Just do it...Take away the bottle and put up with the tantrums for a while.  The sooner you do it, the quicker he will get over it.  We did this with ours, and sure, we had a week or so of rough nights, but the habit was broken in the end.

The other thing you could do is remind him that he is going to school soon, and that bottles are for babies, not school boys.  Shame really seems to work in breaking bad habbits too, and if done the right way, it will work.  No school kid likes to be called a baby, and unfortunately, it is the sort of thing kids are going to find out about and tease him with, so explain that to him.

Hi there,

We got Josh off the bottles by telling him that Santa was taking them and leaving him a present. We told him that santa was giving them to another boy that really needed them. I know you don't want to wait till christmas but easter is coming up. You could try and tell him that the easter bunny is going to take them.

We found by reminding him every few days leading up to christmas he was happy to give them up. THankfully we didn't have much of a problem, now we just have to get rid of the dummies and i will be a very happy mummy.

Good Luck and i hope this helps.

Juzzy xoxoxox

Well a battle with a kiddie at bed time...I'm betting the kiddie wins!  LOL!  They usually do. However I would be worried about his teeth. The protiens and sugars in the mouth over night, does he brush his teeth after? Could try telling him  this and switching to water,  that might cause him to drop it.  I'd offer the milk before the night time routine, before teeth brushing and it all and see if it is not a forced issue if he goes along with it.  Best of luck!

Is there any real reason for him to give up the bottles? If they make him happy and help him fall asleep then why not let him have them. He'll give them up when he's ready and it will save you the stress. Do set him boundaries though. He needs to know it's one bottle and one bottle only. Possibly use a calendar or make him a chart which he can stick a star on each day when he gets his bottle. Then if he argues and demands another one you can point to his star and say "See, you've already had your bottle"

Another thing you could try is calling cups "big boy cups" to emphasize that older children use cups and babies use bottles. Don't make him feel bad by calling him a baby  for using a bottle but comment on what a big boy he is when he's using a cup.

I got an idea off Super Nanny to help my daughter give up dummies which could also be applied here. My daughter was to collect all of her dummies together in a bag and hang them up somewhere (we hung them out the back in my daughter's fairy garden). Then the "Dummy Fairy" would come in the night and take them away to give to other babies who needed them. Then she would leave a present in the bag. Naturally I kept the dummies up in the cupboard just in case but any time my daughter mentioned wanting a dummy I just reminded her that she would have to give the present back and she quickly changed her mind.

I hope something I've said here could be helpful to you. Good luck.

Hi! It is always hard to try and get your child to give up something they put on the water works and we give in.. It's called tough love..My advice would be to try a sippy cup of milk and inform him that this is it before bed no more than one cup..It will be hard but you have to put ur foot down..Good luck

I have a 4 month old so I don't really understand, why is it a problem that he's having milk before bed? I remember drinking milk before bed at about that age and older, and still often have a warm milo before bed- it helps me to feel sleepy. Also it will be keeping his tummy full during the night so he (and you) has a better sleep. Maybe you could keep a few cartons of long life in the cupboard in case you run out?

Does he eat much dinner?  This could be his way of filling up.  If he's not eating you will need to find some way of making him eat rather than use milk as his main food source.  This may require cold turkey.  ie no more milk after dinner.  He will kick and scream, but you need to persevere.  Eventually he will realise that it's not coming anymore.