So we finally kicked the bottle habit. My daughter used it almost like a pacifier. She would have one at bedtime, naptime or just for comfort, even while out of the house. She was drinking way too much milk, so we eventually transitioned to mainly water. She had milk in the morning, after nap and before bed, all still in her bottle. She would sometimes take water from a water bottle type sippy cup. But never milk. Fast forward, one day we lost 2 bottles and left one in the car . I told her we forgot it in the car and her daddy had it at work. She took her nap, no problem. I had the genius idea to go with it and chucked all her bottles after that and kept telling her we lost her bottles and she was a big girl now...blah blah blah.

Anyway, it’s been over two weeks now and she still refuses to drink milk out of ANYTHING! We’ve tried EVERYTHING!! Also, she’s still miserable! She cries every time before nap or bedtime. Not just whining, full on melt downs for at least 20 minutes each time and she’s just no longer herself. She just seems miserable. 😭 We even broke and bought new bottles while on a weekend getaway just so we could relax including her. (Terrible, I know! Desperate times!) But, It’s too late, she doesn’t want them anymore!! She no longer likes how they feel in her mouth! She has one water bottle sippy that she carries around. But that’s all she’ll take. And she still has such a hard time going to sleep now! Any tips or encouragement would be awesome! I feel like I was so embarrassed by people making comments about her bottle and that she’s almost 3, that I broke her of it before she was really ready for it. 😭