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Nightweaning=VERY restless sleep...anyone else??

pghwedding10/08pghwedding10/08 member
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We are in the process of very gently trying to nightwean DS.  I am following the Gordon method and have only been at it for 3 nights.  The biggest problem we are having is that during the 7 hour window where we only nurse for a few seconds and then pat/shush to sleep....DS will fall asleep without nursing after 5-20 minutes of fussing, but it is VERY restless sleep.  He basically tosses, turns, and flips around until the next full wake up where he nurses again for a few mins.  Then repeats the process until I basically have not slept from 12-4 and cave an hour early just to get some sleep for myself.  So, it seems as if DS can put himself back to sleep without nursing-but it is a very light sleep.  Anyone else experience this??  Thoughts??  Suggestions??
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Re: Nightweaning=VERY restless sleep...anyone else??

  • wheelsonthebuswheelsonthebus member
    I feel your pain. We have done this with DS so many times. I found that on that after a few nights, DS started to catch on. That restless sleep is the worst.

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  • Kelly-reneeKelly-renee
    Do you bedshare?  I've found that when I have DD curled next to me she always goes for the milk, even when asleep.  I give her to DH when that happens and they both happily go into a deep sleep for several hours.  I know our Lo's are at very different ages though, just wondering if you could have your DH curl around him instead.
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  • webMistress0609webMistress0609 member

    We just nightweaned a few weeks ago after many, many, many unsuccessful attempts.

    Ari was restless & still would ask to nurse a lot for the first 3 nights or so, but he's been doing better since then. Now he's sleeping until 5 most nights w/o waking at all. He has had a couple of instances of waking up kinda freaking out the last few nights, but he goes right back to sleep once I say "mommy's here, it's ok" so I think he's just having nightmares.

    We're still bedsharing too.  

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