I could of wrote your side note lol! Ours eventually morphed into a an after dinner bottle at about 2 yrs old where we chilled out and snuggled together. So after supper, we played for a bit, then bottle/cuddle time, bath, sometimes snack, brush teeth, books and bed. We did this until 3 yrs old! He could drink water out of a sippy/straw cup at 6 months and a cup/mug at one, but his milk only came from boobs or bottles. I would never reverse that decision, that bedtime bottle or in the old days bedtime breastfeed fills my heart with joy.