Hello!
Ds2 is nearly 12 months old. I have done 100% of the nightime parenting since his birth. He wakes about 20 times a night. He goes to bed at 6pm and will often wake 4-5 times in just the three hours between then and when I come to bed. It is just Ds2 and I in the bed. I always nurse him back to sleep (it is the easiest and it allows me to feel somewhat rested b/c I can fall asleep again easier).
Dh thinks it's time he steps in and helps. He thinks it might help ds2 sleep better overall.
Here is his plan:
I nurse ds2 to sleep at 6pm as usual.
Dh then takes a "shift" and handles any wakings that occur from then until I go to bed around 9-10pm.
After I go to bed then it's my turn again and I continue to nurse ds2 back to sleep (or try cuddling him if it's working for dh).
Dh thinks that maybe it will help him sleep better once he figures that he can go back to sleep without me and without nursing. That he may start sleeping longer stretches throughout the whole night as well (which would be good for both of us!)
Any thoughts on this? I plan to fully nightwean and have dh take over and cosleep with him around 15-18 months, but it's too early for that (dh is currently in the other room with our 4 yr old). I had thought I would just hang in there until that, but dh thinks he wants to try getting involved.
Ds2 is nearly 12 months old. I have done 100% of the nightime parenting since his birth. He wakes about 20 times a night. He goes to bed at 6pm and will often wake 4-5 times in just the three hours between then and when I come to bed. It is just Ds2 and I in the bed. I always nurse him back to sleep (it is the easiest and it allows me to feel somewhat rested b/c I can fall asleep again easier).
Dh thinks it's time he steps in and helps. He thinks it might help ds2 sleep better overall.
Here is his plan:
I nurse ds2 to sleep at 6pm as usual.
Dh then takes a "shift" and handles any wakings that occur from then until I go to bed around 9-10pm.
After I go to bed then it's my turn again and I continue to nurse ds2 back to sleep (or try cuddling him if it's working for dh).
Dh thinks that maybe it will help him sleep better once he figures that he can go back to sleep without me and without nursing. That he may start sleeping longer stretches throughout the whole night as well (which would be good for both of us!)
Any thoughts on this? I plan to fully nightwean and have dh take over and cosleep with him around 15-18 months, but it's too early for that (dh is currently in the other room with our 4 yr old). I had thought I would just hang in there until that, but dh thinks he wants to try getting involved.
