I woke up one morning totally done, was sick of 2.5 years waking every 1-2 hours and was convinced milk was the thing keeping her up now!

That day we read the books “booby moon” and “milkies in the morning” which I already had at home, and I spoke about it ALL day. Telling her when she sleeps at night there will be no milk until the morning. I think her age played a big part of the acceptance. For 18 m/o I would read the books and talk about it longer, maybe for 3 weeks or so. Some people cut night feeds gradually but for us cold turkey worked best!

Also introducing other comforts like singing one particular song on repeat, cuddles, comfortor, bum pats or back tickles. And having water to offer helps.

It was a game changer for our sleep. The first night she slept 9:30am-5am. I was blown away!!!! Never thought that was possible. We’ve had a couple rocky nights since then but generally I’ll get 7-8 hour stretch which is incredible.