Breastfeeding weaning/ Introducing homo milk advice

Hi Mamas, I am looking for advice on how to wean my 14 month old from breastfeeding. She was breastfed since birth and has always refused the bottle. Now that I will be returning to work full time, I would need to find a way to give her my expressed breast milk and eventually only homogenized milk. Thing is, she has never taken the bottle. She actually refuses it. She is totally content with using a straw cup and open cup which she uses for water. My problem is that she will be baby sat by my mother and mother in law which will be tough on my LO since she has always been breastfed by me, especially before going to bed. I’m mainly worried for when she would have to go take a nap with them and they are unable to settle her as she won’t take a bottle of milk. Has anyone else experienced this? I really appreciate your help!

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Are you gonna be working evenings? Whatever shift you'll be working, I would try to get her to drink your expressed milk in a straw cup instead of being breastfed. Then slowly switch it to homo milk once she's used to that. I'd make this change now before going to work otherwise she might get overwhelmed by too many changes all at once.

At 14 months she should be eating enough solids not having milk while baby sat shouldnt be an issue (other than nap, as you said) Maybe try starting to introduce the idea of naps without a feeding, and then separately introduce milk in a cup with meals/ inbetween meals as works best for you. Otherwise maybe try a different bottle if the ones you have have been rejected. My son is almost a year and gets a little weird with his cups. They have to be blue, purple, or red for him to drink, won't drink out of orange or yellow ones, and green seems hit and miss. And that's across types like bottles, sippy cups, open cups, straws even. So maybe even just try a different colour, or a different shape, or even just one with a favoured character on it or something (my kid is loving his Elmo cup, tho idk if he loves Elmo or just red idk)

@Sheri Yes, unfortunately I’ll get home around 2AM most nights (I only work 4 days, thank goodness.) Okay, I’ll give this a try! My husband has tried to get her to have homo milk and my breast milk in a bottle, straw cup and open cup but she has either had only a little or refused it mostly. I guess we just need to keep on trying? For context, my husband whenever he is home with her, puts her for a nap and bed no problem!

@Tagmayne okay, good to know! Maybe it’s just difficult when I’m home because she knows that I can breastfeed her because whenever my husband is home watching her, she takes a nap and goes to bed no problem without having milk. Only thing my husband has told me is he has tried giving her my breast milk and homo milk in a bottle, open cup and straw cup with little to no luck. Perhaps I just need to try again and when I am home, not breast feed her anymore? There is one cup she does like that I can try to keep giving her milk in, hopefully it works!🤞🏻