Question of the Week

This is a slightly controversial topic that many parents debate heavily. How old is too old for a toddler to be drinking from a bottle?

Of all the celebrity babies in the spotlight right now, there is only one that seems to be getting people up in arms over this particular topic: Suri Cruise. Suri is often seen out and about with her mother Katie Holmes clutching a bottle in her hand. Many critics and “fans” are often heard criticizing both Katie and Tom Cruise for allowing their daughter, who is almost 2 1/2, to still suck on a bottle.

Drinking from a bottle after the first year of age has been shown to lead to oral developmental problems in children. At the age of one, often before, kids are able to learn how to drink from a sippy cup, so many people see that as the perfect age to start teaching them.

What do you think? Is there a problem with the fact that Katie and Tom allow Suri to carry a bottle with her 24/7?

Suri Cruise and Her Bottle: Is She Too Old?

Get Suri a sippy cup, doctors say.

The 2-year-old — who was spotted sucking away on Monday in NYC — is too old for a bottle.

"Most pediatricians recommend a bottle should be given up by age 1 — almost certainly by 18 months," Dr. Charlotte Cowan, author of the Dr. Hippo book series, tells Usmagazine.com.

Suri's constant traveling could play a factor.

"When babies are challenged, their diet is upset, their sleep is upset," Cowan says. "They will regress back to previous habits ... lingering with a bottle is comforting. You could argue that her parents have decided that this is not the time to try to wean her off if they're traveling frequently."

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