August 2012 Moms

I created a monster...

and now I need to fix it!

So here's the long story....and hoping that I can get your opinions on it.  DD has always been a crummy sleeper but just over a month ago she started waking every hour at night.  I was working FT and after two weeks of this, I needed to get some sleep. What ended up happening was I would just comfort nurse her because it put her back to sleep.  Comfort nursing turned into nursing her in bed.....

Fast forward to now (about 5 weeks later).  DD sleeps for 1 hour in her pack n play that is right next to our bed.  She wakes up and wants to come in bed to sleep/comfort nurse at her leisure.  I was letting her do it because, again, I needed to function for a full day's work.  I am well aware that I created this monster, but mommy doesn't want to do this forever!

Any advice for how to wean her off this?  I should mention, she does her daytime naps in her crib in her own room but she has yet to spend the night there.  Do I start by refusing to nurse her but still let her sleep in my room?  Do I try and transition her to nighttime in her own crib but still wake up every hour and nurse her back to sleep if that's what it takes?  Do I just go cold turkey and put her in her crib along with a CIO (with 5 minute checkins of course).

Help!

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