Hi all.
My son is 15 months old. We've coslept since birth. Last month was a humdinger: we moved in with my grandma (temporary while we house hunted), I became a SAHM, DH went to work full time (he'd been home w/DS since 4 months old), DS got two molars, a bad cold, and a horrid diaper rash, the daylight savings time change, and we've had a lot of family stress with the move/adapting to living with Grandma, etc...
The whole of March was terrible, sleep-wise. I understand why, and while I was about to lose my mind with the waking to nurse every 1-2 hours and the constant gnawing/pinching/grabbing/spinning/kicking of my darling nursling, I stayed as patient as possible. Things have improved somewhat in the last two weeks, and we're back to waking 3 hours after bedtime, and perhaps 3-4 hours again afterward (midnightish and 3-4 am-ish) before he cluster feeds and snuggles between 6 and 7:30, when we get up. We have the crib set up as a side-car since he was about 9 months old.
I want to night-wean. I just want to sleep and be left alone for a few hours in a row, maybe 6 hours??? I haven't slept for more than 3-4 hours in a row for at least 18 months (pregnancy sleep sucked in the third tri). I'm feeling super touched-out and frustrated. This morning I just felt sooooo annoyed with all the nursing and the waking.
We're moving into our own place next month, and I have it in mind as a goal to begin night-weaning once we're there. My question is: should I start right away? Or, should I wait a few weeks until we're more settled into the house to begin? I realize that it will probably be stressful for all involved, and I do want to continue to have a good nursing relationship with DS until we're ready to wean totally together...whenever that will be! I have the Jay Gordon book on sleep which outlines his night-weaning method, and plan to follow that.
So, any advice? Reassurance? BTDT?
Thanks mamas. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
My son is 15 months old. We've coslept since birth. Last month was a humdinger: we moved in with my grandma (temporary while we house hunted), I became a SAHM, DH went to work full time (he'd been home w/DS since 4 months old), DS got two molars, a bad cold, and a horrid diaper rash, the daylight savings time change, and we've had a lot of family stress with the move/adapting to living with Grandma, etc...
The whole of March was terrible, sleep-wise. I understand why, and while I was about to lose my mind with the waking to nurse every 1-2 hours and the constant gnawing/pinching/grabbing/spinning/kicking of my darling nursling, I stayed as patient as possible. Things have improved somewhat in the last two weeks, and we're back to waking 3 hours after bedtime, and perhaps 3-4 hours again afterward (midnightish and 3-4 am-ish) before he cluster feeds and snuggles between 6 and 7:30, when we get up. We have the crib set up as a side-car since he was about 9 months old.
I want to night-wean. I just want to sleep and be left alone for a few hours in a row, maybe 6 hours??? I haven't slept for more than 3-4 hours in a row for at least 18 months (pregnancy sleep sucked in the third tri). I'm feeling super touched-out and frustrated. This morning I just felt sooooo annoyed with all the nursing and the waking.
We're moving into our own place next month, and I have it in mind as a goal to begin night-weaning once we're there. My question is: should I start right away? Or, should I wait a few weeks until we're more settled into the house to begin? I realize that it will probably be stressful for all involved, and I do want to continue to have a good nursing relationship with DS until we're ready to wean totally together...whenever that will be! I have the Jay Gordon book on sleep which outlines his night-weaning method, and plan to follow that.
So, any advice? Reassurance? BTDT?
Thanks mamas. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
