How to ditch the bottle?

Not sure the best answer but to say that with my son I got rid of the bottle and went to give him milk in a sippy cup and he didn’t want take it and that was how we got rid of the milk altogether!

For my daughter i started with taking one bottle a week. She had 4 feedings and each week i would add another sippy cup. I would say stick to a sippy cup vs a straw cup because with straw cups they tend to lift them up (like a bottle) and it usually spills on them and them they cant suck much from the straw. Imagine drinking a soda and lifting it up like a bottle to drink. It would be frustrating! Eventually he will learn with the straw but one skill at a time. And dont give in! Thats the hardest part! Also, i eould chose a bottle in the afternoon to switch to a sippy cup because you dont want a crappy baby in the morning or at bedtime. Its what worked for me. You got this!

My son is 5 and still needs to have a bottle before bed. We always had issues with food since he started solids. Eats very little, some days no lunch and no dinner or no breakfast but would always take the milk. Towards the end of last year, we got the diagnosis that he has ARFID. And they said if it wasn’t for the milk and vitamins I give him daily, he would have some serious deficiencies. We also got the okay from the dentist and she said if he’s just using the bottle for those few minutes, it wouldn’t be bad for the teeth. So maybe have that checked out and ask your pediatrician for a referral. They often brush it off as picky eating but my son just rarely feels hungry and only eats a very limited amount of things.

My LG just turned 3 and we’ve only just managed to wean her off a bedtime bottle. We went away on vacay for 3 weeks and used that to completely cut it out before and bed and it had worked. She now has milk in a cup at breakfast or another time of day except bedtime.
If you’re planning on going away anytime soon that might be your opportunity. Good luck.