butterfly warrior: that is exactly my worry, the night bottle is so much part of her routine and it's also alot of comfort for her. When we moved last year we lived with my parents for 3 months and that was when she really ramped up the amount of milk she was having to the point that she was waking up to 3 times a night and asking for it. Thankfully i settled that back down when we moved to our new house but the milk is such a part of her bedtime routine. She has dinner, has her bath, she gets out and has her bottle while she watches a DVD like Dora and then she goes to bed. I'm worried I'm going to mess up her sleeps when she is such an easy child to put to bed, she doesn't want a story read to her, i don't need to sing to her or pat her, just put her in bed and off she goes. DD only has her dummy if she is upset, e.g. she fell over or something, and when she goes to bed, she doesn't have it during the day and she sleeps without it at day care although we are having issues with sleeping at day care at present, i'm not too worried about the dummy yet. You are right, at 2.5yo I don't think she comprehends bribes or bargaining too much although sometimes she seems to understand a little. DD also has 2 bottles a day although her's are when she wakes up and when she goes to bed at night. She asks for it before her nap but i say she has it at night time and then she just goes to sleep.

I'm so torn on whether to proceed and try to get rid of the bottle or just let her be and speak with my GP and dentist and go from there. To top it off i'm about to start a new job that i'll be working away from home 2 days a week, I currently work from home so it'll be new for me to be away 9-5 a few days a week and I don't want to upset her routine too much.

ree - i love the idea of a bottle fairy.. I might steal that one if things don't work now and use that for the future. DD does not have any other comfort items other than her dummy but I actually think the bottle is more comfort to her as anytime she hurts herself or is upset she always asks me for her "milka" and if i say no then the dummy is requested next.