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my LO never took a bottle after she was a newborn! pain in my rear

but seriously, she also refused many, many times to touch WCM. I tried for close to a year..even occasionally will try now, she'll only have it with cereal. I sometimes make her oatmeal with it to sneak it in. My ped said as long as she was having enough intake of fluids, cheese and yogurt she would be okay. Some kids just don't like milk.

All that to say, I probably wouldn't worry if she's eating/drinking enough of other things!

Well I definitely wouldn't start trying to get her to take the bottle at 14 months - that's just setting yourself up for the headache of weaning her from the bottle when she's already at the age where they recommend transitioning to a sippy or straw cup! If sh likes the straw cup I would stick with whole milk in that. Even if she's not drinking a ton, it's better than nothing.

@Foodnerd81: K is the same. She won't take a bottle, and won't drink milk unless she's nursing. She'll power back water in a straw cup though.
I haven't left her for bedtime yet, but I'll need to in a few weeks for a wedding. I'm thinking if she has a big enough dinner and lots of water, she shouldn't need to nurse before bed.

@Foodnerd81: I would definitely NOT push the bottle at that age! Honestly, when I left LO at bedtime, I just made sure I left a dinner that I knew he would eat a lot of, and didn't worry about it. He never really started drinking anything other than water out of a cup until he was 18 months, and he had no trouble going to sleep for someone else without any sort of breastmilk or milk substitute. If you have it, you might as well leave it, but I wouldn't stress if she doesn't drink it.

We dropped bottles at about a year and my 15 month old now refuses them. I tried leaving one for a night we were away recently and she wouldn't take it. So if I were you I'd just do the BM in a straw cup at this point.

I agree that she's probably getting enough milk and calories one way or another and wouldn't worry about getting her to take it when you're gone. Or push the bottle. Suggestion- if you're planning to wean before too long you may want to save the frozen stash for when your LO gets sick this winter! We weaned at 14 months but I had a couple of bags left in the freezer and they came in handy a little later on.