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We took Madison off of the bottle at around 14 months-15 months. The day I found a sippy cup that she did well with (took her entire morning "bottle" in it) I packed up the bottles and she hasn't had one since. I would have had her off of them beforehand but our pediatrician recommended we keep her on them. She was underweight when we brought her home and he felt that instead of concentrating on getting her off the bottle we should give it to her since that was what she was comfortable with. She needed the nutrients more than she needed to be bottleless, and the bottle was her way of getting them.
I'm thinking of starting to incorporate regular cups, or the kind with the straws soon. She can suck a straw, mommy is just not quite ready for the mess! But, she does very well with a big girl spoon and fork so she might be okay with the cup!
I too agree about the bottle/cup in bed thing. First I don't want to create a dependency, so I've never sent Maddy to bed with one. Second, our pediatrician advised us to not do it because of the liquid lying in the mouth and rotting the baby teeth. Now, I didn't know this but apparently, if the baby teeth are rotted enough it can actually affect the permanent teeth that are behind them!
Just my 2 cents though!
Hope
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