I didn't give my DD a bottle at all yesterday. She's 14.5 months. Ped. said it's time to quit. I offered the sippy with water and milk all day and with meals. She gladly took the water but was reluctant to drink milk from it. So her intake of milk was very low for the day (3-4 oz), however she had 2 string cheeses and ate her other regular foods well. She's on day 2 now, just finished breakfast, sipped water but doesn't want anything to do with milk from the bottle. I know if I cave and give her the bottle, she'll guzzle it. I don't want to cave but I hope she gets the hint and starts drinking her milk.
Re: Quit bottle cold turkey yesterday
My DD is 2 and still has little to no interest in milk (she didn't really have many bottles in her life so the problem isn't/wasn't the bottle transition for her, she just doesn't want to drink milk)
I always put a few ounces of milk in a regular cup at meals and she usually just says "water!" :-)
Pedi says its fine. She doesn't have to drink milk. She gets yogurt daily and loves everything cheese so she gets enough "good fat" and calcium/ vit. D etc.
Don't stress too much!
EDD 1/31/13, MC May 17. EDD 3/31/13, MC July 26. I miss you so much already my angel loves