When is the right time to stop the bottle?

[mamaqueen]

My son is nearly 18 months old and still happily having his bottle at bedtime, however I am using the bottle with a number four teat

Is this right or should I be giving it to him in one of his drinking bottles?

Hiya I would stop the bottles if he will take a cup or drinking bottle.

I would switch to a cup at that age.
Of course it's up to you tho

My DCs went straight from BF to cups, during day at 7 months when I went back to work and morning/night when they self-weaned (13 and 10 months respective). My only point is here that it is possible to put them on a cup quite early, but as Bandof Mothers says, it's up to you. Haven't ever bottle fed, so no experience of weaning off a bottle, but personally (and no doubt I'll get shot down for this) I don't like seeing pre-school nursery and reception children being met from school with bottles, and wonder whether they get to an age where it's harder to get them off bottles than say your DS's age. Just a thought, no offence intended to anyone....

I agree with everyone here, if he will drink milk from a cup then sling the bottles. Much easier at 18mths than 28mths.

Thanks everyone - just an ordinary trainer cup then or the cups I put his water in?