Hi,

When my son was 8mos. old we did the Ferber Method. This is a method which you will leave your child on his own to fall asleep. It might take a while and patience to make this happen. You can google this kind of method for better understanding.

In my experience it took our son 1 week to be able to sleep on his own w/o the rocking or even pacifier the whole night. He woke up in the middle of the night and cried for several mins. but went back to sleep w/o milk. At the age when  we began this method our doctor said he can go straight 8-9hrs. w/o milk as long as he is well fed before bedtime. So when he woke up during the night we didn't give him milk. 1 week later, he sleeps through the night.

Now my son sleeps on his own alone in his bed from 8pm to 6:30am. He is almost 3.

Ask you doctor if this method is right for him.

Goodluck and hope this helps.