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I took my time weaning my first of her bottle, i think she was about 20 months when we finally stopped but we did it slowly, got rid of the afternoon bottle then the morning and finally the nite time. You will find once you ween the bottle their appetite will pick up since they are not getting full from the milk anymore. I'm still working on my son but he will let me know when he is ready. He drinks milk fine from a straw cup but like the bottle at night. Also being in daycare where they don't allow bottles definitely helped.

We introduced the sippy at around 8 months (straw sippy, no valve) and he took right to it. He only got formula in the bottle; never milk or water. I started giving him milk in the sippy when he was 10 months or so, just off and on. When he turned one, the bottle and formula disappeared and never came out again. Try a simple straw sippy (like something they'd give you at the restaurant). A lot of the ones with valves are hard to get suction from. Charlie is also old enough that he might just start drinking from an open cup!

After bottles (Playtex Drop-ins), we used Think Baby sippies for a while... Maybe from 15 to 26 months... it's so similar to a bottle though that some moms call it a glorified bottle. Anyway at around 26-27 months we cut that out almost cold turkey and used Playex straw cups. Her milk intake went way down, but i just made sure she got alot of dairy from other sources. She loves milk now though. Then preschool helped her to drink straight from a cup bc all the other kids were doing it.

We went cold turkey at 15 months. I tried many sippy cups but she didn't take to any of them. And then I found the Zoli straw cup and she liked it so we finally had success! It was stressful though. Her milk consumption went way down for a while until she got used to the straw cup so I had to give her a lot of yogurt and cheese. But now her milk consumption is on track again a few months later.

However the Zoli cup has started to leak but I don't want to think about finding another straw cup since we finally got her to like this one.