Similar issues here - but Sam only turned two a couple of months ago.

He has at least gone from being a total dummy addict to going cold turkey off his dummy by his own motivation a few weeks back - but the dummy has come back for sleep times as he had a few issues settling when it was so stinking hot recently!

The problem for us is that I really don't think Sam has the capacity to understand bargaining or bribes and bottles will be like the dummy - one day he'll just stop needing it. I have been tempted to just throw out the bottles and offer him milk in a sippy cup only... knowing that he will drink less milk that way... He only has two bottles per day - one before his nap and one before bed. They are such a part of his sleep-time routine that I really don't fancy the thought of trying to get him to give them up before he's ready.

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