begin sleeping all the night ?

[Algrid]

Hi!
my 2nd son is 3 years old. He wakes up twince or 3 times every night and ask to drink (breastfeeding).Since around 6 month I don't agree him to dronk and we (the dad and me) just speak to him and listen to him, we carry him until he fall in sleep...

But now i have said STOP !!! because I want to sleep at night, the hole night and during all the nights...
I have just propose him a rythm : 5 times breasfeeding per day (at 6:30, 9:00, 13:00, 17:00 and 21:00 or around those times) and nothing more. We have choosen those times in ligne with his actual rythm)
It was so strange for me to propose it... after 3 years "upon request" !

I hope WE will sleep now, at least !!

[sorry for my english, I try... Do you understand me ?!]

[jillmamma]

First, hooray for breastfeeding 3 years! That is awesome!

I think what you are suggesting sounds really reasonable for a 3 year old. That is pretty much what I did with my son when he was 2 and I became pregnant again. It did help to have dad go to him at night since only mom has the milk, so he knew he had to get a different type of comfort. It took a few weeks and he started sleeping all night and adjusted to our new daytime schedule too. He continued to feed till age 4.5 years (at that time his sister was 2 years).

I hope it works out for you!

[Algrid]

Thank you, Jill.
I had asked my first son to stop breastfeeding when he was 3 years and 3 month old (and his brother was 4 month old) because two was too much for me. And at that time, he used to drink twice a day : morning and evening only. With the 2nd one, it is so different !!!
And hooray for you too !!!

It is just the beginning for us, but it seems perfect for us 4, this new rythm. The last night was not gut, but the nights before much better...

[Katie T]

I agree, great job nursing for so long! I hope things continue to get easier with each passing night!

[beebalmmama]

I nightweaned my first ds earlier than three. But what really helped was to have dh respond to his night time needs. Not having me responding (and maybe pretending to be asleep) seemed to help ds know that "nursies" and mama were really sleeping .
He nightweaned at 1.5 yrs and nursed until almost 4!

[Algrid]

Hello,
in fact that is not so easy and every night Elià still wakes up one, two or sometimes 3 times... Now, as my decision is so clear, I begin to be irritated. But I do not give and I try to accommodate the tears and anger with patience and kindness, which is not always easy...