My daughter will be 1 in 2 days. We’ve weaned off of the breast except for when she wakes in the middle of the night. Sometimes she will wake only once between 3-5am. Any suggestions for this?
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Awww man mama…been there and its tough. For me, I just finally had to stick to my guns. I did prep her ahead of time and we talked about how she was getting older. But really it took a couple of weeks of telling her no when she wanted it, she would cry (hard) for 10mins max then roll over and go back to sleep. After a couple weeks she stopped waking in the middle of the night (you’ll get there and the rest of this will feel so worth it!)
My other suggestion, if possible…can your spouse take over bedtime? Mine didn’t seem nearly as bothered by not having it, if it wasn’t actually there in the 1st place. The refusal makes it harder.
Good luck! 
Edit to add: I think mine was about 18mos when we went through this. Not an easy task but I think it gets a little easier as they get a bit older.
I had to find other ways to comfort my child.
So it was a lot of rocking, patting/rubbing his back, singing, and have a water bottle available.