My LO had 4 bottles last night

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So my 18 month old is a very active boy. Hes partially breastfed (although we are currently weaning him off). The real problem begins at night. He goes to bed just fine. His bedtime window is around 7 to 8.30. He sleeps for about 3 or 4
hours and then he wakes once to have a bottle of milk and then he sleeps and there begins my nightmare.
Last night he had a total of 4 bottles (his fourth was at 8 am) till he finally awoke.

Tell me this ISNT normal!!!!

I’m at my wits end.

I’ve tried getting him used to having water. He has a few sips and then cries for milk until he gets what he wants.

I can’t let him cry it out because he will rile himself up so much so it’s not an option.

Suggestions please?

Unless he has a medical condition or is being starved during the day he won't need the food. It will be a combination of comfort and habit.

The only option is to get rid of the milk (break the habit) and offer alternative comfort. But you say you don't want to do that, so.....carry on as you are, he will eventually grow out of it.

My daughter is bf and feeds that often and she is older. Are his molars coming in? Is he eating 3 meals and 3 snacks a day?

My baby was the exact same and we had to wean him off it - we just offered water. There were a couple of awful nights where he cried and I had to rock him to sleep but then he slept through so it was worth it

DD was breastfed but I stopped night feeds at about a year. What helped was drawing out the length of time between feeds, so at first if she woke after just two hours we would resettle her in other ways without milk, then three hours, then four, then eventually she just slept through. There was some crying and annoyance but one of us was always with her and comforting her, so I was fine with that. I wouldn't ever leave alone to cry, but being with them while they are crying I felt comfortable with.

There probably will be a few rough nights and tears, good idea to do it over a weekend (maybe Easter weekend if you and partner are off work?) so you can take it in turns to catch up on sleep!

I’m gonna try all your suggestions

Yes he has three meals

Yes, his canines are coming in he’s already cut one. They’re supposed to be painful I’ve heard

What happens if you just don’t give it to him and just settle him back to sleep?

I agree it is most likely a habit wakeup.

My 8 month old has a bottle at 7, a small dream feed at 11 and then a small one with her breakfast.
There are nights she wakes a few times but I don’t make her a bottle just because she wakes up.

Ours are usually having a growth spurts when they have extra feeds.

All of mine had a weetabix before milk at bedtime.
Stopped bf during the night with ds at 9 months when he wanted a mouthful of milk about 6 times a night. Felt like a torture session of sleep deprivation..
Slept through on night 3...

How long has it been going on? Could it be a growth spurt?