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We introduced straw cups to our DD at 9 months old, or maybe a little earlier, and she loved them, but still also demanded her bottle. We tried at 12 months to eliminate the bottles, but she wasn't ready and had a fit. We tried again at 14 months and just phased them out, and it was surprisingly easy. I think she was just ready at that point.

DD is 14.5 months and has been really stubborn about her bottle. She never used a pacifier and hasn't been attached to a lovie or a stuffed animal, but I'm starting to think that her bottle is her attachment. She demands it for naps and sleeping. But I don't give it to her during the day, instead we're using plain straws in a glass. I'm so tired of cleaning sippy straws!

Lo was exclusively bottle fed starting around seven months and flat out refused then at nine months. He didn't get the hang of sippys and straw cups at the time so has been drinking his formula and then reg milk from a regular open cup since then. He's almost 16m now:)

I think whatever you decide will be fine:)! ..... Or rarer whatever lo decides hehehe certainly felt like that for me!:)

@shopaholic: we introduced a soppy cup around 8 months, I think? Our pedi told us to ditch the bottle at 12 months, but Chloe would not have it. It took me awhile to wean her from her morning bottle, and eventually her nap time bottle, but this past June she was still holding strong to the dark bottle!

We did switch from formula to whole milk at 12 months, and ONLY let her have water in the bottle. She hardly drank from it; it was more of a security thing. She'd hug and snuggle it, and fall asleep with it. Crazy!

I hope your transition is easier and smoother. It took us a good week to sleep train her without her bottle/lovey, and then I threw them all out when she was sleeping!

We introduced the sippy around the 6 month mark, but LO wanted nothing to do with it until closer to 9 months. We bottle weaned at 12 months, and luckily LO didn't seem to miss his bottles one bit.

We had her trying different sippy cups from 6 months on but she didn't take to it for a while. Around 11.5 months, we gradually made her take one of her bottles every day out of a sippy cup while introducing whole milk. She was done at about 12.5 months with the bottles.