It's time for us to get serious about weaning John Charles from the bottle.  He has developed oral thrush ( a yeast infection of the mouth),  which was most likely caused by the bottle not being sterilized good enough. When we called the doctor's office to get a prescription the nurse said we really need to get him off the bottle before it starts causing tooth decay.  So we're trying.  He went to bed without a bottle last night.  He was only able to do that because we let him fall asleep watching a movie.  He slept until 4:00 this morning and couldn't get himself back to sleep without the bottle.  We gave him milk in a sippy cup and turned his movie back on, but it didn't work.  He fussed off and on until 6:00 and we gave in and gave him his bottle.  It's after lunch now and he hasn't had another bottle, but he has been fussing for one and nothing is making him happy.  He should be getting sleepy and ready for a nap soon, so we'll see how that goes.  It's not easy growing up!