17 Months

My daughter never had a bottle; I put her straight to a sippy cup at 5mo. My son, however, had his bottle until around 15mo, but he only ever had water in it (wouldn't drink anything else out of it; wanted his cup).

I would do it now. We took them away during the day before 1 year, but kept the night time one a little longer. Be sure he's not going to sleep with the bottle - bad for teeth. He/she may put up a stink, but hold firm and offer the sippy.

Our pediatrician told us at the girls' 1 year check-up to be off the bottle before the next check-up (which was at 15 months). We transitioned to sippy cups.

about 5-4 months ago.

My personal preference is at about 1 year of age. I know some people like to keep their babies on bottles a bit longer, and that's OK if it works for them. By the age of 17 months, though, I definitely think it's time to train to a cup. Actually training to a cup is a process that I start at about seven months of age, as soon as the child is sitting up well. I don't use a sippy or a straw cup for training. Instead, I use a small, straight sided juice glass. The small glasses that you can purchase Kraft cheese spreads in are perfect. They are made of a heavy glass that doesn't break easily, and are small enough around that small hands can grasp them. I put just a small amount of water in the bottom of the glass.. no more than an inch depth.. and hold the glass to the child's mouth. The child begins sipping the water from it.. and, Yes, they dribble and drool most of it out the first few times. Soon the child begins to get the idea of how to sip from the glass, and begins to reach out to hold it with thier own hands. I try to give the child the opportunity to practice drinking from the glass two or three times a day. After a week or two the child is usually ready for me to give them brief times of holding the glass on their own. I don't use anything in the glass during this training time, other than water. Once the child has mastered using the glass, I may give on serving of juice a day. When the child is a year of age and the parents are changing them from formula or breast milk to regular milk, I begin serving milk in the glass as well. It takes about a week for children to transition from the bottle to the glass when in my care. The parent's my keep giving bottles a little longer at home, but the children take to the glass really well when with me, and it is a smooth transition.

As previously stated, transition to a cup. I would recommend a straw cup rather than sip cup, however, because they do not promote tongue protrusion (sip cups can cause some speech issues in some children).

My son was about 11 months, my daughter was closer to 15 I think. But she is also going to be two in June and still has a pacifier at night.

It's your decision- and your childs.

Our daughter is 18 months and she sure does LOVE her bottle for comfort. We let her have one before nap and one before bed while we hold her. Then when she is done we take it away and lie her down. Every now and then she really begs for a bottle in the morning after breakfast too. sigh. I need to switch her to only sippy cups soon, but she just LOVES that comfort time and does not really like her sippy cups. I am thinking we will stop all bottles sometime before age 2.

when you think it's time, do it.
is he leaving half full bottles lyin around the house?
is he only using a bottle to self soothe for bed?
when bottles become a thorn in your side, it's okay to ween them off and go to a cup.

That's a decision only you can make. I stopped bottle with both of my boys by the time they were one. Some people let their children have them later. What does your pediatrician say?