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Introducing a Cup to an 11 Mos Old for Weaning

My DD is 11 mos old and I'd like to wean her off breastfeeding by her 1 yr bday. She has been soley breastfed her whole life. I have it "scheduled" to drop 1 feeding a week for 4 weeks (we currently nurse about 6am, 10am, 2pm and 6pm). She has never taken a bottle (we tried unsuccessfully a couple times to give one to her). For the past month I've had a sippy cup at meals with water in it, but she doesn't really drink from it. I tried yesterday to give her 2.5 oz of bm from a sippy cup and she'd take a little in her mouth but I...