Formula to cow's milk

[Boobz]

Not sure if this should be here or in the Weaning section, but here goes.

DD is coming up to 14 months and still has 2 x 8oz bottles of formula a day: 1 at 11am before her 2 hour nap of the day, and then another at 7pm before bed time. She was on 4 bottles a day at 12 months, but just after her birthday, I stopped both morning bottle as she was eating a whole bowl of porridge + yoghurt + banana, and I also dropped the 3pm bottle as she was dropping that nap anyway, so it seemed a good time to stop that bottle as well. She didn't complain; just upped her solids intake at lunch and dinner to see her through until her 7pm bed time bottle.

Anyway, I tried to then get her to take cow's milk in a cow-cup instead of formula in a bottle, and she just dribbled it all down her chin and then threw the cow-cup on the floor. She drinks water from a tommee-tippee quite happily (but not gallons of it). I didn't persevere as she then didn't go to sleep as normally she would, and for the easy life, I just gave her her formula in a bottle again so she happily went to sleep (I'm 36 weeks pregnant - am knackered enough as it is!)

So a few of questions:

1. When should DD be totally weaned onto cow's milk rather than formula? Am I worrying about nothing at the moment?

2. When should she be fully off a bottle for these feeds - and on to a cow cup? Or does it not really matter?

3. When should she be having just solids and snacks and no bottles / cow-cups of formula / milk at all?

On top of having this baby in 4 weeks time, we're also moving to Africa in August as a family, so am not keen to do anything too drastic which makes my life even more hectic; however, I don't think you can buy formula where we're going (Sudan) so maybe I should crack this milk thing before we go instead of carting tons of the stuff over there with us? Will be ex BF-ing the newborn for at least 6 months so at least I don't have that to worry about - phew!

Sorry this is so long... any help gratefully received...

She can have normal cows milk from the age of 1, so I'd ditch the formula. Milk is cheaper!

My dd never liked milk from a cup either, water was fine but milk has to be in a bottle.

I'd probably drop the mid morning bottle now and she how she goes on without it

My dd still has a bottle of milk before bed (20 months), I think ideally they should not be having bottles anymore but it's only for 5 mins a day and she likes it..

I don't think she would go to sleep for her nap without her bottle beforehand... I guess she would eventually, after crying for a bit..

will try and give her cow's milk in her bottles and see if she gets on with it - that would be one hurdle done anyway, if she did take it (didn't occur to me that it might be the cup that was the problem with the cow's milk, I thought it was because formula was so much sweeter than cow's milk and that was why she was turning her nose up at it).

Thanks.

It might be worth trying a snack before her nap one day - she might surprise you! I wouldn't stick at it if she's crying though, no.