no advise really - Aiden is 20months, and still on 3 bottles a day, and i am in no rush to take them off him, its part of our routine, and, my theory is that this close to #2 being born, there is no way am I upsetting his routine.
If you are dead set on it, then, depending on the times of the day in which your DD has her bottles, perhaps just switching them to being milk in sippy cups? If its before bed thou, then, you need to just grit your teeth abit, and be prepared for a few nights of unsettledness. When Aiden was about 8months old, he was very relient on falling asleep on a bottle, and i had to break him out of it, as he wasnt sleeping over night, or self settling or anything, so, i started by comforting him to sleep, which ever way worked, without taking him out of him room really. Started on his day sleeps, and when he would fall asleep on his own, in his cot without a bottle for his day sleeps, then, worked on his night sleep. Just lots of patience, and calm really, and postive re-enforcement to him (eg.. "your doing a good job"), regardless of if he could understand what i was saying.
Now he has a bottle before bed, for both his day nap, and his night sleep, but, calls me to come and get his bottle before he rolls over and goes to sleep. sometimes just tosses his bottle on the floor and goes to sleep anyway.
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