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We are going cold turkey this weekend and will just serve milk in a cup with meals as well as one in the morning and one at night as needed.

My little one has low iron so we have to make sure he gets no more than 20 oz a day. The pediatrician said the easiest way is to offer only a sippy cup.

At 12 months, we stopped nursing/formula ... we went cold turkey to cups with water, because she was eating a really great amount of food.

We kept a cup out (water) so she could drink when she wanted to, and offered water at meal times. I never saw any aversions to this transition.

We skipped milk, all together. Our doc says food for nutrition and water for hydration.

12 months: We switched from formula to whole milk, keeping amounts and schedule the same, keeping bottles.
13 months: We switched to sippies exclusively (LO never really liked a straw cup).
15 months: We kept him at 4 feedings of 5oz until he dropped his 2nd nap at 15/16 months. He got milk upon waking from bed/nap and then right before bed (brushing teeth after).

Once he dropped his morning nap, we shifted to 3 milk servings, in sippies, 5ish oz each. First one at wakeup, next one before nap, next before bedtime - again, brushing teeth after each. He does water in open cups, Camelbaks, or 360 cups.

Now at 23 months we finally just cut out the morning milk and we're down to milk before nap & bedtime, and it helps him sleep longer, soooo I'm not changing anything. Over Christmas break we are finally giving up the sippy crutch, moving to 360 cups or open cups exclusively.

I don't like doing milk with meals because then he eats less, and sleeps worse.