[arratt]

What age(if at all) did you child night wean on their own? Did you co-sleep? Also at what age did your child wean completely? Did you ever set any limitations in regards to nursing?
Im asking because my dd is 33 months and still wants to nurse all day and all night. I really want to practice CLW but sometimes feel like I am all "touched out" and need to encourage her to night wean(though I really dont want to). Im looking for some inspiration! Thanks
Shannon

 

[UrbanPlanter]

I don't have any answers for you, since my ds is still nursing all night and cosleeping.
You might want to check out this thread and post your question there, since you are also asking about CLW:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=140558

 

[Jazmommie]

my memory is not so great but--my now 5 year old dd night weaned about age 4--a little before I guess .

I did go through I time where it was bothering me around my period --I limited her a bit (hurried her up---"just hold nanny",etc)at those times--
it gets better --pretty soon!

My boys both night weaned around 3 1/2 -4 also & slowed way down till it was only am & pm the only pm then no more!

 

[arratt]

Adriannewe or anyone else, could you tell me how to move this thread over to the forum suggested? Thanks
Shannon

 

[callmemama]

We don't have a forum for CLW yet; I think you've posted your question in just the right place! My ds is 4.5 and still nursing, for the most part just at bedtime, so I can't answer your question about when he weaned

We co-sleep and he started sleeping through the night (most nights) at 2.5 years. In other words, he night-weaned!!! When he was around 3, I started setting limits about nursing in public (not that I don't support it, but I didn't want to risk negative comments when ds was old enough to grasp what was meant). Its a personal choice regarding setting limits. You can set some limits and still let your child lead the way on weaning imo.

 

[Embee]

Can't give you an answer on overall weaning. We're still agoin' at 3 1/2. DS night weaned gradually, and has, for the most part, been night nurse free since about 2 1/2 or so... occasionally he will still wake up to nurse but it's few and far between anymore.

Incidentally, he gradually stopped night nursing around the time he started putting himself to sleep at night (after a few minutes of nursing that is

).

 

[Meiri]

I didn't keep track of when DD quit asking regularly in the night, but it had to be around 3 or so. Somewhere in there we worked on getting her bed moved away from ours. It'd be moved, then moved back, then again. Last September the move away from being a sidecar became permanent.

Well before that, a middle of night request was pretty rare, but no big deal either. Only one if...

Now she pretty much only nurses at bedtime, and not every night, and maybe occasionally in the morning, but rarely.

 

[stafl]

Neither of my children have weaned. but I think I can answer some of your questions.
my oldest stopped waking at night to nurse at around 5weeks. Seeing as how she turned three in April, and she still nurses, it obviously had no impact other than on the amount of sleep I was getting

My youngest night-weaned herself in her first week of life. No kidding!
I had nothing to do with this, but I think maybe those marathon-cluster feedings at bedtime might have made it possible.

yes, I cosleep

no limits on the baby's nursing, but older sis has to wait if baby needs to nurse first (I just can't nurse them both at the same time unless I absolutely have no other choice).
The only time I ever outright denied my oldest DD the nummies was when I was in hard labor, but she did get to nurse when baby was a few hours old.
She usually only nurses at bedtime, sometimes even skips a day or two, and sometimes she will nurse four or five times in one day. It all depends.

 

[mother_sunshine]

My dd is 7.5 yrs and is weaning herself (she may be weaned now...we'll see). I nightweaned my dd when she was around 2, though she continued to nurse to sleep (for up to hour-long sessions

) until she was 6. I didn't nightwean her cold turkey, it was gradual and somewhat-respectful, but it is one of my regrets. If I knew then what I know now, and wasn't so uptight and worried (due to so much non-NFL advice in certain books and mags), then I would have continued to let her nurse at night with probably a few limits. So I am definitely not encouraging you to nightwean your dd, especially since you said you don't want to. But if you feel touched out sometimes then IMO it's okay to limit nursing a bit. Talk with her about it and maybe the two of you can come to an agreement.

BTW, our family bed situation is kind-of different because we didn't start co-sleeping until she was 1 (once again, bad advice that I finally went against). We still co-sleep. She has her own room with a comfy inviting bed, but she chooses to sleep with us and we are completely fine with it.

 

[arratt]

thanks for all your reply's, sometimes all this nursing makes it feel like she will never sleep through the night on her own. Nice to hear that other children night weaned on their own! Stafl, I cant believe your children slept through the night on their own so young-good for you

Mother-Sunshine you are definately right about being lucky to have mdc, Im so happy I found it and can communicate with people who have been in the same situations and believe in the same things I do. Great to hear you dd is still nursing despite bad advice you got earlier.
Thanks again to everyone who replied. Would be interested in hearing from others as well.
Shannon

 

[Cranberry]

My ds night-weaned when he was 3. Now he's 4 and still nursing during the day a few times and at night to go to sleep, but not during the night. Ah, sweet relief!

I was really happy when he stopped nursing during the night and I was able to get more sleep!!!!!!!!!!