Not really a formula-specific question (we’ve actually been on cow’s milk for a while). But figured I’d cross post here, since this community obviously has a lot of experience dealing with bottle feeding, or weaning off it.
As the title states, we finally did the transition off of bottles for milk with my 2.5yo (yes, I know it’s late). Previously we were using the “Dr. Brown’s transition bottle” (https://a.co/d/072WVdVg), so not technically a “baby bottle”…but kind of the same thing in all but name?
She had been getting around 12-16oz a day, in the form of a morning and evening bottle.
She has been using various other vessels for water since 12 months old (or even before, at meals), including straw and open cups, with no issue. We have tried various cups for milk, including the straw variant of the Dr. Brown’s, and like 8 others (valved, non-valved, etc), with no success. She just decided at some point that “bottles are for milk, other cups are for water”, and hasn’t budged.
Anyway, we finally pulled the plug last night, and insisted that milk either went into a cup, or not at all. She decided on not at all. After some initial upset (less about the lack of bottle/milk, more annoyance that we would even suggest putting milk into what is clearly a water cup in her eyes 😭), she went to bed fine with some water and a pre-bed snack (string cheese). Same thing this morning - water and an earlier breakfast, but no milk.
For kids who were like this, did your kiddo eventually come around to drinking milk out of a cup? Maybe with meals? Or are we just done with milk now?
I’m fine either way (she’s like 98th percentile height and a good eater, I’m not super concerned about the loss of calories or nutrients), mostly just curious I guess.