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Night Weaning

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According to Kellymom, DD should night wean when she is ready. Well, she is almost a year old. I do not mind feeding her at night. That said, am I setting myself up for a toddler- then preschooler- for having milk at night? Any advice?
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Re: Night Weaning

  • SnoopyLuvSnoopyLuv member

    I let DH take over night time when I knew she didn't need to eat. I still nurse 1 time at night but it's early so I don't mind. I made him go in and rock her back to sleep. That helped a lot because then she didn't expect to nurse.

    I know Jay Gordon has an AP friendly night weaning method. Some moms use a sippy or bottle of water to pacify LO at night and then eventually they stop waking up.

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    DS started occassionally STTN, so I decided he was ready to night wean.  It just took a few nights of my mom (since I am staying with my parents right now) going in there when he woke up to settle him down.  He would only fuss a bit and then go back to sleep until morning.  When I tried to do it myself he practically attacked me and went crazy if I did not nurse him, so I definitely recommend having DH handle it if he can.  We actually just did it a couple of weeks ago, but I think he would have been ready earlier if I had attempted it.
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  • nosoup4unosoup4u member

    If you're okay with her nursing at night, then I wouldn't worry about it. You aren't setting yourself up for having a crappy sleeper in the future. DS1 was the world's worst sleeping baby pretty much ever, but he sleeps through the night 99% of the time now (he's 3.5). I night weaned him around 18-20 months, but it didn't make him stop waking during the night. He co-slept with us until a few months after night weaning, when he got his own bed, and *that* is what got him to start sleeping longer stretches. (We probably should have gotten him his own space earlier, but it was such a catch-22 at the time...when you're in it, you can never see the end!).

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    I know Jay Gordon has an AP friendly night weaning method. Some moms use a sippy or bottle of water to pacify LO at night and then eventually they stop waking up.

    We did the Jay Gordon method, pretty much, but he was old enough to understand language - and Gordon doesn't recommend doing it until at least 12 months. I agree that it's harder when the one with the boobs is doing it, but I think we'll probably try the same method with DS2. I think No-Cry Sleep Solution has ideas for night weaning, also!

    https://drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.html

    DS1 - Feb 2008

    DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)

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