Daniel will def not be permanently scarred by not having a bottle past the age of 12 months. Bottles past 12 months are not good for the teeth that is why CHN tell you to wean him off by then. i think it depends on how much the child likes their bottles as to when they stop having them. My DS stopped having day bottles at 10 months cause he loved his solid foods too much so i just stopped offering bottles and he was fine with it, at 13 months i stopped giving him his bottle at night before bed and he didn't ever miss it. Maybe just try and cut out 1 bottle at a time and see how he goes, if he loves his food so much he may not even notice the bottles are gone. BTW, when i stopped giving DS his bottle he absolutely refused to drink milk from anything for 2 months, i just made sure he ate plenty of cheese yoghurt and custard to compensate for it, now he loves his cup of milk. GL, just follow your instincts