If you think there’s nothing wrong with sucking on a bottle after the first teeth come in, especially at bedtime, maybe you should look up pictures of tooth decay in toddlers. It sure isn’t pretty to have black teeth when the kid starts school.

I second the thing about using the bottle for flying. Its actually reccommended to give a bottle, nurse, or give gum (if the child is old enough, which he is obviously not). But even if that’s not the reason, I agree with Roger.

I love these boys! They are so cute. Victoria seems to be a very devoted mom.

I think Roger kept most comments out about the bottle. I was sure it was going to be horrible things said about this family because of it but what he said was very true. We DON’T live in their lives so we have no place to say what they should do with their children.

My son is 12 months and if he wants a bottle for another year or two, fine with me. My son, my choice and everyone else’s opinion should be kept to themselves. Just like some people potty train before 2, some do it after 2. The main point is that you do what’s best for YOUR child, not what everyone says is the “right” thing just because they hit a certain age.

I second the comments that they seem approachable.

In the UK we’ve seen a bit more of them and in one special they had cameras document their move to Spain for an hour long special.

There was one bit where Victoria was in the greenroom or somewhere and the boys were with her mom while she went on the show with David.

She was all done up and she took off her heels and chased the boys and even got on all fours to rough around with them.

Plus, they like to laugh at themselves and are always up for a comedy sketch or such.

Not to mention they do a lot of charity work and care a great deal about anything to do with children. People rarely see it, but as parents they both are quick to get involved, donate, etc. if it’s a children’s cause.

This woman has to live with the knowledge that Scotland Yard foiled a very serious plot to kidnap her and Brooklyn (when he was their only child) and hold them ransom.

The men were arrested but it’s one other reason that I will cut the woman slack.

She’s a mother. She may not smile, but she doesn’t flash her privates or do a lot of things other mothers we know of do.

I know how I feel when I’m out with my two and as someone said they probably feel stressed by the mobs that surround them when they have the kids.

Just think, if a man that looked like a bodyguard picked up one of the boys would anyone think anything of it? In all that madness and chaos the last thing I would be thinking was ‘Am I smiling for everyone to not rip me apart for being moody?’

And they have asked that the paps not use flash on Cruz which is most likely why we had video of them leaving the airport and the boys were not with them. They have a lot on their plate.

It actually makes me laugh how predictable comments have become. It’s quite amusing.

I think Victoria has a bit of a guard up because she has been through the ringer.

The press (and public) never let her forget she isn’t a great singer and don’t give her credit for giving her dream a try with the Spice Girls. They just pick on her lack of talent.

Women want her man and a lot act like she isn’t even there. Not to mention many women in the UK and Spain have sold stories about sleeping with him which he has denied but it can’t be nice for his wife. They had this start as soon as they announced their engagement years and years ago.

How many of us have said we’re going to try at something (not nagging a partner for example) but then you’re provoked and that all goes out the window? I’m sure she wants to smile but when she’s in the thick of it she shuts off.

I can’t imagine what it’s like in her shoes.

I love this family!!

I don’t know why people criticize the boys being dress the same! I love dressing my daughters the same (3 and 5) either same clothes – different color or exactly the same, plus they love it too! I mean if they were 12-13-14 and still dress the same then it would be different, but they are children still. I love it!

I 53rd the opinion that they are dressed alike and in bright colors to help keep track of them with the crowd and media circus all around them.

I lived in Britain at the time Becks “lost” the World Cup for England (he was removed for kicking a player on the opposing team, and without him the team was weaker) and there were actually threats made on his life, because soccer is so bloomin’ huge there and so many other places in the world. So the media IS very harsh on the Becks there, probably just calming down now from the World Cup ’98 fiasco.

It’s funny, Posh always seems posed serious in pics, but in interviews they both seem so approachable and like they are having a good, relaxed time. David is so gorgeous I am stunned from time to time. Love this whole family.

Deborah, what Victoria says about the American press being much kinder than the press over in the UK is true. Jude Law and other celebs have said the exact same thing-as crazy as the paparazzi are here, they are nothing short of vicious in the UK. I look at the way paps speak to celebs here (like asking personal questions about their loves lives while they are with their children), and I can’t imagine what they must be like across the pond.

Anyway, about the bottle-I don’t buy the whole “they are under pressure, it’s a soothing mechanism, etc.” spiel. What does their being photographed constantly have to do with the fact that Cruz still inappropriately uses infant accessories when he should be over them by now? My godson was off his bottle and onto a sippy cup by 11 months with no problems, and he was off his pacifier even before that. And believe me, if he had had a problem with that, he would’ve let it be made known. Bottles and pacifiers, both of which Cruz still uses, are made and designed for babies-not for children. Barring a medical condition, there is no reason at all for Cruz to still have either a bottle or a pacifier.

And I love their matching outfits and think it’s cute that they are all dressed alike. It’s not like they’re identical triplets and you can’t tell who’s who!