Weaning off bottle at night
My little boy has never slept through the night and I have fallen into a routine of re-settling him with milk. With a small amount of milk he will go back off to sleep within minutes BUT he is waking sooo many times a night asking for it.
I have tried diluting with water, only offering water - doesn’t work.
So I’ve decided to go cold turkey. Tonight is night 1 and it has been really awful. He has been awake for 4 hours now, he’s still crying for milk. I have offered him water, as soon as he realises it’s water he becomes more frustrated! So I know he’s not thirsty as he doesn’t want it.
He isn’t a great eater and I am hoping that reducing night milk will mean he eats more in the day - I am going to also try and get him to have a snack before bed etc.
Anyway- is anyone going through the same or have any experiences of bottle weaning they can share? Positive Or negative. How long did it take? How does baby sleep now? (Baby- I know they are 2 now but will always refer to him as my baby 🫣)
Thanks xx
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My LB wakes up once during the night at around 3-4am and he gets his bottle of milk. I've tried different methods, he won't drink water during the night and if he doesn't get his milk he will be awake until 7am. So for the time being I just let him drink it in the middle of the night, it's not worth the fuss, he falls asleep immediately after drinking it.
I just let my boy have milk until he decided he didn't want it anymore, he now has it either morning or before bed and rarely finishes the bottle now he has it in a MAM toddler cup with a hard spout. He'll wean himself off eventually, if it helps him settle back off to sleep keep giving it I'd say, don't stress yourself.
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Update - he did eventually go off to sleep after 4.5 hours! And slept 5.30am-8am which I will take as a small win!😂 I am tired!!