8 month old night feeding

Any other bottle fed babies still wanting lots of milk in the night? My little girl still wakes for milk twice a night every night. I do sometimes try and settle her with a cuddle but she cries as soon as I put her down and will only go back in to a deep sleep after a bottle. Just wondering how and when I should wean her off night time milk?

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Same boat here!!! My little one has started refusing her morning bottle too!

Milk is still their main source of nutrition until 12m so this is completely normal! Sounds like you're doing the right things to me 🙂

Keep giving the bottles until at least 12 months old

Mine is exactly the same, he'll be 9 months on the 23rd and still wakes for 2 feeds in the night. He did drop down to only 1 night feed, but that went out the window when he started cutting his top teeth. He woke for 2 feeds last night, but was up 13 times between 10 and 5 😴

Totally normal and unless they are drinking considerablely more than the recommended over 24 hours continue with their lead. Mine wakes once or twice a night for milk, he is a unit and I have reduced his night bottles to 4oz as he doesnt need much to resettle him

Thanks everyone. Good to know others are in the same boat. We fell in to bad habits with my elder one and she’s still not a great sleeper at nearly 4 so want to try and do things differently this time!

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