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Anyone successfully night weaned a 1 year old?

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Nocturnalnurser · 17/03/2019 23:23

Mine is up every two hours at night for a feed still (and she has good long feeds each time)

I've tried to cut out the one before 12 so she does say 7-1 but she gets hysterical and I don't know if it's really helping

Is this a cold turkey situation? I have to do this because for medical reasons she won't be able to feed all night soon

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Runningbutnotscared · 17/03/2019 23:29

Absolutely. A year is a really impressive length of time to bf and you should be very proud.
I used to rub tummy’s and sing instead of lifting and found the transition took surprisingly quickly. Cold turkey worked for me twice. I really wanted to sleep through the night again.
There are loads of techniques though, just keep trying till you find the one that suits you best.

NanooCov · 17/03/2019 23:31

My second was 14 months. The only way we managed to do it was with my husband doing bedtime and any night wakings (while I felt with the eldest).

NanooCov · 17/03/2019 23:31

*dealt not felt!

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Nocturnalnurser · 17/03/2019 23:34

Thank you

She doesn't feed back to sleep and I put her down awake in the day too so she can sleep without it but she has such big feeds at night and gets so upset if I try to resettle her without it. Tried stroking, cuddling etc

I had hoped to do it gently one feed at a time but I think perhaps it's too inconsistent?

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Yellowcar2 · 17/03/2019 23:35

I night weaned both my DDs slightly earlier at around 9months as I noticed their waking were becoming more frequent and needing more sleep as I was nearing the end of maternity.
Both times I just went cold turkey. They had their last normal before bed feed and then if they woke I would comfort them , cuddle, sing, rock etc but refused to feed them. DD1 took it hard and at 1st it would take up to an hour of screaming and crying to settle her but each day got better and after 10days she was mostly sleeping through the night. If she did wake a gentle tummy rub sent her back. DD2 was much better and within 3 days was sleeping through with no hysterics.
It was very difficult at times but was so worth it. Good luck x

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