Did night weaning = STTN for you?

pmduggan01 · August 2014

Please share your experience with night weaning. Once completed, did your little one STTN?

What's going on here is that DS still wakes at least once a night (sometimes twice) and wants to nurse to go back to sleep. He sleeps in his crib in his nursery. We've tried sleep training the past, but it lasts temporarily until he either gets sick, we travel, he gets a new tooth, or some other change. Now if he cries for more than a couple of minutes in the crib, he vomits. So leaving him in his crib to CIO isn't for us.

I'm wondering if I can get this kid night weaned (probably by having my husband take over night duties), if he'll no longer have a reason to wake during the night. Thoughts?

Melody330 · August 2014

How old is your LO?

Around 6 months we started to gently wean some night feedings. DS use to STTN 7:30 - 6:00 but started waking three/four times. If it's before 1 DH goes in to calm him. Sometimes that means patting his back, flipping him on his belly, or rocking him. If he's crying for more than a few minutes I come to feed him.

After about a week DS wakes up only once around 4/4:30 and then sleeps until 7:30.

Tl;dr - gently weaning down to one feeding gave him a much better quality of sleep but he still wakes once

pmduggan01 · August 2014

Thanks for the replies. DS is 22 months.

[Deleted User] · August 2014

DS didn't STTN right away when we night weaned. We did take the approach of sending DH in instead of me. He still wakes up sometimes if he's getting a molar, is sick, or just had a crazy overwhelming day. Those nights, I actually wish I could just nurse him back to sleep because he usually takes forever to fall back asleep.

bunniekrissy · August 2014

I night-weaned DS1 when he was about 20-21 months and I was pregnant, with no milk. He did start STTN consistently after that, but not until he was 23 months (at least 2 months later). Most of the time during that in-between time, DH was the one to get up with him. He stopped STTN at 27 months, when new baby was about a month old. Now he climbs into bed with us anytime from middle of night to morning, and though I am tandem nursing DS1 and DS2, DS1 does not get to nurse in the middle of the night.

DahliaFlower · August 2014

casey78 said:

At 12m, Leah was still waking up an wanting to nurse several times a night. We decided dh would take lead to soothe. I would only go in if she really couldn't soothe. She has STTN the 11 days since. DH didn't have to go in once. :-??

That's great! We have been trying this a little to get LO to wean at night. So far we haven't been really aggressive about it, but eventually we're going to have to bite the bullet and do it. I don't see him night weaning himself anytime soon...

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