Is it normal for a 16 month old to wake up crying for milk multiple times a night? Occasionally my mom will watch my daughter overnight and has had a really bad habit of giving my daughter milk anytime she wakes up in the middle of the night or using milk to get her to fall asleep. It’s been a few weeks of this to my knowledge and lately she’s been waking up numerous times crying for milk and it’s impossible to get her back to bed and for her to stay asleep without giving her milk. How can I break this habit?
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My kids and my grands did this is usually passes after a while
My daughter woke up until she was like 3
Just break it your’e the mother
I slowly changed the milk for water. And eventually my son stopped waking up at night to ask for his bottle.
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We’d have a snack after “dinner” or bath and then bottle right before bed to help keep my kiddo full throughout the night. But also your mom has to stop doing it as well or nothing will work for you 
you got this mama!
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I try to avoid doing anything 3 times in a row. I say a thing that after 3 times it becomes a habit for a baby. I would try rocking to sleep with a binkey instead of a bottle. My little is 14 months and rarely wakes up for a bottle in the middle of the night. I rock her back to sleep and if she doesn’t go back to sleep we are up for a few hours and I give her a bottle.
Sounds like a sleep regression.
I’d say talk to your ped and figure out together my kiddos have never slept through the night before 2, breast, whole milk, or formula it’s still food and fuel for them so if they are hungry they’re hungry. Once you find out what works and is safe for you set that boundary with grandma.
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Just give her water she’ll soon stop waking up for it then , they don’t need a bottle at night at that age its not needed it habit try give a bigger tea before bed but nothing heavy
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My toddler woke up for a snack a couple times a night until she was 2. She’s 3 now and still occasionally wakes up wanting something to eat. We’ve tried feeding her really well before bed but nothing helped. We’d just feed her and go back to sleep as I didn’t want her to be hungry & there was nothing else that worked
it’s normal. let her have the milk. eventually it will turn into water
Definitely try a bigger last bottle of the night. That might help. But make sure you make your mom fully understand this is an issue and she cannot do that
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Maybe a snack before bed with a cup of milk it sounds like she’s hungry
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My two yr old still wakes up once a night for milk
My boys were over 6 years old before they stopped taking a sippy cup of milk during the night
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No.Definitely water if that
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If they’re hungry they’re hungry my boy is 14 months and wakes multiple times through the night for a bottle still
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Bottles after a year not necessary. Should be fully using a sippy cup.
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Sippy with water. They will quit taking it.
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Naughty grandma. When grandma’s don’t follow the rules the child gets very confused when they go home
Tell your mum to respect your wishes not to give her milk…
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Kobi Maya shouldn’t be having a bottle at 16 months
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She wakes up and you reward her by giving her a bottle or milk. If this is ok with you and you don’t mind getting up then it’s OK I guess. I would not want this. I was a working mother, tired.
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My daughter still wakes up for milk and she’s 3
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She needs to be fed well before bedtime so she doesn’t wake up hungry. Your mother not supporting it isn’t going to help the situation either.
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If you keep giving it to them- they’ll keep waking for it 
Increase daytime calories and give a good snack and drink before bed instead.