DD is nearly 11 months old, has always been bottle-fed (expressed breastmilk for first 4 weeks, then formula). She's doing reasonably well on solids now, has 3 meals a day and milk feeds in between (first thing in morning, mid-morning, mid-afternoon and last thing at night).
HV has been quite adamant that I should wean her on to a cup by her first birthday. DD drinks water from a free-flow cup during the day with varying rates of success (depending on how thirsty she is, so I think that's fair enough).
I'm feeling simultaneously daunted and excited at the thought of phasing out bottles, not least as I'm expecting another baby in October.
My plan, such as it is, is to start out by giving daytime milk (i.e. mid-morning and afternoon) in a cup, then the morning milk and finally the evening milk. My first attempt at daytime cup-drinking just resulted in DD drinking about 1 1/2 oz (not unusual for this time of day), with quite a lot of spitting out.
So, any advice? I'm assuming I just need to persevere and trust that she'll get used to the cup rather than starve herself of essential nutrients ...