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Night weaning a 10 month old who still wakes to feed

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StPeterPort · 03/09/2026 09:03

My 10 month old is still up multiple times in the night to feed - he’s always been a bad sleeper. He catnaps in the day most days even though I try to stick to a loose schedule and has only done a really long stretch a few times in his life. I’m so tired!

I go back to work soon and really want him sleeping better at night… i’ve co slept from a few weeks old and to be honest, it’s saved me because I couldn’t have been up that many times with him without it!

He feeds to sleep most of the time, so I’m convinced through the night it’s a comfort thing. He takes a bottle although unreliably. He’s a great eater so I really don’t think it’s hunger but obviously could be wrong as he is a big boy.

Is it better for me to do the nights with him when night weaning or I’ve heard it’s better for my husband to do the night because then he can’t smell me?

Looking for any tips or success stories with similar babies because I have no idea what I’m doing and I’m scared that after night weaning he will still be up and expect to be rocked or held back to sleep because I’d rather just keep cosleeping 😳

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maggisimpson · 03/09/2026 17:14

If the only way he knows how to fall asleep is feeding, then he is going to continue needing that when he stirs in the night.
You need to give him some ways to sleep without feeding.

First work on self-settling at bedtime and nap times and then you can wean in the night.

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