Cold turkey with night bottles

Help ! Has anyone gone cold turkey how long till it got better
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I did it at 6/7 weeks old just topped him up in the day. (exclusively pumped)

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I don’t understand why’d you’d go cold turkey on the bottles unless baby isn’t waking for them anymore? We’ve only just recently in the last two weeks got to the stage where baby isn’t waking for one but on the odd occasion will so we prep for it just incase

@Samantha well i didnt go cold turkey as such if he had woke i would have fed him. Just he stopped from then and i never needed to he has always had alot of milk just not through the night ans still now on solids he eats 3 meals a day and on 3x8oz bottles in the day

@Hol yeah that makes total sense!! We tried EVERYTHING to get baby to stop feeding in the night. The usual ‘top up’ before bed, extra calories on the final solid meal, lots!! But he just loved his night time bottle. Best to wait for when they’re ready (I think anyway) and then they drop it themselves. Doesn’t last forever x

The sleep consultant we’re working with said about a week or so. She also said waiting until 14 / 15 months until you go cold turkey as that’s when they are ready for it. I don’t think all babies do it themselves unfortunately. I’m planning to wait until then and then stop night feeds.

@Harriet Rose no you’re right maybe some don’t naturally drop it themselves but I feel for me personally it’s an easier night if they still want it and I do it. Otherwise I’d have to listen to them be upset and have even more disruptive sleep. My daughter done it for a long time after 15 months but it meant we were all happy if I continued it 😂 I guess it’s whatever is easier for everyone x

Yeah totally if you want to do that. My baby still wakes at least four or five times though and usually it’s more like 6 or 7 so I’m so sleep deprived. I’m literally counting down the days until he’s 14 months and I can finally get some sleep.

@Harriet Rose how old is your little one?

He’ll be one on Monday. He’s always been a terrible sleeper and I’ve always fed him when he woke at night. We’ve co slept and I usually bring him into bed with me at some point in the night. We’ve tried loads of different stuff to try and get longer stretches. Working with a sleep consultant was the last resort. I just can’t wait until I can stop feeding and my husband can take over at night 😂 I’m really hoping it helps him sleep longer but no idea if it will. Nothing else has worked.

@Harriet Rose thank you for your advice that’s been really helpful as he’s always been a bad sleeper like you have described that it the case for you xx It’s just he wakes up so much I can’t give him milk every single time he’ll be over his milk allowance for cows milk etc and as like you hve tried ltrally everything xx

My girl hasn’t had bottles in the night since 2 months old😂🫣 only 1 in the day now. Unfortunately if they are still waking they are hungry or aren’t getting enough food during the day you can’t just go cold turkey and deprive them of the milk if there clearly hungry, try offering more food during the day x

If hes waking up alot at night you need to look at his wake windows and naps he could be over or under tired might not be hunger at all

https://www.fionacooke.co.uk Try this lady shes amazing and can do consultations over phone if your really stuck shes worked as a sleep consultant for over 20 years now. Also has written two books.

I dont really understand the question... why would you force baby to go without milk if they want it?! 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Also babies dont always need or want a feed just because they wake up. Might just need soothing back to sleep or some comforting.

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Okay so a lot of judgment is felt here, I offer him comfort all night long that has also included a bottle trail and error last night he has bottles in the day also eats a lot more now so I was wondering if anyone had gone cold turkey with a night bottle as I feel it’s completely out of habit rather than need. I have tried changing wake windows to see if that helps him the nhs website says they are fully ready to drop a night bottle by 1 so that was my reason for asking the question how other people have done it, even if they have not judgment. We attempted a night without a bottle of milk and replaced with water and today he’s ate alot more food and has gone to sleep with a full bottle of milk

If they don’t need a night bottle then have people gone cold turkey with it was fully the question I should of made clearly

We were told to give our LO water at night when she wakes but the screaming that came was just terrible. She also stayed awake for almost 4 hours so in the end I just gave her milk and she went back to sleep.

Yes he I’ll drink water but as you said He did get upset everytime when it wasn’t milk we tonight we have gone back To a bottle

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