night weaning

bumpuser3155624

Last week at LO's 6 mo appy(she's actually 7 months,we got off our schedule our pedi said that she should be STTN by now and not having night feeds. To me that seems too early for dropping all night feeds esp how she said to do it. (Just elimimate one a night and have her CIO). DH was all on board because we are both tired. I want to find a better way or get backing that I'm not crazy thay neither needs to be done at 7months....

Of course if am wrong please lete know too!

LBeez13

My LO is 6.5 months and I've been trying to night wean and my pedi also said to allow some CIO method. I'm not really comfortable with CIO so I let my hubby try and soothe him back to bed and if he can't be soothed then I will eventually give in. It is a little selfish but I'm trying to wean for my own sanity since I need some sleep to function at work. I figure he will sleep all night when he is ready but I am trying a few things here and there to see if I can help him along. I would say only do what you and your DH are comfortable with.

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bumpuser3155624

Thanks ladies! I will try looking at kellymom at work tomorrow. I had searched via mobile prior to posting but didn't find anything.

MRoxy0628

JandACoffee said:

My pedi who is very bfing friendly said a lot of babies need night feedings through a year old. Could they go through the night without eating? Sure. But I never go 10-12 hours without eating and I was not going to force DD to before a year old. She will be 13 months next week and is still eating twice a night usually. Pedi said her kids stopped on their own around 13-14 months. My sister and a friend of mine said their LOs did also. DD has never been a good sleeper to begin with though and she gets up more times than just for her feedings still so I'm not convinced night weaning would do us much good. DH was formula fed and apparently didn't STTN till 18 months. I'm afraid DD takes after him...

STUCK:
Thank you for sharing this.  My LO is quite a bit older than OP's, but still wakes a few times a night (we also bed share).  Anyway, it's nice to hear that it may not just be because she is BF. 

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benmichele

At 7mo we consistently had a 2am and 4am feeding. I dropped just the 2am at 7mo by letting him cry. I gave myself a 10min time limit and he fell asleep on his own in maybe 5min. After three nights he started sleeping through that feeding (usually, we still had off nights - teeth, travel, cold...). I don't know what I would have done if he kept crying, but it's worth a try. Trying to go in and soothe him always escalated the crying and I would end up nursing. We kept the 4am feeding until 1 yr (which took a bit more crying, and several more nights). 

camedowncrushing

Ehhh....I think night weaning is a parenting choice, and you need to do what is best for you.  My pedi had told me at DD1's 9 month appt that based on her weight she didn't *need* to eat in the middle of the night, but that it would be hard to night wean her...harder for me than it was for DD.  I ended up waiting until she was 13 months.  Just do what you think is best for your family! 

linzeek44

I think it depends on you, your child, and what kind of sleep you want/need. We didn't feel comfortable with a CIO approach and we waited until we were absolutely sure that he didn't need to eat. In our case, we night weaned beginning at 14 months. I sent DH in to handle each wake up by sitting in his room (and in some cases sleeping on the recliner in his room next to his crib, rocking, telling him he is safe). Many people I know said it took a week. For us it took 6 weeks for him to sleep well.

AngelKT

You don't have to night wean and do CIO because your pedi told you to. With my son, he night-fed until he was well over a year old, and then one day he just stopped on his own. I think we've become a generation so focused with having to CONTROL everything. He's a baby, he's on his own timetable. When he can STTN, he will.