OK so I am going a bit bananas at the moment ...
my 2.5 year old has always nursed to sleep. She has her bath and book with her Papa and then she comes to me to nurse to sleep. I then usually leave her for a few hours and then go to sleep with her and sleep through with her. She usually wakes up around 4/5am to nurse again and then again at 7.30/8am at wake-up time.
Well..............it has always taken AGES to nurse her to sleep. At some periods one hour and a half at other periods she just goes off after 10mins or so - it has depended on teething and other things like that. But right now, she it taking about an hour or so and it is driving me crazy because I want to set a limit but don't see how if I am always there to nurse her - she can get up and take drinks and try to play with things with me constantly telling her it's time to sleep but since I'm still around to nurse it doesn't seem a very effective way of setting the limit.
Has anyone else dealt with this kind of thing ?
Just for your info, many times I have tried to introduce a routine of her falling alseep on her own after nursing or being passed to her D for walking her to sleep - but she resists terribly and it has never really worked or just meant that he spends 2 hours plus walking around with her until he is exhausted !
any ideas ? how long is this going to go on for ? how can I get her to understand that she has to nurse to sleep NOW and not when she feels like it ????? ARGHHHHH!
my 2.5 year old has always nursed to sleep. She has her bath and book with her Papa and then she comes to me to nurse to sleep. I then usually leave her for a few hours and then go to sleep with her and sleep through with her. She usually wakes up around 4/5am to nurse again and then again at 7.30/8am at wake-up time.
Well..............it has always taken AGES to nurse her to sleep. At some periods one hour and a half at other periods she just goes off after 10mins or so - it has depended on teething and other things like that. But right now, she it taking about an hour or so and it is driving me crazy because I want to set a limit but don't see how if I am always there to nurse her - she can get up and take drinks and try to play with things with me constantly telling her it's time to sleep but since I'm still around to nurse it doesn't seem a very effective way of setting the limit.
Has anyone else dealt with this kind of thing ?
Just for your info, many times I have tried to introduce a routine of her falling alseep on her own after nursing or being passed to her D for walking her to sleep - but she resists terribly and it has never really worked or just meant that he spends 2 hours plus walking around with her until he is exhausted !
any ideas ? how long is this going to go on for ? how can I get her to understand that she has to nurse to sleep NOW and not when she feels like it ????? ARGHHHHH!