best way to get 2yr old of bottle

[charlmills]

My ds is 2.5 and still love's his milk in his bottle. He has been through alot since he was 1.5 with tonsillitis, enlarged adenoids, sleep apneoa, and now he is having grommets inserted on Friday so there has been a severe delay in making this transition to get him to give up the bottle.
He uses it as a comforter but I just wanted to hear some good tips or strategies people have used to make it easy for him.
We are planning to do this after his op.

I tried everything to get my son off his bottle at just after 2, the final thing that worked was a Vital Baby Toddler Straw Cup. It has a rubbery hard spout and the straw is removable so can use like a bottle to make transition easier then straw in the day for more upright drinking. They're amazing and the only cup I've known not to spill and we tried about 15 types!

Buy him a new cup then chuck all the bottles away and go cold turkey. He'll be over it in a couple of days. We did this with a dummy obsession and it wasn't as difficult as i'd immagined.

Thanks. I'll think I'll try both.

My DS left his bottles in a bag for the bottle fairy to collect at 2yrs 10mths. In return the fairy left a toy. Took 3 days for him to decide to do it and we let him choose an alternative cup before hand. There were tears for the next 2 days but after that it was fine! We wanted to let him drive it as he'd had a lot of change in his life. Good luck!

We just went cold turkey and put his milk in a cup with a beaker type spout instead he of course asked for the bottle but told him it was this beaker or nothing. Of course after a bit of whinging he decided to drink it and hasn't looked back since. He was just over 2 when we did this and worked well for us so give it a try. I also threw all the bottles away as he really had no choice when it was beaker or nothing which also helped me as I couldn't give in.

I told my ds the bottle was broken and he put it in the bin. No problem after that. Just reminded him what happened if asked. He doesn't drink much milk now, so I make sure he has plenty in his breakfast cereal.

I didn't do this until DD was 3. Wish I'd done it earlier as she was really very upset and hit me quite a lot. But now she's over the anger/confusion but does ask for milk /bottles still, but I just tell her she can have milk in a cup. She never wants milk in a cup though!

Next battle is stopping the bottle of milk in bed... But at least I've stopped her having bottles through the day!

Good luck with it, with any luck your lo will only be upset for a short time.