So, this is the deal. Â DS is 18 months and we nightweaned (b/c I was a desperate and sleep deprived mess) at about 14 months. Â It wasn't terribly hard, he did cry in DW's arms but we figured he was with someone who loves him and who he loves...
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We all get sleep now and he is much happier w/o interrupting his sleep 4-8 times a night for nursing, but we have the creeping morning/night nursing. Â Every morning at some point between 4:20am and 5:40am he wakes to nurse. Â Sometimes he goes back to sleep after (it's a full nursing, both sides), other times it means he's up for the day (and regardless, he nurses again when he wakes up, even if it's only been 15 minutes). Â If he's up for the day at this nursing he is a MESS all morning, tired and irritable. Â If he falls back asleep until between 6am and 6:30am he does great all morning.
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Rarely he doesn't wake up for his morning "snack" and sleeps 'till 6 or a bit later...and is a happy, rested little guy.Â
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Any suggestions as to how to get him to drop the snack attack? Â I'm looking for ways to do this gently and without having him wake for the day at 4:30am...we would be happy to just bring him to our bed when he wakes at this time, but he will not co-sleep and just ends up climbing on my head and crying.
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That said, I'm NOT complaining (too much)! Â His sleep was so horrific for so long that this seems almost heavenly!
