How to get rid of the bedtime bottle

So my boy is 19 months and still absolutely lives for his bedtime bottle. He still has follow on formula as when he was weaning he wouldn’t touch cow’s milk. At this rate I think he’d have his bedtime bottle when he’s 18 if I let him so I’m looking for ideas of how to slowly wean him off it.

He loves his food and has 3 x meals and 3 x snacks but by 6:30 every night he’s begging for his botbot regardless of how much he’s eaten

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Following as we are in the same bottle. My son has one before sleep and first thing when he wakes up. It’s cows milk but I want to get rid of the baby bottles.
Have you tried transitioning him to cows milk slowly oz by oz? So gets used to the taste?

Have you tried to offer the bedtime bottle in a sippy cup / straw cup instead of a proper bottle?

Mine is in the same boat and for a while I offered her milk in a straw cup before bed but then she got sick and we went back to a proper bottle. So I think I need to go back to the straw cup etc.

I’m in the same boat, I don’t know if any of this advice is right but I’ve started to dilute the formula more so it’s less scoops more water, and then if she wakes up in the night for milk, I now give her water in a milk bottle (as she wont drink water in a water cup/bottle in the night. I know the bottles aren’t great for development but this is what’s currently working best and will keep trying to wean her off x

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