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I tried to do gradual but LO figured it out and would hold out until we gave her the bottle, so we just stopped cold turkey on a Monday. Rough 2 days and then she got over it. After naps were the hardest to break since she was sleepy and used to getting that bottle.

We did gradual. We took one bottle away a week until he was weaned. He definitely wasn't a fan and didn't drink as much milk during that time, but that's normal. He got used to it after a couple of weeks of no bottles.

R dropped her afternoon bottles at 11.5 months so I do think that helped us. Then a couple days after her 1st bday, we went cold turkey. Just gave her breakfast when she woke up and no bottle.

There were a couple weeks that she wasn't drinking much and I was worried about her not drinking enough. We have pediatlye a couple times to just make sure. She also moved to the toddler room, so she had a lot going on. But it was switching to a sippy verses a straw cup that helped her finally drink more. She could sit and drink the sippy like a bottle if she wanted.

It was more cold turkey, but we bottle weaned at a year. We had reduced to three bottles/day due to solids. When we started our new daycare at a year they didn't really support bottles at her age so within 2 days all daytime bottles were gone and we removed the night time bottle on a Friday.

ETA: We didn't provide WCM in the bottle except during the last week as a transition.

@lawbee11: Totally feel you on that! I really hope DS2 isn't so picky and that all the freaking money I blew on the ones L refuses to use isn't a total waste. I only had a few of those and just washed them constantly - once we made the transition it got easier to get him to accept some of the other cups, but he still won't touch anything with a straw or a really hard spout. And then there's a few others he likes that I hate because of leaks and...ugh. There's just too many sippy cups out there!

@lawbee11: we did slow & steady since Chloe doesn't deal with sudden change well. I tried cold turkey and it was a nightmare.

I started by replacing her morning bottle.

@lawbee11: How old is your LO? I have an 11.5 month old so I'm following this thread.

Right now my daughter only drinks bottles of formula with a very occasional sip from a straw cup of water. I've been stalling figuring out a plan to wean her because it seems like such a hassle.

We're taking a long weekend for Labor Day and I'm thinking of starting the transition then. I think we're going to try weaning one bottle to sippy at a time. She's already self-weaning from her nighttime bottle in the last week or so, which is a surprise. I was sure that'd be the last to go but she's been drinking 1 ounce and then just snuggling up with us. She seems to be making up for those lost 5 ounces by eating more solids in the morning.

@lawbee11: how often is LO getting bottles? Our daycare flat out refused to give any bottles in the toddler room and daycare was the only time he got them since I nursed at home and had always just given sippies at mealtimes. I think he was hesitant, at first, to drink a whole lot out of the sippies at daycare but he just nursed extra at home until he figured it out. Daycare didn't act like he struggled a ton, just said that he preferred throwing them over drinking from them, but he figured it out pretty quickly.

DS just started kind of accepting cold WCM in a bottle after trying for a couple months, but they're still in a bottle. He also doesn't drink as much compared to when we warm it up. I'm hoping to transition him to a straw cup soon. Trying to avoid the sippy if possible.

They were these cups. I got them at target.

The only thing I didn't like is that they leaked. I dealt with it though because it really did help her get completely off the bottle, and after a few months she was ready for a different cup.

She would chew on the soft spout too, which made them leak even worse. I had to buy a few new sets, but it was worth it. I couldn't believe how attached to her bottle she was!

@lawbee11: Peer pressure worked for us in regards to daycare. That's how they broke her within 2 days. None of the other kids had bottles. I actually count my blessings with the daycare staff as I was fearful of the bottle to cup transition but they pretty much just made it happen with our approval.

Another perspective on @Mrs. Jump Rope: suggestion, we used the same as daycare (which was a hard spout) just for the sake of consistency. I can see how both perspectives have their advantages.

Cold turkey to a sippy. It took a few days of her drinking less than usual so we gave lots of fruit and purees to try and make up for it.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: those were the ones that worked for R too! We have since switched to a hard spout one cause I wanted insulated for the milk.

@lawbee11: Glad I'm not the only one spending my holiday weekend trying to get my kiddo to use a sippy cup!