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Rough night with DS b/c of night-weaning :(

bliss611bliss611 member
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We're on phase 2 of dr grayson's method of night weaning (bottle-fed baby). Well a modified version since we should have been on phase 3 last night but DS was the worst last night - crying, sitting up in bed and pointing to my dresser (where his bottle used to sit). So, we continued phase 2 and I rocked him, and cuddled and hugged him to soothe. It worked but he was up 5 times - I felt so sad about it.

Just a vent I guess because I know we have to do this and I'm sure he's ready. It's just so hard and it was so sad a couple of times. I gave in about 20 mins before our "ok to start feeding" time.

Hoping tonight is better...

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Re: Rough night with DS b/c of night-weaning :(

  • Joey AmandaJoey Amanda member
    hugs!! such a hard thing!!

    We just started weaning/sleep training last week and its already SO much better! Those first few nights are rough though!  It will be worth it in the end... and don't feel back about giving in ... you know your child and what they need trust your instincts!
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  • sacey21sacey21
    I'm about to start night weaning and I am totally dreading it! DD is not going to give up nursing through the night easily (we bedshare). Good luck! Oh and what is DR Grayson's method? I've never heard of him. Is there a website?
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  • WiggleBabyWiggleBaby

    GOOD LUCK!  any type of night weaning is not easy, no matter what age.  it does take a few nights to get better, but it will!

    not sure if this would help, but we used a nightlight on a timer.  so when the light turned on, she knew she could have milk again.  then gradually the light turned on later and later.  it was a good visual cue for her, and i felt like it helped calm her down a bit cuz it wasn't some arbitrary "wait till later" thing cuz she has no concept of time.

     hope your nights get better soon!

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  • bliss611bliss611 member

    Thanks for the suppotive commetns ladies - we're making our way through it. Sat night he slept through the night - it was great! But last night it was back to being up a few times.

    Sacey - Sorry - meant Dr Gordon. I worked off this link someone posted up on another board. It's nice to get this info from a attachment parenting Dr. https://drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.html

    Wigglebaby  -how old was your LO when you used the timer/light system? I'm not sure DS is old enough to grasp that - esp when he isn't fully awake.

    btw - I found bedsharing made this process easier. I don't feel like I was just letting DS deal with the milk denial. He is being held, cuddled, soothed in other ways. And it was easier on us because in a few cases, we caught him as he started to wake up and started patting him down a bit and he fell asleep without actually crying for a bottle.

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