Night weaning

Re: Night weaning

• devinsmommy31115 member

  March 2016

  I would love advice on this as well. My son turned 1 a couple days ago and still wakes up to nurse 1-2 times a night. He is also still cosleeping in our bed- I would like to transition him into a crib in his own room.

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• wintersong member

  March 2016

  I have not night weaned...but I do have two friends who night weaned a baby in the last year. One was 18 months and still wakes about two tines at night requesting help to fall back asleep as a 2 year old. The other was 15? months and immediately started sttn. The outcome really seems to depend on the kid. 
  
  Maybe moving him to his own room would actually help him to wake and nurse less. Have you experimented with a mattress on the floor to give him his own space?

  

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• MamaRoni member

  March 2016

  We try and night wean by about 6 or so months. I know everyone is different and has different opinions but that's what works for us. Usually by that time my boys only wake once or twice a night anyways.... how we did it was very gentle but effective 
  
  First... if baby is in your room or bed he can smell you. Yep..... can smell the milk. We have rooms for all of our boys and make sure they are in their own rooms with their own cribs by about 4-5 months. When they wake I go to them to nurse and snuggle and rock and put them back down.  Once they cut themselves down to 1-2 feedings a night my hubby goes instead of me. He rocks and snuggles and typically they go right back to sleep. It takes us about 2 weels is all. Now.... sometimes they truly are hungry and he'll get me to feed them but he puts them back to bed so they continue with the routine. 
  
  Baby #5 coming in a few weeks and I hope he's as easy as his big Brothers:)

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• wintersong member

  April 2016

  MamaRoni said:

  We try and night wean by about 6 or so months. I know everyone is different and has different opinions but that's what works for us. Usually by that time my boys only wake once or twice a night anyways.... how we did it was very gentle but effective 
  
  First... if baby is in your room or bed he can smell you. Yep..... can smell the milk. We have rooms for all of our boys and make sure they are in their own rooms with their own cribs by about 4-5 months. When they wake I go to them to nurse and snuggle and rock and put them back down.  Once they cut themselves down to 1-2 feedings a night my hubby goes instead of me. He rocks and snuggles and typically they go right back to sleep. It takes us about 2 weels is all. Now.... sometimes they truly are hungry and he'll get me to feed them but he puts them back to bed so they continue with the routine. 
  
  Baby #5 coming in a few weeks and I hope he's as easy as his big Brothers:)

  Just food for tight for other readers, the general recommendation is to keep your baby in your room until 6 months because of sids. Obviously by kid five you know what you are doing, so I'm not trying to tell you to do anything different! This is more a note for other readers. 

  

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• karlimonster member

  April 2016

  My pediatrician said I could have done it at 6 months, we didn't realize and did it about 9 months. So happy we did and he adjusted quickly. 

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