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If it makes you feel any better, switching to milk and sippies was an easy transition for us! We did it very similarly to @DesertDreams88--first started mixing in milk, and then when he seemed fine with it, gave him all milk and he wasn't phased. Same with bottles vs. sippies. I sent one sippy and three bottles to daycare and he drank fine out of the sippies so then I sent two, and then all sippy cups. Full disclosure: we were transitioning from breast milk to cow's milk, but I can't imagine it would really be that different.

My son was also drinking water out of sippy cups before this transition, and I think that helped. So you may even have a head start already if she's using the 360 and straw cups!

PS: you don't necessarily need to do an ounce for ounce swap of formula for milk either. I think the AAP says no more than two to three cups of milk.

Its obviously up to you, and you can talk to your doctor about it, but my two year old still takes a bottle before bed and nap. We switched from formula to cows milk at a year, and the transition wasn't a big deal for him at all.
Both our pediatrician and our dentist (and my husband the pediatrician) said its really not a big deal as long as you brush teeth before bed (after the bottle). I was nervous about asking them, I figured they'd be shocked we were still letting him but everyone has been totally unfazed and acted like it was completely normal and absolutely fine.

We just give about 4 ounces and he has it while we read a book (for a while we were still giving more like 6-8 ounces in the bottle, but he slowly stopped taking that much). Changing the order of the routine was a little bumpy, but not that big a deal- I think we made that switch around 14-15 months when he was no longer falling asleep while drinking the bottle.

He's less and less interested in it these days, and maybe 1/3 of the time doesn't finish it (if he ate well right before, usually) so I suspect he will decide he's not into it at some point soon. I figure when he's a little older he can make the decision to have a sippy cup or just have milk at dinner like his big sister. It just doesn't seem worth it to me to fight him about taking it away given that we are brushing his teeth after and have been ok'd by the doc and dentist.

Oh- and we stopped giving a bottle any other time right around a year, and moved to just doing snacks/meals (with milk or water in a cup).
I also wanted to add that he still nurses 1-2 times a day, typically in the morning and before nap.

I was in the camp of not changing too many things at once and both of my boys LOVED their bottles (well, the second one not until 9 months old, but thats another story)... anyway, I cut the breastmilk/formula first and introduced cow's milk slowly in the bottle. We also upped the food intake... I know a lot of people just switch to milk in a sippy cup which is probably a better way to go, but I liked the slower transition. I also did NOT give milk at bedtime. Our dentist & pediatrician said that was the big issue, the milk on their teeth right before bed.

My older son wouldn't drink milk after we got rid of the bottle, and my second never liked milk that much, so we just switched to food and were sure to include a lot of dairy in his diet.

For all 3 of my kids, I pretty much went cold turkey from formula to cows milk at 12 months. I tried the whole mixing 1/2 and 1/2 thing but I’m more of a rip the bandaid quick type person. It took a couple of days but they adjusted. By 12 months, each of mine ate a lot of normal food so they didn’t miss the formula. They’ll just increase their food intake if they are still hungry.

I also switched to sippy cups for milk cold turkey but at different ages for each kid. My oldest was at 12 months because he was not particularly attached to it. My middle at about 15 months when he stopped falling asleep with the bottle (if it works don’t change it). And I think my youngest was about 18 months when her interest in it faded. There were some tough moments but push through!