Ah, thanks luna. It's absolutely true about the ear infections. I have one little boy who was plagued by nonstop ear infections at about 1 year of age and the doctor recommended giving him his bottles in a semi-sitting position before putting him to bed so his parents and I both did that. The parents decided to wean him off bottles at about 14 months of age so we both worked hard at getting him onto the sippy cups at his meals and it worked well.

The sleep association also makes sense and my 15 month old boy has just been weaned off his bottle last weekend and he whined a bit at naptime this week but fell asleep just fine without his bottles so it doesn't have to be such a big deal.

I also agree about the tooth decay, but the choking danger is probably more serious for tiny babies, but that's just common sense.

I guess I am a very diligent daycare provider because I'm right here watching the children fall asleep and checking their breathing if they sleep longer than usual, patting their cheek to make sure they have a reaction and so forth. Every time there is some kind of recall on a product I get so mad because I think it's always common sense and it applies here.