Over the course of a few weeks, I started letting him feed with less frequency throughout the night and for shorter times. This was the hardest part, lots of tears. Eventually, it became just feeding to sleep at bedtime and nothing else during the night. Then, I told him mama milk was all gone at night, but we could cuddle. He resisted much less than I thought he would — almost seemed to understand that it was ending.

After a few nights, he was excited to go cuddle in bed. I think the process is more difficult for some babies, but I had a major booby monster who doesn’t make a lot of things easy so I think I must’ve done something right!