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[quote=Anonymous]We did it together. Never put formula in a sippy, never put regular milk in a bottle.

We had always done bottle, then right into the high chair for food, except at dinner when we did it the other way around (food, then bottle, then bed). By 11 months, we were at four “meals” a day (bottle and food) - breakfast lunch, snack (which was really another full meal), and dinner - 8am, noon, 4pm, and 7:30.

Once they hit 12 months, we just started dropping bottles. Pick a meal, skip the bottle, go right to the high chair, give a sippy of milk and a sippy of water with food. Wait a week or two, then do another. We were 100% done with bottles and formula both times by 14 months.

Had two really different experiences with it - my first would be SO MAD the first couple days each time about no bottle. He would just sit in the high chair and cry for a bit, ate really poorly for that meal, wouldn’t have so much as a sip of milk from the cup. But after a couple days he’d get over it and start chugging regular milk from the sippy. My second didn’t really care, but also never drank much regular milk (a couple sips a few times a day - never more than about 3 oz total for the day and sometimes none). Both of those outcomes are fine![/quote]

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