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Night weaning/bedsharing help

lgleyzelgleyze member
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DD and I bed share, just because that's the only way I ever got any sleep. Went great for a while, now she's waking 4-6 times a night to comfort nurse. I really don't mind to wake up and do this 1-2x a night like we were doing, but it's getting to where I'm so tired during the day, it's painful, and I have no motivation to do anything. I tried to let her CIO at 5 months (she's almost 7.5 now) and it just wasn't something I could handle- she woke every hour and cried for 30 mins and after two nights I gave up. I really don't mind her sleeping with me either because DH works nights. So here is my question, how do you night wean when you bed share? I usually try to get her back to sleep by singing to her or patting her on the butt and sometimes that works, but most of the time she wails until she gets the boob and I'm so tired I give in. If I cut her off cold turkey and not let her have it at all at night I'm wondering if she'll eventually stop waking so many times for it (so I'd technically be letting her cry it out, but I'd be there comforting her the whole time, and I don't know if this would be successful or not.) If anyone has any advice that worked for them I'd really appreciate it! Also, I just want to add that I don't ever let her fall asleep nursing during the day and she does great with this, so I'm not sure why it's different at night. TIA
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Re: Night weaning/bedsharing help

  • =Lee=B=Lee=B member

    This will be of no help but I do notice that when bedsharing my 6month old wakes a lot more often to nurse then when she is in her crib.  In the crib she often goes 3-4hr stretches...in the bed it is more like every 2hrs.  I think it's just that she stirs from a light sleep cycle and knows the boob is there.  I can give her the soother...but in my sleepy brain state I don't think of it until after the boob is in her mouth!

    Is she able to feed without keeping you up?  I side-lie and frankly I am rarely awake more than a minute when she eats...at some point she finishes and sleeps until she wakes me looking for it a few hours later.

     

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  • lgleyzelgleyze member
    edited September 2013

    Thanks for replying! DD has never liked a pacifier, unfortunately! I've tried to force it upon her when she wakes at night in hopes that she'll settle for it instead of me, but no luck. And I usually can sleep thru her actually eating, but when she comfort nurses, and does that flutter tongue thing, I can't.

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  • susanne92375susanne92375 member
    My DS sleeps in his crib from 7:30pm until 2am. Then like clockwork, he wakes for the boob.  Once he finishes BF-ing, I try and put him back down in his crib, but he won't have it.  So unfortunately, I bring him into bed with us because I'm just too tired to fight with him to sleep in his crib. I also need some advice on how to stop bed sharing. 
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