Weaning off Bottles @ 14m?

I’m in the same boat!! I talked to so many other moms (older and same age) who said the bottle before bed is totally fine and normal. My son won’t drink milk either from a sippy cup and bottle only. We just now give his bottle 30 min before bed & then we brush his teeth after. Just to get him out of the habit thinking he needs to drink his bottle to go to bed.

I think the reason for not having the bottles is because they can damage their teeth it’s not that they can’t have the milk I think it’s just the shape of the bottle teats which is why a sippy or straw cup is best.
Could you buy a brand new one and make that the new milk cup?

I would do as above and buy a brand new cup, tell him that's the new milk cup, and stop offering the choice of bottles. Or if there are multiple bottles during the day, start with using the new cup during one of them, then the rest as bottles (night time one should probably be last, as that's the comfort one). It's a bit odd your ped said simply cups - those aren't really that much better for teeth, nowadays it's recommended to use straw cups or regular open-top cups.

You could try a munchkin 360 - we've found those to be great for learning how to drink, and they use the proper oral muscles for good development and avoid the teeth issue. They also restrict the flow of liquid somewhat, which makes the adjustment easier.

Whatever you do, try to at least move the milk at night to before teeth-brushing - milk can pool overnight in the mouth, and lead to early dental decay.

I got both my babies off bottles around 13 months - my first we switched bottle to before bed (in kitchen) around 9 months then we'd just rock him or put down drowsy. He drank from his 360 cup from around 7ish months. So once he was one, we just put cown milk in the 360

My 2nd was still waking in night at 12 months. We used a bottle with only water in to get him back off. Around 10 months we did formula bottle downstairs with him. He also used his 360 with water from about 8 months i think. So at 13 months , we put cows milk in the 360 in kitchen and he had it there. And he would need a rock and go down drowsy. He stopped waking in night at all as soon as he went onto cows milk.

With both, we make it like ohh you're such a big boy with milk in your cup ! So they wrre excited

I wanted them off milk before bed asap as I didnt want milk sitting on teeth. I have really bad teeth amd gums and i heard kids inherit that from their mum

I know not evwryobe's kids are the same but that's what worked for ours

My pediatrician told me that if my daughter wants a bottle to just give her one. I feel like babies are so used to taking a bottle at night so trying to transition them to a different cup right after they turn one. It's just not going to work for a certain babies.

Yes, my daughter will drink milk out of different cups but when it's time for her to go to bed, she's going to want her milk in a bottle.

Honestly, I feel like just keep doing what you're doing whenever it's the right time for you to wean him off of the bottle, then you will find the right time to do so.