I just recently weaned my then 4.5mo son. He had absolutely no idea what to do with a bottle, but for my health reasons I had to totally wean him. And I am here to tell you that he is now fully ff, and happily drinks from a sippy cup. It was a had slog, but he did it, and if he could, I am sure your and your DD will make it too.

You have been given some wonderful advice, and I will just add a few points that I used that worked for me. Firstly, choose the bottle / sippy cup / teat that you want to use, and stick with that. I found that the pigeon mag mag stage 2 sippy cups worked best for us. It is soft teat sippy cup with handles. You can get them at most chemists. Secondly, as Barb said, choose a time of day where she is happy and content. I found late morning the best, after the morning sleep, when DS was awake and happy, not at 5pm when he could be very unsettled and in need of the boob for comfort. Also, when you are feeding with the bottle/cup do it in a place where you dont breastfeed, so for me, I used my reclining high chair in the kitchen, and popped DS in that. I usually BF in the loungeroom. Or I would get DH to hold DS with DSs back to DH chest and DH used his arms like a chair (does that make sense). Just to make it totally different.

I would set aside 30mins for "bottle training" and we just made it a game. No pressure on anyone. DS tried to grab the cup with his hand, and I would guide it to his mouth. He would lick at the teat and I could squeeze a few drops for the teat into his mouth. He would then lap it up, a bit like a cat. Eventually, this turned into his being able to work the teat to get the milk out.

I would do this for about 30mins, maybe you would do less as your DD is younger, and no BB was offered in that time, no matter how upset DS got. I would try not to let him get worked up, but if he did, I would find a different way to comfort him, like dancing or bouncing, so that time was just about the bottle. There were times when this was very hard not only on DS but on me, but we managed to work through it. I made sure to let DS know the reasons for us needing to learn this new way to drink, and I would talk to him all the way through this session to make sure he was involved as much as possible. I think this helped us...

We would then have a nice play for about 20mins, then I would take DS to our feeding chair and give him a nice long BB drink. The separation of space and time between bottle and boob, I think, helped with teaching him the different methods of drinking. And then we would do it again the next day.

I really think that consistency was the key for us. But it is different for everyone...Anyway, I wish you all the best with this. If you have any more questions, just ask. Good luck. xo