Habitual night feeder advice

[Hanz88]

My 7.5 month old is a habitual night feeder. She has her bedtime bottle (7/8oz) about 6pm and is normally asleep just after 7. She is then waking between half 10 and half 11 for milk and again between half 1 and half 2. Sometimes she wakes a third time too between 5 and half 5. Each time she cries and screams for milk and I've got into a bad habit of eventually giving in so as not to wake my husband. She has slept through the night 3 times so i know she can do it and isn't hungry.
I'm currently weaning her off bf, she only has boob her first and second feed and in the night.
Any advice on how to break or at least reduce this habit? I've tried offering water and occasionally can trick her for a few seconds. I'm now thinking about getting dh to always respond to first wake offering water to see if that has any effect.
Tips appreciated. TIA

If you really want to stop, you are going to have to do it quickly and go cold turkey, or try and sneak it up on her, but it will take much longer.

For the gradual approach, I would start by cutting down on the 10 pm feed. Offer 2oz less every few days until she is just on 2 oz, then just don't offer. She will probably wake at midnight and gulp down a big feed. Then if she wakes at 5, try spinning her along until 6 and then starting the day early (you can claw that back later). After she has gone 7pm 12 ish 6 ish for a week, start cutting back on the midnight feed. Offer less every couple of days. Then when that one is eliminated, inch the morning one later. The trick is to not feed even if she wakes up, because it is her stomach clock waking her. If you can reset the stomach clock, she will eventually sleep through or just stir and resettle herself. Don't go too fast or she won't be able to stick with it

Thanks SeatoSki. She is still breastfed in the night atm, as i am in the process of transitioning to just bottles. Presumably I do as you have suggested just allowing less time every few days?

You could, or you could transition the night feeds first. It might be easier for dh to do it so that dd cant smell your breast milk. See if he will start with the 10 ish feed, and if she doesnt take much it works into your plan

That's a good idea. Will give that a go from tonight fingers crossed thank you!

How did it go?

I would do a gradual withdrawal. For example I would gradually dilute the milk little by littl until it is water. and then gradually reduce the quantity. Be sure you are not letting her suckle to sleep as that is teaching her she needs to feed herself to sleep. All babies partially wake several times a night. She has learned to bottle is the way to get off again. Sorry just seen you are BF in the night. It is however the same message, its how she perceives her soothing routine. If she settles for a nap in the day without a feed and at bedtime you will be halfway home. The nights will then sort themselves to I would attack the day naps