Please help me to get baby to sleep in her cot

[Bambamboo]

Hi all, I'm really struggling! My baby is 18months and breastfed to sleep and has always slept in my bed with me, always with milk till she falls asleep, but I'm drained as she still wakes up 6 times a night wanting milk but she's using me as a dummy and not getting milk, she doesn't have a dummy as wouldn't use it.
So I'm really wanting to put her in her cot to go to sleep but she screams and screams. I left her in there for 2.5 hours (checking Every 15 mins) but she didn't stop till I took her out. Really don't no what else to do. I want to try and stop breastfeeding her as she doesn't have any in the day and can't carry on with no sleep plus I have to go to bed when she does cos I don't want her falling out of bed if I'm not there, so does anyone have any tips or ways I can do it, feel like the worst mother when she crys like that and feel like all my neighbours are getting peed off with it too xx

Could your partner cosleep with her for a week or two?

The idea being that you first night wean (you could use the time to stop breastfeeding altogether if you wanted to) and then once night weaned work on more independant sleeping.

She's simply not going to be independent sleeping after this long feeding to sleep unless you first stop feeding to sleep. So focus on that but keep the co sleeping initially. But this needs to be with someone who had no breast milk, definately not you. Just until the worst of it is over.

I would introduce a comforter toy/blanket and get DP to cuddle and snuggle up to her with the comforter. It will no doubt be hard, but at least he's right there cuddling in bed with her.

Then once night weaned, I'd move her to a cot via a sidecar cot attached to your bed initially.

I'm a single mum x

Hi. I've gone with feeding my DD ( now 2yo) to sleep but putting her in her cot once she's asleep.

I still take her to my bed if I'm tired and she's either not settling at bedtime or wakes up a lot later on.

She seems to be gradually spending less time in my bed...

I do have DH though who can get her to go to sleep by herself in the cot for naps/ bedtime when I'm out. It's like when she knows im home she's holding out for the milk and cuddles!

My 2 older dc both just gradually stopped waking for milk so I'm hoping she does too 😄