Formula to milk 12 month +

Need some advice
My daughter is 12 months old next month so starting to think about the transition for formula to milk
The swap itself I don’t think will be a problem as she is fine with milk in all the food she has .

It’s the bottle / cup situation, what do I do she can’t use a straw , do I keep to bottles for a while longer ? Or sippy cups every time ( I think she’ll be on x3 a day as she now )

How did everyone else transition ?

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We stuck with baby bottles for a little bit while we monitored his solids intake etc to make sure he was getting something, then revisited a straw with the yoghurt method and he got it so transitioned onto straw cup at maybe 13 months x

I bought 3 different straw cups and my son wasn't interested in any of them. I took the plunge and bought a pack of 3 tum tum cups and bingo he's started drink from a straw. The cups are a bit pricey but super easy to clean and the designs are cute

Were still on bottles but swapped to cows milk fully now, shes not quite grasped the milk in a cup thing yet, anything other than water and she hands it back in disgust 🤣 we're just gradually reducing ounces and how many bottles she has, typically one at bedtime and the occasional one at night but its a minimal amount. My plan is to fade them out entirely and just persevere with showing her milk is allowed in a cup

i’d keep trying with the straw cups and use bottle until she gets the hang of it. sippy cups are just as bad for oral development as bottles so no point going out buying something new

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