GOODBYE MAVIC'S BOTTLE - YEAH!!

Mavic LOVES his bottles.  He will only drink milk from a bottle and it has to be from three certain bottles that we have. The bottles are from when he was a baby and he refuses to drink milk from the newer bottles that I have for Luke. I have two bottles that are green - one is a newer one for Luke and the other one is an older one.  One time all of  Mavic's old bottles were dirty in the dish washer, so I put some milk in the newer green bottle.  The only difference between these bottles were the tiny design that goes around the top of the bottle.  HE WENT CRAZY - he knew instantly that this was not his bottle. So anyway, we have been wanting and trying to get him off of bottles for a year now, but he wouldn't have it.  He refused to drink milk if it wasn't in his bottle; we tried every kind of sippy, but nothing could replace the bottle for him.  Well this week we decided it was cold turkey time.  I hid the three bottles (I couldn't bring myself to throw them away) and braced myself for what was in store for me.  When it was time for him to have his bottle I played like I didn't know where they were; we checked the dishwasher, the cupboard, and the fridge.  He kept saying, "Bottle where are you, Bottle?"  I told him I think the bottles are gone.  He cried for a little bit and then took his sippy cup that had milk in it - I couldn't believe it!   I couldn't believe how easy it was this time around and I am so grateful to have that over with.  I will never throw those bottle out though - they mean too much to me.