thanks so much for posting this!!!
i was begining to think that our DD was the only one so attached to her bottle!!
we had gotten her to stop taking it to bed with her(she had it in the hour leading up to bed) but we recently swapped from a cot to a toddy bed and gave it back to her to make her transition a bit easier, but now cant get it off her again!
we're thinking of asking her to give the bottle and dum dum up to santa this year in exchange for presents! but i will trying some of the things you've all suggested!