I stopped at 11months and ds has gone straight onto cups. never wanted a bottle since out of scbu at 3 weeks and was not going to wean him onto one at nearly a year.
It went quickly. I got so exhausted from him being up six times a night, feeding all the time and waking in between that I decided to try some controlled crying. 3days later he learned to settle himself, dropped some night feeds, ate more solids, dropped more feeds, started sleeping through, dropped morning feed and then i stopped the bedtime one.
He drinks water from a tommee tippee, cold cowsmilk (have not bothered with formula either) from a doidy cup and warm milk from a tt at bedtime.
I love the new bedtime ritual, get him in his jimmies, he plays a bit, I warm his milk, we read a story, snuggle, cuddle, chat, he settles in my arm, gupls down one or two ounces and gets very sleepy. pop him in bed, he blinks lazily and smiles, then goes to sleep.
it sure beats feeding him to sleep and hope it stays that way for two hours. So no, I am not sad, although I miss the closeness. The always knowing how he 'feels', how warm/heavy how he smells. Especially when he sleeps through and I go to work (2.5days a week) before he wakes up...