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I give mine milk because he usually asks for it along with a snuggle. The way I see it is that he's just thirsty and I'm giving him a drink and sending him back to bed

Are you still breastfeeding or do you give whole milk? And out of a straw cup or bottle? When we started weaning off the bottle at bedtime and morning time (offering the same milk in a straw cup) she stopped expecting milk at nighttime too. At first we brought it up there in case she was inconsolable but honestly the transition was pretty smooth. We just offer snuggles and a rock back to sleep. Honestly once we got rid of the milk she started sleeping though the night pretty consistently around 12-13 months! Good luck mama!

@Katie oh really! She still has it in a bottle I think it’s time to give her the sippy cup for sure! Did you start giving the milk in the sippy cup in the day first? Xxxx

I've made sure to stop the night feeds, but if my little one is actually hungry I will make them a snack like maybe a chopped strawberry and a little banana, or if it's an energy thing I'll let him play for an hour at most and then get him back to sleeping in his crib. It's not a habit for him, just what life pops up every now and then. And these wake windows are about 2:30 - 4 am

Yes! We started water in a straw cup at meal times and worked our way into milk during the day in straw cups during the day too for all day feedings. Morning and night were a bit more difficult so we did them at different times. Nighttime I started offering a straw cup through her bedtime routine (reading and bath) then gave a small bottle to rock her to sleep. Eventually taking away the bottle. In the morning we just did cold turkey with offering a straw cup of milk right away when she wakes up instead of a bottle and we still do this. We loved the olababy straw cup! It does spill if it tips but it was relatively easy for our girl to figure out how to use.

Sometimes I can rub my baby back for a couple minutes and she goes down. Sometimes I just sit with her but usually I nurse back to sleep

Just a note incog, go for a soft sippy of you are going to use a sippy at all. Hard sippy cups are bad for oral development

Usually I can settle him with cuddles or I’ll just lay next to him and ‘ignore’ him. Very rarely do those not work