Sleep training

Hello ladies after some advice , my son is 7.5 months old now and fully formula fed and eating 2-3 meals a day as well as 4 bottles throughout the day.

I cannot complain as he sleeps 7pm- 2-3am when he wakes for a feed. I truly believe he is waking through habit not hunger. However I feed and put him back down.

Has anyone cut the night time bottle out and if so how? I’m returning to work soon and work shifts so really need to get some sleep!

Any advice welcome!

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My girl has turned 8 months and I cut her nighttime bottle around 6 months, when I realised it was habit not hunger I just stopped offering it! She woke about half 12 for it every night, I literally went cold turkey and the first few nights were rough and she was really fussy but I just kept comforting her till she went back off to sleep, I think she literally was fussy for about three days then she stopped waking up! I have no idea how you’re supposed to do it this was just off instinct x

We also cut out my girls night feed at about 6 months. We reduced the amount by 30ml every few days until it was down to 150ml and then stopped altogether. She didn't seem to mind at all and slept through. It was much easier than I thought it would be!

We have literally just done this and had two nights no feeds! I started by doing a 4oz bottle for two nights, then 3oz, 2oz, 1oz for two and the past two nights she has been fine, still wakes up but I put her a dummy in (which she has never taken too up until a week ago!) found it a lot easier than I thought it would be too! I didn’t want to stop if she was genuinely hungry but she seems to be ok at the moment and like you I wanted to have tried to wean before I go back to work! Hope it all goes ok for you! ❤️

Thank you for the reply ladies! I had all intentions of starting this last night but by chance he slept through for the first time ever! Could be a fluke so we’ll see how tonight goes xx

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