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2/28/11 at 5:57am
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I want to night-wean my 22mo DD. She actually was pretty much night-weaned (or rather, STTN on her own from an early age) and has added back a super long nursing session at about 3AM, and sometimes it seems to pretty much go on until we all wake up around 6. Its really bothering my sleep. I am also (unexpectedly) pregnant and really tired, so I'm feeling it more I think. I am not concerned with weaning her in general, but the night nursing is really bugging me and I really want her to stop. Especially since I hear that nursing is likely to get a lot more uncomfortable for me as my pregnancy progresses.

 

So far I am nursing her to sleep (6:30 or 7), then again when I come to bed (around 10), and then the past 2 nights, I kind of wake up in a fog already nursing her in the objectionable wee hours, and when she seems done, I unlatch her and say, "namnie's are asleep now" and she cries and rolls around, and says "I namnie, I namnie" for a while, and then eventually stops and hugs me and goes back to sleep. Its kind of torture to us all b/c we sleep in a room together (me, DD, DS who is 6, and DH). And of course we hate hearing her cry. And honestly the crying the past 2 nights is disturbing the sleep of the whole family more than the nursing did- for me I'd say its about equal but for the boys, they are tired from it.

 

BTW, I am holding her the whole time, stroking her hair, etc, so not abandoning her or anything. She's never been interested in a bottle or paci for comfort, so I can't offer that.

 

I also nurse her when she is waking up in the morning (5:30 or 6)and I don't mind that either. I also nurse her down for her nap most days (around 1).

 

Any tips?

 

And/or... here are some questions...

 

should I keep a sippy cup by the bed and offer her water or something? (I don't actually think she is thirsty though)

Should I try to be more consistent and totally refuse to nurse after I am asleep (like, wear a shirt that I can't open in my sleep lol?)

Should I just go with what I am doing now- how many nights did it take for you to convince your child to quit night-nursing?

 

I don't think she is teething and she isn't sick... no obvious reason to me why she wants to nurse all night long! She never has done this so its not her pattern/habit

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