I did not have bottles problems, but I had a pacifer problem. My daughter LOVED her PACY. Pacy was in her mouth 24/7, and she was close to three. It was pass time to get rid of it! I felt awful and mean just getting rid of it completely so I took it in stages. I started with no pacy in the car. (I could not give in if there was no pacy to give.) Then I broke up the day into sections, Before nap, nap, after nap, after dinner and bed time. I started with leave pacy on bed and you can have it when it is time to nap. Then no pacy after nap was allowed. The next step was no pacy after dinner. So for awhile the only time that she was able to have a pacy was when she was napping or sleeping. The next thing to go was pacy at nap time. She did cry when we started this and you just give her a hug and a kiss and say let's read a book or let's go play with your favorite thing. Finally no pacy EVER!! I threw them out and the first night was hard for her and myself, but as my daughter who is six now was watching this show with me she did not even remember the struggle to be pacy free. She kept asking me if it was hard for her to have no bottle and I told her nope but it sure was hard to seperate you from your pacifer. I can smile and laugh now but I was crying at the time. so be strong and good luck to you. I also used peers to say oh what a big girl so and so is without a pacy. I also think that making the nipple taste nasty is another thought that could work. Every child is different and will respond to different things. I think that you know it is time to let go of bottles but you just don't want to cause your child pain and hardship. You can use this to show your daughter that things are not always easy but the one CONSTANT thing is YOUR LOVE for her and your willingness to HELP HER in times that are not so easy. Best wishes, BB
