Who still MOTN nurses?

DCMerged

If yes, how frequently throughout the night? How is the sleep?

I'm at a loss. Think we are now going through the 9-month sleep regression. DS has not been a good sleeper since hitting the 4-month wakeful. We slowly eliminated all but one MOTN feeding and then did Ferber training at 7 months. Before that he was comfort nursing every 2 to 3 hours. Sleep training worked well for a couple weeks then it all went to hell again and we become even more inconsistent by going to him. I would like to continue to keep the one MOTN feeding. I hate listening to him cry (even if it is just complaining for us). I can't distinguish between hungry crying or just him wanting us to come to his room. I only did Ferber because I thought I could deal with crying if it was only for a week or less. I'm sure he is confused because I go in one time to nurse him but not for the other wakings.

He's waking every 3 to 4 hours now and I'm thinking about giving up on sleep training and just nursing him every time and see how the next couple months go. At least it will give him consistency. I guess if it gets even worse, I can always try again later.

yepyepsms

My son used to wake every 2-3 hours, and then we did sleep training which worked for a while, then regression. I had a simliar issue to yours that I had a hard time knowing for sure what was for food and what was for comfort. Normally I went in there like

tjkdlhb

DD wakes up 2-3 times a night.

This is fine with me for now....since I don't need to get up early and she just goes straight back to sleep.  When I go back to work in May I might have to look into weaning her.

cchill01

With DD#1, we MOTN nursed until she was 18 months old.  She would wake every 3-4 hours nurse and then go immediately back down.  It didn't really bother me, so we just went with it. I hated to hear her cry and man could she cry.

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DCMerged

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My son used to wake every 2-3 hours, and then we did sleep training which worked for a while, then regression. I had

ktpaladino

I did until my LO was about 10.5 months because of teething. Then we got a break from teeth coming in and we went back to his sleep training and he's been STTN ever since.

GromMom

 We just stopped 2  weeks ago, i started using a projector to distract him and he would fall back asleep on his own,  however i did Have to still nurse him when he was teething.     We are still co sleeping on a mattress on the

jess9802

I do, and will continue. DS is small - was in the 25th percentile for weight until his nine month checkup, when he dropped to the 11th. He's been dropping bottles in favor of solids, and he's really distractible when he nurses during the day. The night

JoannaR1381

DS wakes at least twice to nurse.  Goes back to sleep right after.  He was born at 36 weeks and is still small.  It doesn't really bother me and since he nurses for at least 15 minutes each time, I figure he's actually hungry.  I figur

cltk12

DS still nurses at night.  Last week, he went down to just 1x a night for a handful of nights, then the last few nights he's been waking 2x.  I nurse him, he eats for 10-15 mins and falls right back asleep.  He has had ear infe

alliecat1234

I do a dream feed at 10:30 PM - that way I know if he wakes up during the night it is not because of hunger, and I am not giving him the message that he gets food for crying.  It has worked for us since 6 months when we did the Sleep Lady Shuffle for

Starbear06

jess9802:

I do, and will continue. DS is small was in the 25th percentile for weight until his nine month checkup, when he dropped

shannm

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My son used to wake every 2-3 hours, and then we did sleep training which worked for a while, then regression. I had

Still free to be me

My DD still nurses at night.  I have no idea how often...we bedshare and I really don't pay that much attention.  It is easy for me to just let her latch on and then pop her off.  I would guess that she nurses twice a night...but really,

anonsouthernbell

2-4 depends on teething

DCMerged

Thanks for all the responses and advice. I had a change of heart last night and just decided to try and go with the flow again and listen to my baby instead of books that say they can go all night without eating at this point. Like you all pointed out, th

StephenW4

DD (9 1/2 mo) still wakes once or twice a night.  We asked the pediatrician about it and she said it could be b/c LO eats smaller amts throughout the day.  DD has always been satisfied with just one side when nursing - only occasionally will she

dosafyre

I follow baby's lead...and eventually they grow out of it. Right now, we nurse about three times through the night (co-sleeping). My first DD weaned around 15m from night feedings (she was eating solids well enough and it just wasn't needed anymore. Se