Katie Holmes is STILL bottle feeding Suri!
On Wednesday, Katie Holmes was photographed bottle-feeding daughter Suri on the New York set of her new movie, The Romantics.
Should the girl, 3, still be hitting the bottle?
No, experts say.
“She should have been weaned off the bottle by the time she was one year old,” Dr. Jennifer Shu, a pediatrician and co-author of Food Fights, tells Usmagazine.com. “By the time kids are nine months old, they have the physical development and mouth coordination necessary to be able to drink out of a sippy cup or a cup with straw. That development comes pretty early.”
So what gives?
Shu says she doesn’t “know why” Tom Cruise and Katie still allow the girl to use a bottle. “You don’t force kids to crawl when they can walk,” Shu tells Us.
But Dr. Harvey Karp — a pediatrician, child development specialist and creator of the DVD and book, The Happiest Toddler on the Block — doesn’t think it’s such a big deal.
“Sucking is normal for kids when they are tired or bored — as long as kids aren’t keeping the bottle in their mouths for hours” he tells Us, adding that it may serve as an emotional security device. “Thumb-sucking is more damaging.”
But Shu tells Us that if Suri is using the bottle out of comfort, her parents should “transition her to a different security object that doesn’t cause cavities,” such as a blanket or a Teddy bear.
Or, perhaps, some high-heel shoes?
Source, Bauer-Griffin
November 7th, 2009 at 7:28 am
I was blasted on this website when I said that a little girl her age should not wear high heel shoes. “She is playing dress up” is what I was told. Well she has been repeatedly photographed wearing the shoes and now this. I guess because they have the money to fix whatever problems that will occur due to still using a bottle, it is ok. Well my opinion is that although I do not question her love for her daughter, I do question her parenting skills. Still breastfeeding at this age is one thing, but she should not still be using a bottle. And she shouldn’t be wearing high heel shoes. So, I have a bullseye target on me, let the insults begin.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
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