Sami, I understand where you're coming from, but it IS a comfort thing, for my child anyway. He gets comfort from plenty of other sources too, but he does love his bottle. I feel that taking it away from him right now would only lead to distress and sleep disturbance. I wouldn't take my boobs, or his teddy away and leave him to cry, so why would I take his bottle? I also have guilt issues (mostly resolved ) about him having a bottle at all in the first place, so I feel extra mean to take it away from him. I do understand there is a line, that it will need to go at some point, but I don't feel WE have reached that line yet.

He eats well, is still BF, drinks water out of any sort of cup or drink bottle, so I don't think one bottle at night is going to hinder his development at this point . As I said earlier, I would much prefer that he didn't have it, but I would prefer lots of things that I don't get (like a full night's sleep ), but I just have to suck it up. Each time we've dropped a bottle, it's just been getting to the point where I feel I need to intervene, and then he just gives it up on his own. Which makes me feel so much better. Sometimes playing it by ear can be a good thing.

Having said all that, my inner dental nurse would just like to warn everyone that bottles should only be for milk and water . And even milk has sugars, so you still need to be careful with that one, little teeth are so easily damaged.