re: How old is too old for a bottle?

DD never used a paci and she is already starting on the sippy cups she will be 4months friday 12months is the age to get rid of the bottle its only needed to feed them while they cant eat regular food also some kids grow an attachment to it usually due to parents letting them use the bottle for comfort or as a regular drinking bottle for juice and milk IMO 17months is to old but i do see lots of kids over 12 months with bottles and pacifiers

Neither of my kids took a bottle after about 9 months and neither of them would take a paci. But the pedi said they like them to be off by the time they turn 1.

Quoting tinana +2:" It's nobody's business but yours, but I'd say by 2 for sure. Make sure you're taking good care of her ... [snip!] ... asleep with the bottle. She'll take a cup when she's thirsty. Trust me. These cups worked great for ours transitioning... "

I think shes just wanting that bottle to suck on and soothe her, ive tried in a sippy cup and its not the same, she drinks water and juice out of a sippy cup during the day. But at night she wants a bottle  

Quoting Just Ames:" Let's see. My Son self weaned off the bottle when he was 17 months old. Like your LO he had two bottles ... [snip!] ... it in the car. I guess you'd call me a slacker parent but I truly don't give a smurf what people think. My child, my business."

Honestly, my 3 1/2 year old bites his finger nails. Compared to this, I miss the pacifier. Oh well.

Quoting Livy's Mommy:" I think shes just wanting that bottle to suck on and soothe her, ive tried in a sippy cup and its not ... [snip!] ... cup and its not the same, she drinks water and juice out of a sippy cup during the day. But at night she wants a bottle  "

Both of our boys were about 22 months when they weaned, and both had taken cups during the day for ages before. Bottom line was, we all needed to sleep, and if they didn't have a bottle before bed, they were pissed and screaming  

Quoting Autumn Whisper:" Honestly, my 3 1/2 year old bites his finger nails. Compared to this, I miss the pacifier. Oh well."

 
I can tell you now that my Son would absolutely without a doubt suck his thumb or pick up some other nasty habit if he didn't have the paci when he was tired. He needs it. It's the ultimate soother for him. The Dentist said this is better than the latter. He doesn't have it during the day. It would only be detrimental if he walked around with it in his face all day.

Quoting tinana +2:" Both of our boys were about 22 months when they weaned, and both had taken cups during the day for ... [snip!] ... Bottom line was, we all needed to sleep, and if they didn't have a bottle before bed, they were pissed and screaming   "

Exactly, and someone was saying how she would just let hers cry and cry and by 16 months(at the time) she should be off bottle and paci.

11 months. I watched my little brother have 8 teeth pulled because of bottle rot and that's alot more traumatic than losing a bottle.

Quoting Just Ames:"   I can tell you now that my Son would absolutely without a doubt suck his thumb or pick up some other ... [snip!] ... the latter. He doesn't have it during the day. It would only be detrimental if he walked around with it in his face all day."

Mine isn't a thumb sucker and never was. But I really suspect if I'd taken the binky away instead of letting him give it up...he would have been. But now he does this...and his fingers are all torn up. It's horrible. And I can't get him to stop.

Anyway, he's seen a dentist and his teeth look great, obviously no harm done. He didn't have it in his mouth all day long, though, just when he needed it.

Quoting Traci Powell:" 11 months. I watched my little brother have 8 teeth pulled because of bottle rot and that's alot more traumatic than losing a bottle."

OMG 

Quoting Livy's Mommy:" Exactly, and someone was saying how she would just let hers cry and cry and by 16 months(at the time) she should be off bottle and paci. "

the key is to not let them get attached i wake my DD up when shes feeding and starts to fall sleep then i take it away and put her back to sleep so she will never need to have it to sleep

I'd try to at least get rid of the morning bottle. The reason you need to switch from a bottle to a cup is that sucking a bottle can delay development of speech muscles. Bottle rot is also a concern but usually is related to putting the bottle in the crib and not brushing the teeth. With my first I got rid of all the bottles right at her birthday but my LO is 1 year and 13 days and I don't see getting rid of the night-time bottle for at least a few more weeks.

My son was about 12months old. He never used the pacifier. He was in daycare and was transitioning to the next class room where he had to have a zippy cup. He hated it until I found the right one. He will be 2 in Nov. Our issue now is he hates drinking from a zippy cup and now uses a regular cup.

My oldest was fine with not having a bottle anymore at 12 months, but she had her paci until 3.  

My 16 month old still has her bottle, usually just in the morning and before bed.
Smurf it if people don't like it.

Peyton didn't really care. I could have taken bottles at 10 months but I didn't really take them away till a week before he turned a year old. At 6 months old I introduced a sippy. He's almost 15 months now and still has a paci.