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My 24 month daughter recently she was dignosed with anemia and doesn't want to eat solid foods. how can i make her eat and lose the bottle?

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Pick your battle: Many infants develop a bottle dependency as a comfort object. Excessive milk intake cuts desire for other foods & can result in anemia. I try to split the bottle issue into 2 components.By only putting water in the bottle, they can have it, but they must go to a cup for the "tasty stuff", limiting total milk intake to 24oz/d. They eventually get bored with the bottle & toss it.

Answered 12/24/2012

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