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What age should a baby be to have the bottle taken away?
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Bottle: Certainly by a year you should start trying to wean your child off of the bottle
Answered 10/22/2014
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1 year: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies be introduced to a cup at 6 months with discontinuation of the bottle by one year of age.
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