Our pediatrician and dentist said to drop bottle before 18mo. We stopped bottle at 16mo. I dropped it cold turkey. You will read/hear to drop bottle by 12mo, but do what’s best for you and your daughter. If she’s drinking from straw now that’s fantastic.

We introduced water around 10mo along with solid meals. I highly doubt sips of water would be “bad”.

If your able to pump and put breast milk into cup rather than bottle, do that.

It took my daughter two full months before she would drink milk from a sippy cup. It’s pretty common of a struggle. We introduced regular store bought whole milk to her at 12mo, per doctor.

Talk to your pediatrician, all of what you’ve asked should have/be talked about...our pediatrician talk a lot about food/drink/age appropriate timing.

Here are my daughter favorite cups. best of luck to you and your daughter.

I tried three different cups, this is the ONLY cup she will drink milk from: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SZ1B68W/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_B6K484RVAA9YQD55PPMZ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

These are my/her favorite for water:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0942LQNFZ/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_VC7GWC545NXK3C1KZKRJ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WVTNC14/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_800K7Q7581QSP4D5DZEJ