Finally weaning... but she always nurses to sleep, help!

hsal · May 2012

With the 1 year mark approaching, we are thinking about weaning! We still nurse in the am and at night everyday, plus I nurse during the day when I'm not at work (maybe 1 or 2 times a week).

I'd like to cut out the night time feeding and just try to keep the morning one. Anyone else try/accomplish this? Any advice? Will keeping the one feeding make it harder to transition or would it be better to wean entirely?

Thanks ladies!

kas80 · May 2012

You would have to teach your LO to put themselves to sleep, which will likely involve some form of sleep training to do so.

DaisyJanie · May 2012

I'm probably going to leave the night feeding as the last feeding to drop. But Isaac has stopped falling asleep while nursing most nights, I think it helped that I started waiting to put his sleep sack on until after nursing. This woke him up just enough so that he had to fall asleep on his own.

MrsCodeMonkey · May 2012

I read somewhere that the before bed feeding is the toughest to drop. That will be my last one to drop once I start weaning. I do agree that you might need to do some sleep training to break the nursing to sleep association. Good luck!