Ditching the bottle - here we go

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   We were at the supermarket today and Kobe found a sipper cup thing he liked with racing cars on it and so i said he could have it but it would be instead of bottles (he has a bottle to go to sleep every night!) he said ok, so I made it clear that he would have to throw out his bottles when we got home and he said yes mummy cos i dont need them anymore. so ok, brought the cup, came home and he gathered up all his bottles and threw them in the bin outside. All the while Im thinking man this is going to get ugly tonight but no, come bedtime I gave him some warm milk in his new cup and he again said he didnt need bottles anymore so we read a story, he put his cup beside his bed and snuggled down. He came out about 4 times but never once asked for his bottle and I just kept putting him back to bed and so far so good. Im just amazed because everytime I have said no more bottle he cries till he makes himself sick and sometimes he has 3 bottles before falling asleep but then he needs to go to the toilet in the night and then wants another bottle to settle again. I just hope he doesnt wake in the night cos not sure how Im going to deal with a half asleep crying 3yr old but hey its a start. My baby boy is growing up!