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nursing to sleep

Tally879Tally879 member
edited November 2014 in September 2013 Moms
I am exhausted.  LO is still waking up 5-6 times a night and requiring to be nursed each time.  He ends up in our bed because it's just easier on me.  But I'm exhausted and he's exhausted.  I've tried to cio but can't get past 5 minutes without giving in.  Anyone have tips on how to successfully wean nursing to sleep.  I'm thinking I may have to wean him entirely but he's fighting me on that too.

edit: needed to change some words around to make it legible, I'm really really tired.
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  • RedDDDRedDDD member
    also Troublesometots.com  She also just started a facebook page and there have been a LOT of people who write their sleep issues and then get tons of comments and suggestions.  Its a really great page with lots of supportive sleep deprived moms.  GL!
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  • Tally879Tally879 member
    I just bought the sleep lady for my kindle, I know it will probably work, it's just so hard when you're already so tired.
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  • ejb23ejb23 member
    I still nurse to sleep but I try to wake her back up on the trip to the crib so she's putting herself to sleep. I usually sing a super short song or just saying night night and kissing her awake to make her semi alert then put her down. Who knows if it's that or something else but since I've started doing that she has gotten better at sleeping.

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  • Salemkitty13Salemkitty13 member
    I nurse to sleep. I also try to wake him a little and read a short book or sing a song before putting him in his crib. I used the No cry sleep solution and he was STTN before I went back to work.
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  • Tally879Tally879 member
    So Tuesday I was really at the end of the rope and read the majority of the sleep lady's book that day and decided to implement.  We're two days in and I already feel like a new person!  He woke up once the first night and twice last night, but I can already see such an improvement and he's a whole lot less fussy during the day!  I'm glad I finally did it, wish I had done it sooner.  Thank you for the recommendations!
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  • Tally879Tally879 member
    edited November 2014
    and just in case there are others following this that need recommendations.  We put him in his crib and H and I sit next to him while he's in the crib and comfort him while he is in there.  He did cry the first night but it was more yelling at us for putting him in there than crying because he was scared, first night took 45 minutes where a half hour of it at the end was him fighting wanting to lie down, he literally was falling asleep standing up.  Last night it took 15 minutes and there was no crying just a bit of fussing. for night wake ups I'll just sit there and tell him he's okay and go back to sleep those have been 5-10 mins.

    I'm more comfortable with the crying now because I know he understands me and trusts me when I say 'you're okay' than I was when he was younger.  I wish I had done it earlier but this age seems appropriate for us at the same time.
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  • Tally879Tally879 member
    I'm not stay at home, so naps he falls asleep with a bottle, I'm not going to make my mom fight him on the naps, so we'll let that be for now.  I'll probably try to get him to nap in his crib without nursing this weekend, but I'll play it by air.  He's seemed to have taken to it so he might be okay with it.
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