15 month old still waking up 6/7 times every night

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My 15 month old DD is still waking up 6/7 times every night. This is usually for seemingly no reason but she wants breast milk to go back to sleep and then usually settles quickly. We co-sleep and have tried my husband staying with her so milk is not available, she still wakes up as many times but it just takes longer to settle her so we get even less sleep.

I'm exhausted and at my wits end, I would like to stop breast feeding all together but I feel like whilst she is still waking up so often it's impossible. I also can't really leave her overnight with anyone else because of this so I can't get a much needed break!

Anyone have a similar experience? Thanks

How long did you try your husband staying with her for? Because I’d say it needs to be at least several nights in order to effectively night wean

There comes a point with night wake ups when you decide enoughs enough. Some reach this at 6 months, others age 4. And you sleep train. That’s not leaving baby to cry, but offering water, soothing etc, but no more milk. Firmly. As you’re BFing, your husband should help out loads with this. It feels awful the first few nights as your baby cries, but frame it as you’re teaching them to have a 12 hour sleep, which is brilliant for them longer term. They need your help to learn that skill though, then you’ll all be much happier. I learnt this the hard way by baby 3 & 4!

Unfortunately babies get into a routine and yours is nursing to settle. At some point they need to learn to settle themselves. Read up on sleep training, there are different techniques and ways to do it, a gentle approach was what we did, soothing but not feeding or picking up. Then leaving it longer between coming to them to settle. It takes time but after a few consistent nights you should all be sleeping.