Night weaning cold turkey- any thoughts?

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For one reason and another, we are considering going cold turkey with my 9 month old's night feed. Does anyone have experience of this or words of wisdom? TIA.

All milk or just breast milk?

Be prepared for a lot of tears. Be RUTHLESSLY consistent. Decide your method and stick to it. Get their Dad to handle the wakes.

Sounds too young for such a radical and tough approach. This should be child led, not convenience led!!

Ignore this, some people are utterly clueless.

He's only bf. Refuses the bottle.

Thanks. This is super helpful.

Remember that denying them milk doesn't mean you need to deny comfort. You can pick them up, cuddle, sing, rock, soothe, whatever they need. You can still be just as loving and responsive as you've ever been, without breastfeeding.

My dd is 22 now (!) but as a baby she woke hourly every night for 9 months to feed/latch on.
I made my mind up that I would only feed her, say, 8 times (!) the first night, 7 times the next etc etc.
Within 2 weeks it was all done. I couldn't believe it.

Re my above post - I still comforted her just didn't feed her.

Thanks everyone. We're fully intending to cuddle him all night if necessary but just want to remove that last feed as it disrupts rather than helps his sleep

What's the night feed schedule right now?

We went cold turkey at 6 months, but were bottle feeding. The first night was tough but he got used to it quickly.

@1940s hit and miss. I never feed him before 2 whatever time he wakes. So basically he's fed once any time after 2.

Ok so dropping one feed doesn't sound too dramatic. But I'd only do this if baby was consuming lots of food and milk during the day. Baby might genuinely be hungry at 3/4am.
Definitely get Dad to help as the smell of your milk will be much harder to resist.

I night weaned at 14 months. Sent DH for a few nights until DD slept through, took 2/3 nights only. Continued to bf during the day. I found bf at night was encouraging DD to feed to sleep if she stirred rather than self settle.

This is the conclusion we've come to. Once he's been fed, he finds it really hard to settle again. But I think tonight will be really rough and I'm dreading it 😔