clover - I am aware of the importance of breakfast but being someone myself who can rarely eat breakfast within 1-2 hours of waking up without it making me feel like vomiting I don't force her to eat. If she is hungry then I know she'll eat but the majority of the time her breakfast sits untouched. I can on the odd occasion get her to eat some fruit and the past couple of days I've had a little bit of success with her eating a small amount of cereal, but if I waited at home till she ate some breakfast then I could end up home all day.

tilda - thanks, i have heard varying bits of information like that before but I'm the same, unsure how accurate it is. I am going to check with my GP about it and I see my own dentist in 3 weeks so I'll also ask him. DD has all of her teeth and all appear ok from what I've seen. She has an underbite which she has unfortunately inherited from me but that appears to be the only thing teeth wise I can see as an issue. I don't think a bribe in this case will work, I've tried that to get her to eat vegatables and she isn't fussed unfortunately. P.s. and we already have 1 dog and we don't want a 2nd so no puppy here.

rustygirl - so glad that you have experienced the same, well not glad, but good to hear others have had toddlers who love their bottle. I wish the time was right now and she would just progress past it by herself which i've let her do for everything till now e.g. wraps, sleeping bags, she always just let me know when she was ok to move on from things.

This morning was a wash out and she cried until she had a bottle. We went shopping today and bought her a curly fancy straw which I told her is to drink her milka. I'm going to try to get rid of her morning bottle first and leave the night one alone so I have a bargaining chip up my sleave.. "You can have one when you go to bed later.." etc.. Tonight I tried to just give her one bottle of milk but after she finished the first one she asked for more. I told her she had already had her milk and it was time for bed. She played up in bed for another 50 minutes before i gave her another half a bottle and she is now asleep. I'm going to try a cup of milk and some cereal straight away in the morning, i'm pretty certain of the outcome but i'll give it a go. DD goes to day care tomorrow so i'll send her to school but pack a bottle of milk for her which she normally doesn't have at day care, but I'll send it just in case of emergency if they have issues settling her. I don't think she is going to be a happy girl tomorrow.

It's going to be a big few months for my little girl, trying to transition away from bottles, from her cot to a big girl bed, toilet training and then finally to get rid of her dummy. They grow up too fast and it makes me sad!