I am not ready to fully night wean DS just yet, but I do want to set limits. Last night he woke up about 5 hours after going to bed and wanted to nurse. I nursed him on the first side and we fell back asleep. Very soon after he wanted to nurse again. So I offered the other side, then the first side again. He unlatched and rolled over. I re-snapped the nursing tank and tried to go back to sleep. He started grabbing at my shirt and wanted to nurse again. (We are working on this too, he is getting better and better about signing to ask to nurse.) I told him we were done (he knows what this means because sometimes I will ask him if we can be done and he will unlatch). He started to cry and then slapped me in the face (we are also working on this! hitting out of anger!) I told him we don't hit and we were done, very firm. He pulled on my shirt a few more times and was crying, but then went back to sleep.
How do I gently set limits? I have to admit I was about to lose my cool, I did not yell, but did use a very firm, stern voice.
How do I gently set limits? I have to admit I was about to lose my cool, I did not yell, but did use a very firm, stern voice.
I could have written your post! My kid is 18 months and I am thisclose to nightweaning, but I'm also a little nervous/uncertain about that since I've always felt committed to child led weaning and don't really want to just cut him off because it's annoying for me. It's just getting to be a real drag to have the constant battle at night: I need more sleep! It's leading me to being very stern, like you said, almost losing my cool at night.
