There is no perfect answer unfortunately! Try a few things and goofily something works for you all!

You start by offering drinks on a regular basis from a sippy cup. All kids are different, it’ll just take longer with this one

Leakproof drink containers are ideal in the car. You don’t want wet upholstery or carpet. On the carpet it can soak through to the bodywork. Milk will go sour, anything with sugar in it is hard to clean off/out and in some weather if your car is in one spot for long enough you may suddenly have an invasion of ants (from personal experience) or worse still if you leave the windows open you get bees (I know somebody that happened to- even after the car was thoroughly cleaned they kept returning – by coincidence it was a yellow car too). Any liquid spilt in a car will smell until it dries out, including water. Your child may also be using the teat to suck on for comfort in place of a dummy. I know fo one 12 year old who does that but very rarely ever used a dummy. If you stop using the bottle your baby may refuse milk. Yes, apparently I did. Another trick you could try (not on a carpet floor if you can avoid it ) is to gradually make the whole in the teat larger until the milk flows out too fast.

Hope it has gone well! There really interesting comments on this!

how do I get my 3 yr old off the bottle… hope it went smoothly

if you are lucky, they will refuse out of the blue

You really have to do it when they are ready. The way I did it was instead of let my daughter drink from the bottle teat, I cut it open slightly to fit a straw through it and put her warm milk & honey (which she still has sometimes at night even at aged 9!!) in that and get her to see the straw as “doing it like a big kid does”. I even use the same for her herbal teas. Novelty straws are a huge help too.

I bought a sippy cup with a straw for my daughter when she was around that age, never used a bottle again.

11 months is a good age to wean off the bottle. Try a variety of sippy cups, it might be a case of just needing more practice to learn how to use it. It would be frustrating for your bub if they cant get anything out of it.

How did you go? ;/

They will be really in their own time

Soft spouted sippy cups are good because they’re more similar to a bottle than the others, bub may tae to it better

Try a few different cups , they will adjust to one they like

Start giving a sippy cup instead. I’d put all the bottles away somewhere they can’t see too. Hope you managed ok with weaning

It really just comes down to persistence

Good luck

Pediatricians say that babies should be weaned from their bottles by age one, and never later than 18 months for a variety of good reasons. Once you think your child might be ready, use these strategies to help smooth the transition.

Timing is everything. You’ll do your baby (and yourself) a big favor by choosing the weaning moment wisely. Remember, her bottle may be a big source of comfort for her, so don’t begin the process if she’s sick, tired, or hungry, or if a change in her routine ( new babysitter, shift in day-care schedule, or after a move) has her stressed. And keep in mind that once you do start weaning, you’ll need to replace the reassurance she got from her bottle with lots of extra love from you — that is, more hugs, more playtime, and maybe an extra story at bedtime.

Take it slow. Cold turkey may work for a few babies, but for most, a gradual transition works best. That means phasing out the bottle one feeding session at a time (midday bottles are easier to drop than morning and evening ones) as you introduce the cup. Then wait a few days before you replace the next bottle. Slowly reduce the quantity of formula (for babies under a year) or whole milk (in babies over a year) you put in the bottle, and top off each feeding with formula or milk (again, in babies older than 12 months) in a cup. You might also try only serving water in the bottle, one feeding at time, which may make your baby bored enough to give up the bottle entirely — but don’t be surprised if it doesn’t do the trick; weaning from a bottle may be slow business, and could take a month or more.

Out of sight, out of mind. Stashing that treasured bottle out of sight may help your baby yearn for it less. Keep an assortment of tempting cups (brightly colored or graced with favorite characters) handy and in plain view, and experiment with different sipping options — some kids love straws, while others prefer spouts.

Let her with the bottle but keep trying once in a while to know if she got used to it.

and make sure the bottle is out of sight

I started giving a sippy cup at b fast lunch and dinner and then made it available at snck times as well