night weaning

[Feathere]

I am wondering if it is possible to night wean without day weaning. My dd is 1 year in 3 weeks and we have a good nursing relationship, aside from her needing me to go back to sleep when she wakes in the night. She is trying to learn to walk and for the past several nights wakes up, gets up in her crib, and won't settle back to sleep until we nurse. This is happening more than once a night and it is wearing me out. I hate to say it, but I am getting tired of being the one person she has to have in order to get to sleep. We are trying NCSS ideas and have a plan that does not include intentional night weaning( if she sleeps all night then she'll be 'night weaned' ). ANy other ideas out there?

I do not want 'night weaning' to lead to total weaning. I just want to get some sleep--more than 4 hours at a stretch.

thanks

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

dr jay gordon has good info on this. lemme dig up a link

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

http://www.drjaygordon.com/ap/sleep.htm

[nancg]

Oh yes, definitely you can do it. Depending on the kid it can be hard or easy but definitely night-weaning does not require day weaning.

I did it when my DD1 was almost 3, but most folks I know quit by 18 months - 2 years (night nursing, not just nursing). You'd be in good company in this neighborhood.

Nancy

[Parker'smommy]

We are currently nightweaning my 2 year old and he is still nursing up a storm during the day. In fact, at first he seemed to nurse more which makes sense -wanting the milk and the comfort that he didnt get as much during the night. Good Luck!

[Heavenly]

Yes it is possible but she is still on the young side for that IMO. Nightwaking is hard but if you change your perspective on it you may start to enjoy it. My daughter still wakes usually 3 times a night (she's 16 months) and I treasure those times because I know all too soon they will be gone (forever!) and I will wish that I could cuddle that little baby in the quiet of the night again. Sure its tiring but it is for such a short time. Personally I would wait until she's a bit older to start stressing about it.

[Mothra]

I nightweaned my youngest son right around a year. We ended up weaning completely because I got pregnant and had hyperemesis, but it is possible to nightwean without weaning completely. I was able to give him a bottle at night with water or soymilk and that was okay. It was more about the physical contact than the milk, anyway. It also allowed my husband to share in the joys of nightwaking, which helped me a lot.