Advice please...

My opinion is put the book down and do what you think is best for your child.

I agree to ditch the bottles at 1, though I have no experience in that area. Sippies, eh mine were never "addicted" to them so they had regular cups at meals and a sippy for the car or randomly for longer than 18 months... Potty training should always wait till they show true and clear signs of readiness. Neither of my girls was anywhere near ready at 2... If you push that, when not ready, it will be a long and very uphill battle for a very long time. But you know your kid best, so follow your gut, not a book.

Toss the books and quit letting them parent your child and you take over the job. 

Throw the books away and do what is right for your son.

I still have the sippy cup for my daughter... it prevents random "hey I want to pour shit all over the place!" DD is 2.. I stopped bottles at 1 but went to rubber sippys Now we are at plastic ones. potty training... HAH I wish... Just waiting on a Q... DD shows No interest. To each mother her own I say Why care what the books say? Back in the day there weren't "guides" You just went with it..

YES!!! I agree with the above.  Take a deep breath and throw out the books.  Thye do not know you or your child.  Only follow books when you feel like you need a check-in.  Follow your instincts.  Everything I read about potty training is you can't rush them.  If they are interested - dive in.  If not, you are going to have to wait.  About the feeding, funny, we had the same timeline, but not from a book - we hated washing bottles and she seemed fine with it.  DD just turned 18 mo and so sippy cups - she is more interested in straws, so we are switching out of sippy cups for the most part, but keep them for when she is being squirmy/messy/etc.  Stay strong momma - I am sure you are doing great!  They say people who buy and read all the books are great parents - not from all the books, but because they are willing to invest the time and money to try to be great parents.  (Not that only those who buy books are great parents - but I hope you get where I am going with it....)

I let my kids have bottles as long as they wanted,and I was glad because they didn't drink nearly as much milk when they switched to cups. Now they have stronger bones than they would have. The books will give you general guide lines,and every generation thinks they have a better way to do things.

my twin boys are 21 months they stopped bottles at about 15 months but still love their sipppy cups and they like the nubby soft ones,(for milk only )  they dont mind the hard for juice and water, but  tried many times with the hard ones for milk and they drink 25 % of the normal plus they are not too much of big eaters so let it be! I dont plan on potty training till the summer  when they are 2 1/2.  I also have a 10 year old son and he had a bottle till he was 2 1/2 (cups as well but he liked his bottle) I had no problem with it he was self potty trained at 2! he is now a gifted and talented student very well behaved very social and tremendously smart!! I think you should use your judgment as a parent and dont rush them they grow up fast enough!!

 Why take advice on parenting from others whose niche is writing???

do what feels right for you. As a mother, you know when your kid's ready or not for these things. Now, if i's years past the milesones then start worry, but my first kid the 'what to expect' books were my bibles. By the second they were hardly touced and by the 3rd i said 'god i hate the 'what to expect' people' ".

Agree.  Forget the books.  You know what's right for your kid.

No way my boy could have started potty training at 18 months.  He was far behind his sister in that dept., and nothing I could do would speed it up until HE decided it was time.  It only adds stress when a book is telling you you're missing an arbitrary deadline.