Night weaning - when and how
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Topic: Night weaning - when and how
Posted By: caliandjack
Subject: Night weaning - when and how
Date Posted: 14 August 2011 at 12:52pm
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When did you wean your babies of night feeding? Did they wean themselves or did you wean them if so how did you go about it? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
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Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 14 August 2011 at 1:39pm
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We did it about a week after DD's grommets went in, so she was just over 1. DH got up to her instead of me and it took about 3 nights before she'd just go "oh, it's you, no milk for me then" and happily cuddle back to sleep. After maybe 2-3 weeks of it being only DH, I would take turns too and she seemed ok with the idea of only getting BF during the day. It hasn't really helped with her night waking though - sometimes I think it would be easier still feeding her so that when she DID wake up, I had a quick, lazy way of getting her back to sleep.
For what it's worth, I was UTD again within 2 weeks of night weaning too  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 14 August 2011 at 1:41pm
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I just let Jackson wean himself. I BF'ed him over night until he stopped waking for it around 13/14 months old. Someone (well a few people actually) told me to give him water, but I wasnt happy with that so just kept feeding and it never became an issue. ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 14 August 2011 at 2:41pm
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thanks westie girl I'll stick with it then, and let her wean herself
I've been feeding her to sleep the last week cause she's been sick hoping she'll go back to her once a night waking once she's recovered. As for getting utd again bahaha DD is proving to be an effective contraceptive to any possible bding we might be getting.  ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Bambino
Date Posted: 14 August 2011 at 5:43pm
| Just after we started DS on solids at four and a half months his night waking started to get earlier and earlier until eventually he would wake at about 9pm or 9.30 and cry for a moment but resettle. Slept through since then. Has yet to start teething though which will no doubt wake him.... |
Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 14 August 2011 at 5:46pm
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At about six months, I could tell he didn't need it, and was just having a few sucks as a way to get back to sleep, so just stopped. He got the idea very quickly. In saying that, when I say he's weaned at night I still feed him from anytime after fivish, and he'll often go back to sleep at that point - and for a while I still gave him a dreamfeed at 9.30, so it was more the inbetween feeds that I stopped. -------------   
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 14 August 2011 at 6:20pm
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I don't mind feeding her between when she goes to bed and I do at 10pm after then I'd like her to sleep thru till 6ish she's done it before and will regularly sleep midnight till 7am, she's been sick so I've been feeding her when she's needed it.
Cause she's small I still feel I have to keep feeding her to fill her up, even though she eats plenty of solid food during the day. I tried dream feeds all that's meant is she now wakes at 9.30pm expecting to be fed. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: wellymummy
Date Posted: 14 August 2011 at 7:24pm
| My boy weaned himself, just started to stretch out time between feeds at night. I never did a dreamfeed, jsut feed when woke, and 12 weeks old to the day he went to bed and slept 12 hours solid, so no night feeds since then. But that is rare I think. Needless to say his growth was slow(but ok) over the next few months until we started solids, now he is just about off the scale at the heavy end! |
Posted By: Jaune
Date Posted: 15 August 2011 at 9:40am
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Thanks for this thread caliandjack!
I've been thinking the same thing lately and wanting it to be as stress free as possible! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 15 August 2011 at 10:03am
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No probs I'm hoping once she stops wanting/getting a feed in the early hours of the morning she'll start sleeping longer.
She's done 6-7 hour stretches between 11 and 5 reasonably regularly if she could do that every night I'd be a happy Mummy. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 15 August 2011 at 10:30am
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DD weaned at 15 months. She was feeding for comfort and still likes her milkies before bed followed by some cuddles.
She only weaned because I had an operation and 3 nights away from her. MIL obviously couldn't BF her and neither could DP so she cried for 3 whole days but eventually settled for cuddles with MIL. I thought that she wouldn't wean or we'd go back to how it was. So was a bit of a shock. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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