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We transitioned from BM to Hemp Milk, but I transitioned from bottles to cups first and them from BM to Hemp Milk. I eliminated one bottle a week and just replaced it with a cup of BM. Once he was completely on cups, I then transitioned to Hemp Milk by mixing the two.

We rarely offer Xander water, simply because he doesn't drink enough milk as it is, so I'm always offering him milk both with meals and in between. But when we do give water, it's in the same type of cup (or even the same cup). Like @Smurfette: we usually just use one cup a day.

We alternated sippy cups with whole milk (once he hit 12 months) and bottles with formula for a couple weeks. We're now off of formula completely, but he still gets 1 bottle a day of whole milk around bedtime or else he gets very upset. I know I'll regret this one day lol. Also, he only takes a couple oz of milk from the zippy cup when offered, but his Ped said not to worry and to offer yogurt and cheese with meals so he still meets his requirements.

Bottle weaning was hard for us. DD was not having it. She drank water from a cup just fine but refused to drink milk in a cup. So we took it slow. At 12 months, I started offering her milk in a cup during mealtimes just so she gets use to it (in addition to her morning and night time bottle). At first she refused to drink any milk out of the cup but eventually she started drinking an ounce or two. Finally at 15 months I took away her morning bottle and gave her a cup instead and she drank it all! Prior to that she would push the cup away. So for us, we didn't rush it and now she drinks milk from a cup like a champ. We use the same cup for milk and water now but when we first started I used two different cups.