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October 2011 Moms
aliciaroset
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*winebaby*
aliciaroset
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thanks for chiming in about night weaning. could you tell me how you did it? I'd love to hear your story. She is nursing more at night than the day sometimes and it's really killing my back, but she just didn't seem ready when I tried saying no last month.
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Re: *winebaby*
thank you so much for typing out such a detailed and helpful response.
We've been on a tough road with sleep. Some days it's great but others are just terrible. I'm not sure if it's a nursing problem or a sleep problem, honestly!
I tried not nursing her last nght when she'd woken up 1.5 hours after her last wakeup (she went down, slept 4 hours, nursed, fell back asleep, and then woke up again 1.5 hours later) and it didn't go well. After 35 or so minutes of her just not being able to fall asleep I gave up and nursed her, but she woke again an hour or so later
(sadly this isn't unusual)
We are going to try putting her to sleep really late as another poster suggested to see if we can get her to stretch out those 4 hours into a few more. I really like the idea of having hours like 10-3. I saw another method that said 11-6 but I'd like to start with less time and work our way up.
I also wonder if part of it is anxiety from being separated from me
She won't have anything to do with DH. As in gets totally hysterical.
She has just started taking WCM and I ended up giving her a couple oz of it two nights ago because I'm on my period and my supply is way low. That plus rocking plus the breast got her back down, but it again only lasted a couple hours
So we're trying a 9:30 bedtime tonight to see how it goes. Thanks again and I'll update you! I really appreciate hearing your story. It makes me less afraid.