too many bottles

So darling son is 18 months and is too attached to bottles. He still has 3 x 200ml a day when he's at home with us. On daycare days he just has morning and night.

I KNOW he should be eating more, and drinking less, but when he's in the kitchen pointing at his bottles or asking for them, I do give in a little. I just hate the fighting.

What do I do?

Does he like drinking from a big boys' cup? A lot of preschoolers wean that way.

How about "No it's not time for a bottle but you can have [some banana/a piece of cheese] if you like. Careful to not offer too many options here either or you'll just get wrapped around his little finger

My bil started watering their daughters milk down slowly over a couple of weeks and reducing the total amount too. So she was taking less calories from the milk and that really helped her eating more.

But yep you could just swap to a cup with meals instead.

My DS is the same, this morning he hardly ate anything but had 3 bottles! Though usually he'd only have 2 in that time and one at bed.

When DS asks (he signs bottle) I give him water first and then offer a snack and sometimes that's enough. I also find if I try and put the bottles and formula tin out of sight he's not going to see them and ask for them as often.

I got my DS off bottles before 12 months before he had a chance to get attached.   I had heard that older toddlers become attached to bottles. To me it always looks strange to see a toddler drinking out of a babies bottle.
Maybe hide the bottles so he can't see them? I know my DS loves his milk & if he sees his milk sippy cup he'll demand it. So I keep it hidden away in the dishwasher. My DS only has one 200ml sippy cup of milk per day. He is 20 months old.