Help - Stopping Bottle

[Juliecanter]

I am embarrassed to admit that my 4-year-old daughter still drinks milk from the bottle before going to sleep. I have tried to break this habit many times, but she gets so distressed that I end up giving in and giving it back to her.
How do I stop her from needing milk in a bottle before going to sleep? I have tried offering this last drink in a cup instead, but that is always rejected. I have visions of her still drinking milk from a bottle by the time she is twelve!

Anyone?

I'd leave her to it for now, in a year or two when she starts thinking about friends and sleepovers you can have a gentle conversation about whats expected at other peoples houses.

@Thelnebriati thanks. I doubt anything will have changed in a year though. And gentle conversation will not do it. And surely it is bad for her teeth?
Or am I worrying over nothing and she will stop it eventually herself even if it takes three or four years?

At that age (assuming her development is NT) I'd just take it away.

I'd tell her they're going.
I'd explain why.
I'd soften the blow with the bottle fairy or something, maybe a new big girls cup and/or new teddy/nightlight/PJ's.
I'd take the bottles and not give them back.

@NuffSaidSam yes my DP thinks we just need to be tough, Maybe he is right. Just hard to see her so distressed.
No idea if poking holes in the teat would work. Star charts haven't worked, she just wants the bottle too much.

Is it the bottle or the milk? Will she use it with plain water?
What alternative self soothing methods have you tried, like a teddy bear or an mp3 player with stories?

Agree that at this age you just take it away and be strong.

She will rage for a night or two but it will pass.

There was a woman on here a while ago asking how to take a dummy off a 6 year old! She would always cave when the child cried when it was taken away.

You just need to say no, abs mean it.

If she is sleeping with a bottle of milk it will damage her teeth, unless she is rinsing and brushing afterwards. At her age I would just tell her, maybe say all her bottles are going to little babies because she’s a big girl now.