When to start weaning from bottle?

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Baby will be 1 in 4 months!! 😮 He’s still getting the hang of sippy cups/open cups—lifting at the right angle is still a challenge. 
I’ve been having him hold his own bottle more (sitting/laying at an angle since sitting up with it is too tricky right now), but he definitely prefers for me to hold him and to hold the bottle. I’ve also tried offering his milk in a sippy cup, but he wanted his bottle back.
I know 4 months may seem like a long time, but is anyone trying to slowlyy transition? Or any tips from second time mamas on timing/how-to?

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We gave our son a straw cup at 6.5 months. He got it pretty quick! He loves his straw cup! We just use water in it for now

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With my first daughter, who now is almost 3, loved her bottle. It was a bad habit we had gotten into with using the bottle as a sleep prop. So it was difficult to get her off of it. She was weaned by 12 months tho. So much development happens in the next 4 months. You’d be surprised on how ready your child will be for cups and food vs. bottles and purées. For my younger daughter we have introduced the sippy cup at 6 months. We use it every meal every day. Just water for now. But she knows how to use a 360 cup and a straw cup. So I’m more confident with weaning this time around. I’d say the only thing you can do right now is use a sippy cup of water at meals! Enjoy these last 4 months of bottle feeding your baby...once they get off the bottle.. I feel there is way less time to cuddle and have that connection with each other.

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We use a sippy cup at lunch & dinner time normally

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They recommend to start transitioning at 6 months. I find that a good starting point to introduce a sippy. I don’t force it, but I make it a first option after a snack and leave it in reach while he’s playing.  He usually only gets a bottle for naps and at bed time. 
My first transitioned completely around 12 months when I put away all bottles and was only offering sippys for day and night time.

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