess what fucktards, not everyone does everything exactly the same way you do. try understanding and tolerance before u tear people to shreds for once huh?
pediatricians recommend switching from a bottle to a sippy cup at 1 year!
Actually, doctors suggest stopping after age one and switching to a sippy cup cause it can start tooth decay.
Re: suzanne – ROFLMAO!!! u got that right, good one….
YESSSS. They know or should know that she shouldn't be drinking from a bottle. It just some parents lets the child win when they cry for it. All they have to do is cry.
kids are on bottles til 3 or 4 often. its no big deal.
my child went from breast to cup at 1 year!!!
Everytime i see a pic of Suri with a bottle i am shocked!
yes, she should have gone to a cup at 1 year.
Finally!! Someone finally commented on what I have been thinking for a year now - WAY too old for a bottle! Yikes!!
PEREZ - feel free to make those comments when you have your own kids. Until then, leave her alone. Remember, some Moms breastfeed their kids until 5 or 6 years old.
my son stopped on his first birthday. went to a sippy cup, and he is going to be 2 this month and can already drink out of a regular cup.
Yes…Way to OLD!! You take them off the bottle at 1!! I have been wondering that for a while now. Every picture she is in, she has a bottle in her hand. Give her FOOD!!
Nah…she's a happy kid. My rule is that as long as my kids aren't taking their bottle to Prom with them…who cares!? I'd rather pick my battles. And the bottle just isn't one of them.
Babah, blankie and Pucci - Missy has panache.
It´s not to old. You must find the most little thing about Suri and make it a big deal.
As long as it´s water and not juice.
Re: mikki –
Where the hell did you hear that? 3 years old? My daugther is TWO and she can spell!!! WHY WOULD SHE STILL HAVE A BOTTLE!!!??? WTF!!! Low expectations for your children is the first step in the WRONG direction. I guess you start potty training at 5 huh?
2 is just right. especially if you're on the go - i mean, are you going to give your kid a glass when you're going somewhere?
i was 4 when i stopped. and i turned out just fine.
Any DR will tell you to wean from the bottle at one year to prevent damage to baby's teeth.
No, it is not abnormal. My kids drank their milk in a bottle until they where past three. Everything else was with the sippy cup. My kids teeth are fine and I am not a scientologist.
Most people here making the statements are idiots. If you give a child her age the milk in a sippy cup half of it ends up on the floor or on them when they get bored.
Re: elyse –
Not too old to drink milk (duh), of course they need the calories, but the AAP recommends weaning completely from formula and from bottles by one year old. They don't need the threat of baby-bottle tooth decay! She is totally capable of doing a sippy cup, my one-year-old has been doing it for a while!
Yes…Thank you for finally pointing that out! I have been thinking it for awhile. Pediatricians say start breaking them by age 1. Yes, she needs the calories from milk, but she should be drinking from a sip cup.
no, it's not you fat fuck. do a little research and find out before you "ask your question." hey this is just a question, aren't fat people supposed to be jolly?
yes she should be off the bottle! her teeth are going to be f*cked up if she doesn't give it up asap! she should be past the sippy cup and using a regular cup. at least her folks will have the dough to pay for the serious dental work she is going to need!!
should be off the bottle by 18 months old… or at least by 2 years!!!
LOL, oh Perez, don't you know that some people are still breast feeding their kids at this age.
TOO OLD FOR BOTTLE!
Is it just me, or does little Suri Cruise look like she's hit the dye bottle?
Yes! She could get baby bottle tooth rot from using a bottle past six months. Bad parenting!
Perez you're a huge asshole, literally and figuratively!!!
Just an FYI for all who are concerned about her having buck teeth, no worries. This is 2008, all nipples are designed to be orthodontic, thus no buck teeth. The nipples of the 70's and 80's and even the early 90's are a thing of the past, they've come a long way. And her teeth would only rot if she fell asleep each night with it in her mouth and ONLY with formula or juice(stuff with sugar in it), not with MILK. This is a picture of a kid sucking on the street, you have no idea if she sleeps with that bottle in her mouth, which I highly doubt she does. With the time that Katie spends with her, I would believe that she is a nervous 1st time mother and would be deathly afraid of the kid choking to death, just like all 1st time moms are.
Damn you people for making me defend TomKat, I can not stand either of them, but you people are all grasping at straws.
And for the record, so no one thinks that I am just a "lazy" parent (I love when that term is thrown around by a parent whose child is more advanced in a certain area by the way)who allowed my children to call the shots, both my kids were off the bottle by age 1, but I also am an experienced parent and know that with kids there is absolutely no black and white, everything is gray.
Suri is wearing a Little Marc (by Marc Jacobs) Fall/Winter 2008 Velour dress ($84).
Suri is holding a Playtex Baby Drop-Ins Premium Nurser in Pink ($4).
Idealy, a 2 year old should be weened from the bottle. But being a mother of two, children are not ideal. Suri will ween herself off the bottle when she is ready.
Way too old for a bottle!
Thank you. She is way too old to be still drinking from a sippy cup. She is so adorable but TomKat is going to rot out her teeth by letting her continue to do this. Sad, sad, sad.
YES! I have thought that for a while now. My son was off the bottle at 13 months. Plus it is really not good for her teeth.
Not as bad as a 2, 3, or 4 year old sucking on a breast!!! That's just sick!! Maybe she just needs it for naps or sleepy time. It looks dark in the pic. Could be night time.
She should be off the bottle by now. She'll get bottle mouth where her teeth rot out. Have Xenu buy the child a sippy cup…
in my opinion…yes, definitely
that's horrible do they know the bottle can hurt her teeth. They will pay for giving into suri, she will grow up terribly spoiled and rotten.
maybe they only give it to her when they take her out and she uses a cup at home, we really dont know the whole story. my kids came off at 1 but some go to 3
Perez…just stop, If you don't have good news to share, dont share any at all…this is beyond lame…
And for the latest fashion report, who are YOU to say who looks fierce and who don't. May I just say that Kate Moss is ALWAYS looking fine. Get some real gossip or shut up dammit.
She is a two year old baby, back off. My kids gave up their bottles about then, she will give it up soon. GEEZ get a life
i was still drinking out of a bottle when i was 7 (well not all the time just when i went to bed) it was a comfort thing and was waaaaay more fun than a cup!!! lol
Yes she is too old, what if she were being brestfed. It is bad for thier teeth for them to be on the bottle too long, they will get overbite. I took my boys off the bottle at 1.
Way too old! My niece switched to sippy cups at 1!