Best time to stop a toddler from using a bottle and a soother

From my own experience and from watching friends i have found that stopping the bottle and soother as early as possible is best. I took my kids off the bottle between the ages of 14-16 months. There was no crying and not being able to sleep at all. My biggest concern was whether or not they were consuming enough milk. i was probably concerned for the first week of having all their milk totally in a cup. The first morning cup of milk was handed back to me and a look of, "come on where's my milk". Other than that, that first week there was alot of encouraging them to drink their milk. After the first week, there was no problem with their milk consumption. I gave them a cup of milk at every meal. Put it back in the fridge and 20 minutes later gave it back to them until it was finished. Now of course if you wanted to get them off even earlier, it would probably be easier. A good opportunity might be when your child goes off formula and right away putting their milk in a cup. I know through observation that parents that wait until after 2, it is more habit forming to drink from the bottle and have a much harder time getting their children off the bottle. Trying a few different kinds of cups may help too. Also, i didn't take them off cold turkey, one bottle at a time and ended with the morning bottle. The morning bottle was most important to my kids.
The soother is a different story. I have heard that the habit of having the soother is formed by about 7 months. It is good opportunity to get rid of it before this point. After a year, once sleeping patterns are established is a good time also. Another suggestion, to helping to get rid of it is starting by only giving it for naps and bedtime. We started by 6 months to give it to them just at naps and bedtime. The exception to us if they were sick or something we gave it to them. We took away my daughter's soother at 2 years 5 months or something, we had one night of our daughter having trouble getting to sleep. i wish i had started it much earlier. i have heard that cutting the end of soother off and giving it to your child and most will give it up and not want it. Or not give a soother at all, encourage a special toy, blanket, or doll. Whatever works for your child is always the key. This advice is for those who chose to have their child use a soother.
My advice to everyone is to get rid of the bottle and soother as soon as you can. It will cause you less grief and your child.