Weening from Bottle.

My first suggestion would be to stop giving her milk in the bottle. For a few weeks, only give water in the bottle, and if she wants milk she can drink it in a different format (cup, straw, etc.) My son is 3 days younger than your daughter and he has been bottle broken since about 10 months old. As soon as his front teeth were fully in I took away the bottle and he jumped to straws with no problem. At 15 months he is already on cups.
She may be young, but even transitioning to cups from straws, I explained to my son 'big boys use cups without straws' and he understands. I help hold his glass while drinking, and then put out of reach while he eats. He lets me know when he wants a drink and the process repeats itself. You could do the same thing by taking away the bottle.
If using it only at night and nap, it is more of a comfort issue than anything. I don't know if you want to introduce a passi this late in the stage, but try using that instead of the bottle. At 15 months that milk staying on her teeth while she sleeps is going to start doing damage a lot sooner than you think.

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It is VERY important at this age to STOP giving her milk at night before sleep and not brushing her teeth. You are just asking for cavaties if you are not careful.

What I did is let my daughter stop using the bottle by her own admission. We worked with a sippy cup (straws will jsut be asking for a mess and choking, bad idea for atleast 6 mos) during the day and if she wanted a bottle she could have it but it had water. I started using a special cup for milk, and regular sippy cups for juice and bottles just had water. It will be very hard for you to do this as she will scream and cry for nights, and if you give in you will have to start over. She also should not need to eat at night past a year old, she sounds like she is doing this for comfort rather than nurishment. Start a routene, bath, spend the time to read with her and give her a special toy she only has in her bed at sleeping time. A lot of attention is needed at this time, and any time. A bottle may give you some peace and quiet but it is not the way to go.

Be sure you are brusing her teeth twice a day. As a wife of a Dentist, my husband works on kids not even two with rotten teeth, and parents are solely responsible for this neglect in their children. There is no excuse for a cavity in a child but bad parenting, there is no such thing as 'soft teeth' or anything of the like unless a severe genetic disorder that will have multiple disorders to follow suit. Sorry for the lecture but a lot of parents need to take initiave in their childs oral care, and these posts are read by multiple people. Good luck!!

Hi J.! Have you tried the Nuby brand cups? When we transitioned my son from his bottle at 12 months old I replaced his bottle with a Nuby cup. I understand your frustration, my son hated milk at first and if it wasn't in a bottle he would throw it. Now he gets juice in a regular sippy cup and milk from a Nuby cup. The Nuby cup has a soft rubber spout which is more like a bottle than a regular sippy cup. It might help for an easier transition. After a couple days my son didn't seem to miss his bottle at all. Good luck! :)

The longer you wait to take your daughter off the bottle the harder it is going to be. I would start with taking away 1 bottle, the afternoon one. Don't offer it to her anymore and when she is thirsty for milk or juice just give her the sippy cup or a straw cup. Even if she doesn't take it at first, leave it out for her to take when she'd like it. Move the nighttime bottle to about 1 hour earlier than bedtime, that way she is still getting the bottle but not associating it with falling asleep. See how that goes, then in about 2-3 weeks remove the nighttime bottle all together. With both my kids I started weaning at about 10 months old. Removing the mid mornign bottle first, then the afternoon at 11 months. At around 12 months I moved the nighttime bottle then got rid of it all together soon after. They were too young to even notice the difference. The sippy cup takes a little practice and most kids resist it at first. The best thing you can do is just put it down and let them take it on their own time. And believe me once they get that that is the only source of fluid, they'll take it. Good luck!

Try warming the milk before putting it in the sippy cup and don't put a good valve in at first. This will allow some milk to drip out and maybe she'll get the idea to try drinking it. The warm milk seems to work wonders.

When we weaned off breast/bottle at 10 months, I tried encouraging DD, but she continued to be inconsistent. I finally decided one morning that we were going cold turkey and I put all of the bottles in storage and closed the mommy factory. She had one day of being unhappy and frustrated, but woke up the next morning and drank like a champ from her sippy cups. Now at 20 months she drinks nearly exclusively from regular glasses completely on her own. And yes, straws are an all time favorite for a fun way to spice up dull drinks. :)

I got my son away from his bottle by giving him cups bought at Wal-mart. I'm not sure what the name of the cup is but it's a sippy cup with a soft top. He took to it right away and hasn't had any problem since. As long as I watch him he will also drink from a straw (until he gets bored with it and tries to dump it on the ground). The cups are cheap and work really well.
Hope this helps.