Bottle propping and addictions later in life

[ChrisCountryGirl]

Do you think if a parent chooses to prop the baby's bottle almost every feeding from an early stage in infancy, there will be emotional or mental long term effects later in life?

Or if a parent chooses to leave baby or toddler in crib with a bottle at naptime or bedtime?


I tried using *Google* about bottle propping and addictions later in life but couldn't find anything.

[Swirly]

First, I can't imagine there have been any studies of such a thing.

Secondly, can you elaborate on your hypothesis?

[ChrisCountryGirl]

Originally Posted by Swirly

First, I can't imagine there have been any studies of such a thing.

Secondly, can you elaborate on your hypothesis?

I knew someone who propped her baby's bottle almost every feeding since she was a few months old. She'd have the baby in the stroller with a bottle while her mom had a beer and cigerette in her hand. Or her daughter would be in a carseat with the bottle propped with a blanket. She'd also put her daughter to bed with a bottle. It made me sad but I'd never offered to feed her because I didn't want to make her feel like she didn't know what she was doing.


My hypothesis is that if the baby didn't recieve enough unconditional love and bonding with parents, it could lead to problems later in life, especially with the parents. As the baby gets older, she/he may become addicted to something such as alcohol or food to fulfill that void.

[mcng]

I think addictions are way more complicated than that and cannot imagine how bottle proping could lead to one.

[SquishyKitty]

Originally Posted by mcng

I think addictions are way more complicated than that and cannot imagine how bottle proping could lead to one.

There are a lot of factors that play into addictions. I doubt that bottle propping by itself is one of those factors, but if you're leading towards the idea that bottle propping leads to other ways to distract/ignore the child later in life, that could potentially lead to addiction issues, but not always.

Bottle propping by itself? Not so much.

[Throkmorton]

Originally Posted by ChrisCountryGirl

I knew someone who propped her baby's bottle almost every feeding since she was a few months old. She'd have the baby in the stroller with a bottle while her mom had a beer and cigerette in her hand.

I understand your hypothesis, but I think that the lifestyle the parents are modeling for the child and the way the child is treated in your example goes far beyond merely sticking a blanket under a bottle instead of snuggling the baby.

(says she who's sick, yet roasting in the heat baby is laying in her bouncy seat, mostly asleep with the bottle of water that said baby kept refusing all day, though she needs the freaking fluids)