When did you stop a bottle?

[Beach Mama]

Hun if it ain't broke I wouldn't stress too much, she's still little. FWIW DD was nearly 4 when she dropped hers, and DS dropped his at around 3. Both STILL have a bottle when they are at my mums place DD is nearly 5 and DS is 3.5!! We transitioned slowly by having a bottle on the couch with story then brushing teeth(as that was my biggest problem with it) and then moved to a cup of milk which they have now. Maybe a new "special" milk cup would help her transition instead of a bottle and you can pump up her being a big girl and not needing a bottle anymore, and if she still wants the physical bottle just leave water in it. Both of mine have their water bottles with them as they sometimes get thirsty in the night! Good luck!!

[TaRhLi.]

Can't help sorry.

My DD is 2 1/2 and she still has a bottle of milk in the morning first thing and also at night, although she will have a full 250ml bottle. On top of that she has a bottle of water that she has in bed if she needs a drink in the night.

My thought is that it is a comfort thing and she only drink from drink bottles during the day and the time will come when she will decide she won't want a bottle anymore or when her brothers no longer have bottles. I'm not too stressed about it if it means she gets some extra milk into her

[skybie]

We've just gotten rid of DD2's at 29 months, we just hid them and told her that they were all gone! and she took to it really well.
Obviously shes alot older than your Dd though

[Nai]

Dd1 was 3 and dd2 was 18m
I just let them decide when they were ready to give it up.

[lilima]

The problem is that going to bed with milk leads to teeth erosion. DS has it, and it was from the milk sitting on the back of his teeth. Even watered down milk still can cause erosion. And the dental bills were significant to have it fixed.

Good luck. it is not an easy thing to take away.

[starangelk]

Dd was 12 mon the but we still give her milk before bed now, just in a sippy cup. She liked it over the bottle as she could drink it faster anyway. Now we've just transitioned to a big girl cup and she's coping okay with that too.

[nickle730]

My DD2 is almost 18 months. She has a bottle of milk at night before bed, and then has a breast feed as she is going off to sleep. She sleeps much better if she has that last bottle, and so I sleep better too! If she doesn't have the bottle, she is on the boob all night and I get no sleep. She will not drink the milk from a sippy cup, although she has water all day in her cups.

My kid is 18 months old. She's still on the bottle. She's still on the boob. Honestly, after three kids, I don't care at all!! She'll stop wanting a bottle when she's ready, just as she'll wean from the breast when she's ready. She'll stop co-sleeping... when she's ready!! Don't make this job harder for yourself by stressing over the things which, in the big scheme of things, are not so important.

Now... if I could just convince my mother to stop hassling me about weaning, co-sleeping...