Good advice

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advises parents:

• Avoid putting children to bed with a bottle at night or at nap time. If putting a baby to bed with a bottle, fill it only with water.
• Do not give children a baby bottle or sippy cup filled with sweet drinks between feedings.
• Begin teaching children to drink from an open cup near their first birthday.
• Do not dip your child’s pacifier in anything sweet such as honey or sugar.