H.H.
For reasons of desperation, I also kept mine on the bottle too long. It lulled her to sleep. At 2.5 she started wanting the bottle with her nap and night time stories (instead of in the crib). That really helped because she would often finish the bottle before bed. At first we weaned her by telling her only one bottle. (she often finished and wanted a refill). We didn't give in the requests and cries for more. Then we widdled away the amount in the bottle until she only got 4 oz. Then we talked for weeks about how there wouldn't be any bottles anymore. Then one day we simply told her no bottle. She cried. But it really wasn't bad at all. With in three days it was over. Now 2 months later she remembers her bottles and says "I don't get any bottles any more". She seems to be over it. But this is what really helped me when it was hard and she cried desperately for her bottle: I thought about how hard she'd cry and how heart breaking it would be for me to watch her get dental work done. That helped me get through it.