At 3 my (now 4 year old) son was still ADDICTED to his bottles. It was a huge headache for me, as it did not really fuss my husband. A day after he turned 3 I encouraged him to pack all his bottles into a bag for his imaginary friend. That after a whole week of prepping. We left the bag outside for them to fetch, and after bath went to fetch the bag. “They’ then left him some presents. For about a week after that he still asked for his bottles. I then reminded him of the little friends that got his bottles, and they really needed it. My now 2 year old is also HOOKED on his bottles, and oh dear, I don’t know how we are going to toss those. Luckily they sleep through, and do not ask for bottles during the night, which makes it really difficult. Especially when you are loosing sleep.
I also diluted their milk weekly, they never even noticed. By now his milk is really just cultured water. And he still loves it. It is very difficult, good luck.