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I weaned at 15 months. I didn't replace the nursing session with anything. Our routine was bath, then brushing teeth. We moved into the nursery that already had the white noise on and a lamp instead of the overhead light. Then we got her dressed and followed that up with cuddles and reading before putting her in the crib.

We added in a bedtime snack as part of the bedtime routine at around 15 months. We didn't wean until 19 months, but the bedtime snack did help. She still gets a bedtime snack now at 24 months.

We weaned at 18 months and I didn't replace nursing with anything. However, when I was getting ready to wean, I moved nursing up in the routine so he wasn't nursing to sleep anymore. So we ate dinner, did bath or played something quiet, got into jams and then I would nurse with lights on, then read 1-2 books, then sing twinkle one time in the rocker with lights off, then into the crib awake and one more round of twinkle. Kiss kiss, mama loves you, see you in the morning and MAMA OUT.

I think it was easier to do it that way so the transition was more gradual. Now at 21 months, we just don't nurse and read more books, everything else is the same. im probably in his room 15-20 min for the whole routine. Good luck!

I'd offer a zippy of water if they are demanding nursing. Definitely wouldn't offer milk after brushing nor would I give a bottle personally.

W weaned himself at 14 months, so it's not exactly the same, but I would do milk with dinner and then have a bottle of water in their cribs. Your routine sounds pretty similar to ours. Even when I was nursing we did dinner, then I'd nurse him, then bath, jammies, stories, bedtime. I agree with what @peaches1038 said - I think you'll have an easier transition if you separate nursing from sleep first.

You could sub a cup of milk for a couple of months and then sub that for water! Gradual approach? My DS didnt really care so much about what was in his bottle/sippy cup - he just liked the security of having it at bedtime!

Since my kid was about 12 months we've done the following: dinner, straight into tub, Pjs, some quiet play (with the lights dimmed, TV off) and during quiet play this is when I give her a straw cup of milk. So the quiet play lasts from about 6-640 and she works on the milk then, so there isn't a super strong association with bedtime. Then at 640, we brush teeth, i put her in her overnight diaper and sleep sack, and hold her for a minute or two singing her bedtime song and then into the crib lights off. She's 2.5 now.
My husband isn't home during the week, so I don't have the step of him coming home to interact with her. If he isn't traveling and comes home I will admit it jacks up her routine a bit.