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Nadia stopped drinking the bedtime bottle on her own a while ago so I stopped offering it. I'd make it and she'd shake her head no and refuse. That one was easy for us. If she hadn't stopped it on her own- I don't even know how I would have gotten rid of it.
As far as the milk in the sippy- we practiced for a few weeks with milk in a sippy while she was eating dinner.
She had been practicing with water in a sippy for months (just like you have with Abby).
I think the trick is to not put cow's milk in the bottle (I think Zoe's Melanie is the one that suggested that). I gave her formula in the bottle until it ran out and then just gave her sippy's of cow's milk in their place. Since she never had cow's milk in a bottle and only in a sippy she thought that was fine I guess. No complaints.
Anyhow- someone else told me that you just drop the bottle and offer the sippy and eventually they get with the program.
Eve told me that the nuby long neck bottles work great because they have the feel of a bottle and Mady didn't notice.
You need to create a post asking everyone else how they did it. I'm sure others have really good suggestions and stuff you can try.
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mari - you nailed it! i'm so happy for you!
jenny - these are the nuby sippies i introduced mady when i removed the bottles. the change actually took place in 1 day because she didn't even notice i took out the bottles:
https://di1.shopping.com/images1/pi/e7/cf/bf/38930047-149x149-0-0_Nuby+Nuby+No+Spill+Gripper+Sippy+Cup+10+Oz.jpg
also, i wanted to add...all kids are different. while nadia doesnt take bottles anymore before 12 months, mady didn't drop them until 13 months. don't rush things, all kids progress differently. i introduced milk and got rid of formula at 11 mths (by pedi recommendation) and kept giving her milk in her bottles until she did the switch at 13 months. i went thru tons of sippy cups before i found the right one to make the switch. now mady drink milk out of a cup and a regular straw and loves it!
thanks, eve!! Abby's pretty good with her sippy, she drinks only water out of it though, only because she plays with it too much. It's actually kind of gross- she puts all the water in her mouth and then just spits it out. She won't actually swallow the liquid unless she's really, really thirsty. For that reason, though, I don't put anythign other than water... too messy :-D
I'm still amazed that your little one's use a straw and cup! that would be great if abby could drink out of that!