At what age should you wean from the bottle or breast?

My son was off the bottle before his first birthday! but he got really ill. he was in the hospital for 3 days with pnumonia, the second time he got off the bottle he was about 18 monthes old

I took my daughters bottle away from her on her first birthday. I just told her that she is a big girl now and did not need a bottle. thankfully she agreed.

My 3 oldest kids were all off the bottle by the time they turned 13 months. Each was down to just 1 bottle a day (usually before bed) by the time they turned 1 so I just took it away and that was it. My son took the longest to get rid of the bottle because he used to suck on a bottle or water at night because he wouldn't take a pacifier to help with his urge to suck. I broke the habit by giving him an empty bottle to suck on. He gave that up after a month or so. My middle daughter actually stopped using a bottle at 11 1/2 months. We ran out of formula so we just switched her to whole milk then. My kids never drank anything but formula (or water for my son) from a bottle and never once had formula in their sippy cups so it was an easy transition. I also started using sippy cups when they were 5 months old. They were pretty good at drinking from them by the time they were 9 months old.

I think by 1st b-day

havent weaned my son yet, but he has been drinking from a cup since 5 months and is eating real food good now at 11 months. i will take the bottle after his 1st birthday i think...

My oldest weaned himself at 9 months, and i plan on weaning my littlest at a year. I cannot imagine going longer than that.. (i'm nursing) i suppose if i was bottle feeding it wouldn't matter as much.

The best thing is to decide how well the child is using a cup. You may start to wean the child during the day and then gradually by night. Sometimes the bottle is a security thing as it was with my son. With my grandson he has held onto the bottle because he has a baby brother and wants to have a bottle when the baby does. Trust your childs decision on when he or she is ready to give it up.

I started slowly giving my kids table food and sippy cups at 10 months. I did it slowly over a few months. By the time there were a year old they were ready to get complete off the bottle.