stopping night feeds

[beforesunrise]

hello everyone, i will have to be brief as got to go make breakfast!

dd2 is 8 months and i am stopping bfeeding. we are down to first thing in the morning and 2-3 times in the night. i want to cut out the night feeds, because i am shattered and i think she doesn't need them need them... question is... do i replace with a bottle, say at 11pm, and then ride out the rest of the nightwakings, or do i go coldturkey no milk from 7 till 6? the latter seems harsh... but otoh i don't want to introduce night bottles at this stage, that sounds daft, cos i will have to phase them out too...

did anyone stop nightfeeds? how? at what age?

thank you!

I stopped night feeds at 9 months.
They were actually the first feeds to go in our case.
I didn't replace them with a bottle because, like you, I thought they were no longer necessary.
I stopped them cold turkey and simply offered a nappy change, a drink of water and a cuddle.
DD cried for a couple of nights and then simply stopped expecting feeds, though it didn't stop her waking up.
It really wasn't as hard as I'd feared, which demonstrated that they hadn't been necessary after all.
However, if she woke at 4:00am or after, I thought she probably was hungry so I'd give a feed to help her make it through to breakfast time. She never seemed confused by the two patterns.
I intend to do the same with DS when the time comes.

I think DD was about 8/9 mths when weshe stopped night feeds. She only used to wake for 2-3oz (she was bf till about 7 mths). First I gave it her room temp, so no need to heat in middle of the night but then just switched it for water. She soon realised it wasn't worth waking for.

Has always eaten a hearty breakfast since