Turning 1 - Bottles, cups, milk and water

[Dav87]

Hello!
My DD has just turned 11 months and is formula fed.
I'm so confused about what to do from here on regarding bottles, milk, cups, water etc - hopefully someone can shed some light?!

DD currently has 3 bottles of 6oz formula - 7am, 3pm, 7pm for bedtime. When she turns 1, do I just replace her formula with cows milk and offer her the same amount at the same times?

The other issue, she absolutely refuses to drink water. I've tried every cup going, and every time she just pushes it away. I have (in desperation) tried her with some diluted juice and she did drink a small amount of that, but then pushed it away again. My worry is that when she is not getting as much hydration from milk/formula, she will have to drink more water but how do I get her to do this??

I'm probably overthinking it all, but if anyone has any advice or tips they would be very much appreciated! Just want to get it right :) x

Also, she has a bottle of formula to go to bed - do I need to give this to her from a cup when she turns 1? Do I get rid of the bottles altogether and go with a cup? x

In theory at 12 months the bottles should all go but some people keep the night time one for longer.

Yes, you can just move to cow’s milk but if it’s in a cup she will probably take less. You start giving two snacks a day at 12 months and they only need 350 mg of calcium which can come from cheese, yoghurt, milk or forfeited foods.

For drinking water you can try drinking from an one cup, a straw, playing which water and tea sets (works well in a bath), espresso cup, having a water bottle which is just for Mummy ( it’s amazing how much they want things which is ours), ice lollies made of water with a splash of juice, foods with high water content (cucumber, strawberry and watermelon).