The Sabah Chapter of the Malaysian Association of Speech-Language and Hearing (MASH) wants to create a greater awareness about the damage which prolonged bottle-feeding can have on a young child’s development.
By: Sidney SkinnerLeft: Pamela Thomas Joseph. Right: It is natural and very possible to wean a child off the bottle within a month, with some strategies, lots of encouragement and determination both for the youngster and parents.
“Unless a child has other developmental concerns, for example they are unable to eat solids or are not growing according to their age, then there is good reason to work towards teaching a youngster to use a cup,” she said.She recommended training kids to drink from a cup when they were between six to eight months of age.
Another 5.3 per cent targeted weaning their children off the bottle by the time they entered Standard One at age seven, according to her.Only 17.2 per cent of the mothers and fathers surveyed were aware of the normal trajectory of feeding development, she said, which is for toddlers to drop the use of baby bottle by their first birthday.“It is typical for youngsters to begin using a cup between the ages of six to eight months.
As for middle ear infections, Joseph said prolonged bottle-feeding caused difficulties in eustachian tube function.“Children become more prone to ear infections as they are often lying down and drinking milk. Joseph said protracted dependence on milk-bottles could also cause kids to develop poor eating habits which put them at risk of becoming obese, not to mention stunting their emotional maturity.
Drinking from a baby bottle provided many parents with a feeding option which was both easy and generated the least fuss, according to her.“These parents only come to realise later that the easy feeding option has caused their children to have a preference for infantile feeding as opposed to typical eating development.
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