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@bloved: We gave our son a bottle to sleep and in the middle of the night until he was probably 11 months and our pediatrician said to cut it out. So we started giving a sippy cup of water instead. He didnt even flinch. Try just switching from milk to water first, then switch to only at bedtime and not in the middle of the night.

I really liked the happy sleep habits healthy child book, some of it is geared to younger babies but some of the ideas worked well for any age (like really early bedtimes).

This advice definitely isn't right for everyone, but I have the philosophy that my child will come to expect whatever you establish as the norm for them. So you just have to establish a new normal. Once they figure out this is the new normal, they will adapt to it. There is a "breaking in" period, where it's not normal yet, and that's the hard part. But if you stick with it (and you have to stick with it for it to become "normal"!!) then it will work.

My advice is to just do it. Create the reality you want and act like it's normal. Your child will come to expect it.

My 1 year old knows when I put her in her sleep sack, turn out the light, and leave the room, that I won't be back until morning (7 AM to be exact). She hasn't made a peep in the middle of the night since she was 4.5 months old. She is usually awake by 6 AM but stays quiet in her crib until 7 because she knows that I don't respond to her. I know she's safe in her crib so unless she's sick or hurt, I won't go in her room from 7 PM- 7 AM.

@SteelerGirl: I agree with you. I was cosleeping against my will and we eventually trained her out of it and she slept with me in bed for the first time in a year or so last night.@bloved: can you let him cry it out before big brother goes to bed and maybe have dad walk him to the park or something? Or do it over the weekend and have the older one stay at grandparents house?

Gradual bottle weaning (a half ounce smaller each night until zero) worked great for us, both middle of the night and before bed (though not at the same time).

I have absolutely nothing productive to share other than from one fellow April 2016 mama to another-our baby is still in the pack and play in our bedroom, we still give him a bottle before bed, when he wakes up in the morning and before naps on the weekend, and when he does wake up in the middle of the night (sometimes sleeps straight through) I pick him up, put the binky in his mouth and bring him in our bed so yeah tons of bad habits over here. Honestly my husband and I have been talking about putting him in his crib since about 2 months old. That's a whole lot of talking and no action! Really what it comes down to is we want sleep but I know we have to make changes too! Ugh!