Sleep help 😩😴

Have you tried water or juice so you can leave it in the room for him to drink when he wakes and put self back to sleep?

Sounds like he has a milk association to get himself back off to sleep. Like Brooklyn said about water or… you can go cold turkey and have a couple of maybe difficult nights but he really doesn’t need it. We went cold turkey with my son and we only had one night, after that he got it and slept through. It can take a couple of weeks maybe a bit longer to get used to the clocks changes. But it could also be his day time nap could be capped. I found with mine when he was taking a lot longer to settle at night time, one day I capped his nap at an hour and he went down easier at bed time. I just know one day this nap will be over 😅😩

Same here

My LO has only just started to sleep through, he’s just turned 2. If he wakes we give him milk as I’m heavily pregnant and can’t fight the tantrum anymore. But he saw a massive difference when we started to give him a magnesium supplement for kids, was recommended by a health care professional to us. Lot less twitchy during his sleep and so much easier to go off to sleep and staying asleep. Can’t promise it works but could be worth a try. Up at 6-7am Nap for 1hr any time between 12:30 and 3pm ( normally around 1pm) will wake early if sleeping past 3pm. Bedtime 7:30 usually asleep by 8pm we do lay with him until he’s ready for us to leave or is asleep but we enjoy these uninterrupted snuggles while we can. The clock changed for us meant more of a 6am wake up than a 7am wake up but I’m taking the solid sleep and not moaning over that.

I would say quit cold turkey. I had to do it with my son when I quit night nursing at around 14 months. I spent a few rough nights laying with him and talking, singing, rubbing his back etc until he slept through the night completely and no more nursing at all. I do not agree with cry it out because it's not natural to me so I just lay down with him and stay there myself until he is asleep. Find what works for you but it sounds like you need to stop giving him milk. I left a non spill water bottle in there with him too and made sure he knew where it was and that he could find it if he needed it. And please do not give him juice, that sugar is not needed as well as bad for his teeth to sit in his mouth at night 🙏

@Becky I’ve heard about this! Do you mind me what supplement you give please? I have a two year old I’d like to try and see if it makes a difference x

My little one will be 2 next month and we are exactly the same, still waking in the night for a bottle of milk so I know how you’re feeling mama!

@Sophie mighty kids, tad expensive but worth it.

That sounds like you’re aiming for way too much sleep. Average sleep totals for 1-2 year olds are 11-14 hours and even with those early wakes you’re well within that range. He probably doesn’t have enough sleep pressure to stay asleep.

@Becky thank you!

Thanks everyone. I think I need to bite the bullet and go cold turkey with the nighttime milk 😩 will also have a look at the supplements.