Night weaning - need help
Barbara83
member
Hi Ladies,
I’ve posted before about this but the issue has not gotten any better so I’m
back for some advice.
My DD is almost 15 months old and while we have weaned from bf during the day
the night feedings are still occurring anywhere between 4-8 times/night. We’re
all exhausted. She awakens, sits up and cries. I’ve tried putting her back down
without nursing but she just cries until she’s hysterical. During these night
wakings she won’t take a pacifier, bottle or cup with water, milk, breastmilk.
I’ve tried them cold and warming them. Nothing seems to work. She just wants
the breast. My supply has really tanked after she turned 1 and I know she is
not getting much. She has enough to eat and drink during the day so I don’t think
she should be getting up so often hungry/thirsty. I think it’s mostly out of
habit and that is her association to sleep. I get so tired and frustrated I end
up just nursing her to get her to fall back asleep. I’ve tried to let her cry
it out a few times but every time, not even 5 min into it, she gets so
hysterical and poops herself or vomits. She doesn’t calm down for my DH either;
she just wants me. To make matters worse, her teeth have punctured my left
nipple so that there is a chunk of flesh missing and everytime she nurses her
teeth get into that wound and it is extremely painful. Any suggestions?
Re: Night weaning - need help
**DD1 - 7/9/98**
**DS - 11/9/00**
**DD2 - 4/30/13**
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
I nurse her in a rocking chair then do bath and storytime before I put her down. She used to take a pacifier and fall asleep relatively fast with my rubbing her back and making a shhhh sound. I was hoping that by not nursing her to sleep it would set the tone for the rest of the night and she'd learn that she can fall asleep without needing to nurse but that never happened. I was using this system of not nursing her to sleep for about a month but about a week ago she won't go to sleep unless she nurses. She won't take a pacifier now either, just wants to nurse. I feel like we're moving backwards instead of forwards. Perhaps it's because my supply has really diminished.