Okay, here we go! This thread is about my night weaning adventures. First a little info about me and DS:
I’m Stephanie and my DS is Cole.
He is 11.75 months. We started co-sleeping at 2 weeks old b/c he slept 4-5 hours in my arms in bed and it was heaven! He even STTN on Christmas Eve last year. (I called it my Christmas Miracle.) However, once teething, crawling and walking came into play…well, let’s say I haven’t seen a 4 or 5 hour stretch in a loooooong time.
Currently, he nurses to sleep around 8p while I rock him in his room. Then I put him into the crib. He will wake anywhere from 1 hour to 2.5 hours later. If it’s one hour I will try and bounce him on the yoga ball and put him back in the crib. If it’s 2 or more, I will nurse him in my bed. Lately he doesn’t seem to want to sleep in my bed. So I’ve been using the crib more. But even in the crib, he wakes every 1-2 hours. Over the last 2 weeks, he seems to really fuss in my bed, rolling and squirming. Eventually sitting up and crying. I used to be able to nurse him side lying and we’d both be back out in minutes. Now those days are gone too. Since nursing has seemed to have “lost its magic” I’ve decided to try and night wean using Dr. Jay Gordon’s method.
So tonight, I intend to begin our journey!
to anyone joining me and may we *all* be sleeping more soon!
I’m Stephanie and my DS is Cole.
He is 11.75 months. We started co-sleeping at 2 weeks old b/c he slept 4-5 hours in my arms in bed and it was heaven! He even STTN on Christmas Eve last year. (I called it my Christmas Miracle.) However, once teething, crawling and walking came into play…well, let’s say I haven’t seen a 4 or 5 hour stretch in a loooooong time.Currently, he nurses to sleep around 8p while I rock him in his room. Then I put him into the crib. He will wake anywhere from 1 hour to 2.5 hours later. If it’s one hour I will try and bounce him on the yoga ball and put him back in the crib. If it’s 2 or more, I will nurse him in my bed. Lately he doesn’t seem to want to sleep in my bed. So I’ve been using the crib more. But even in the crib, he wakes every 1-2 hours. Over the last 2 weeks, he seems to really fuss in my bed, rolling and squirming. Eventually sitting up and crying. I used to be able to nurse him side lying and we’d both be back out in minutes. Now those days are gone too. Since nursing has seemed to have “lost its magic” I’ve decided to try and night wean using Dr. Jay Gordon’s method.
So tonight, I intend to begin our journey!
to anyone joining me and may we *all* be sleeping more soon!
