M.C.
Don't push it. He won't go to college (or even kindergarten, for that matter) drinking from a bottle or eating baby food. I was very determined to have my daughter drinking from a cup and eating "real" food at age 1 and I totally lost the battle and created stress for both of us. At 15 months, I gave up and decided she'd do things when she was ready. She did! She declared her bottles were "for babies" at 18 months and never looked back. and SHE decided when to try new foods and was eating all grown up food by about 16-17months. Some kids are easy going and some are set in their ways, just like adults. If bottles make him happy, just cut back on the number until you're down to one a day--he'll give that one up eventually. As far as food--don't worry about it--just offer him grown up choices in addition to baby food and he'll get the hang of it soon. I still feed my 2 1/2 year old some of her old favorite baby foods and call them "soup"--it's so much healthier than what we eat--she still loves it! Good luck!