What am I getting wrong with 7 month old sleep?

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7 month old is exclusively breast fed. He's also started solids and eats two meals a day at the moment.

He naps for between 2-3 hours a day spread across two or three naps, depending on the day.

He can also self settle when going down for naps and his first sleep of the night - and will do it now with fairly minimal crying.

However, in the night he'll wake every 2-3 hours throughout the night - and will not settle for anything but milk.

I've tried leaving him and he screamed for nearly an hour, but my husband seems to think he can't self settle.

I just don't understand how I break the milk habit in the middle of the night!

You don't. It's biologically normal for babies to wake at night for milk until at least 12 months but often some wake until much older. Your baby will naturally start to sleep longer periods as they grow.

Don't try to fight it, it's a waste of energy. Instead focus on how you can get more sleep - go to bed early, get naps with the baby in the day, get DH to take the baby in the mornings at weekends so you can lay in.

It's a phase, and it'll pass.

Exactly this 👏🏼