How to stop bottles before sleep?

Question

My son will happily drink liquid from a sippy cup. But, when it is time for nap or bed or middle of the night waking... He wants a bottle. PERIOD. No amount of rocking, patting, etc. will do. He does not fall asleep while drinking it. It's almost like he needs it to help himself settle. He'll sometimes only take a separate too, and then settle down to sleep. Any thoughts on how to break this habit? I will not CIO. Thinking about watering them down until it's just water?

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My first daughter was like this. We started using a nuk soft top sippy with water before bed. It was a rough few nights during the transition. She ended up using that cup until she was 2 🤦🏼‍♀️ 
She didn’t even care when we took it away at 2. Some kids just need some more time. It was definitely a comfort thing. She never would take a pacifier... but she liked to use the bottle or sippy cup as a soothing tool. It was tough. Now she’s 3.5 without any dental or speech issues. Good luck to you mama!

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Is the bottle the last thing before being put down? We’ve worked our way to bottle outside of the nursery for bedtime routine and he seems less attached to needing it overall. But we still have times he needs a bottle to just calm down but it usually happens when he has a new tooth coming in. Besides holding out (which is soooo hard) I don’t have any better advice 🤷🏼‍♀️ good luck mama!

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Same. He has bottle at AM and before bed.

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Following

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*that should say take a few sips

How to stop bottles before sleep?

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