So we failed to drop bottles for milk when DD was 1, as she refused to drink milk from anything else, and at that age milk seemed more important. I tell you what, any future DC will be having that bottle stolen from them on their 1st birthday to save this hassle...
We've tried periodically to get her off the bottles, but no - drinks water from every other cup under the sun, but milk comes in a bottle. So now she's nearly 3 and still has milk in a bottle morning and night. I wasn't overly bothered as it's a comfort thing, she drinks it quickly and brushes her teeth afterwards, but decided last week that really, 3 is getting a bit old. I decided she can keep the bedtime bottle for now but in the morning we would change to a different cup.
Cue epic, sobbing tantrums every morning for the past week and a half. 5 minutes of mixing between ignoring, cajoling and bribery to get her to drink from any damn cup she likes - a mug, a beaker, a Tommy Tippee cup, a glass with a straw, you name it - before she eventually breaks and decides to drink it, reluctantly, while sobbing and having a cuddle. We've started a sticker chart for it and she clearly understands what's going on, she just doesn't want to do it.
One of the big problems is its the morning, and most days we only have a finite time to get ready to leave the house.
Anyway, I can't decide if I should plug away with this or just give up for another few months when she might understand bribery even better? Any suggestions? I'd prefer her to have some milk in the morning as she's not naturally the world's biggest drinker and she's got the better part of an hour before she has breakfast at the CM's most mornings.