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Night weaning my two year old went well

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TheSurgeonsMate · 21/06/2012 10:36

Smile I'm so surprised and happy!

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 21/06/2012 10:53

That's good news Mate. How long has it been?

TheSurgeonsMate · 21/06/2012 11:00

Ooh I don't know, like a week and a half or something. I think the first couple of nights of trickiness were the the weekend before last.

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 21/06/2012 11:03

Well, if it's been that long I think you might have cracked it. Well done Thanks

TheSurgeonsMate · 21/06/2012 11:09

Grin Thanks for coming on JJJ, I just had to tell someone. I try telling DH most days, but I'm not sure he's getting it. Although he was still up when she wailed last night at two, so he went in and said "Go back to sleep". And she did - he was well impressed with that!

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puffylovett · 21/06/2012 11:48

Ooh, what did you do? I'm daytime weaning my nearly 3 yr old, it has helped with nightines but he still gets up 2-3 times wanting milk. (bfed though do I think it's comfort mostly)

LilRedWG · 21/06/2012 11:49

Congratulations! Please share many tips!

surroundedbyblondes · 21/06/2012 11:50

Oh, well done! We're starting to make progress with DD2 (19mo) now too. Feels like we have turned the corner Smile

Are you getting more sleep as a result (or is that a silly question?)

TheSurgeonsMate · 21/06/2012 12:13

Yes! I am getting more sleep as a result! She has slept all night several nights.

What I did, puffy was this - I started by getting rid of feeding to sleep at naps and bedtimes, which I was confident about as she used to do without it and she naps at nursery. So I got DH to put her down for naps and introduced a story between bedtime feed and bed - with introduction of the idea that the breasts were going to sleep at bedtime too.

Once that was in place, I felt ready to not feed in the night. The first couple of nights there was a lot of wailing and a lot of crying for breastmilk. DH and I both cuddled her to sleep in a chair, found she woke on return to cot, did a bit more cuddling, let her cry a bit. On one occasion I got a bit confused and ended up giving her a cup of juice Hmm. That lasted about two nights.

After that she seemed a bit more amenable to some reassurance and comfort in her cot - I've always read about people reassuring and patting and never found that it comforted or calmed dd, but that seemed to change. So now I can go in, give her a bit of chat, wander out and go back if needs be (if crying ensues and not subsided by time I get back to bed, really).

I'd say in general that I'm using a lot more talk about sleep, her cot animals, what's happening when we wake up, who's asleep and where, who's trying to get to sleep and so on than I was before I started.

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puffylovett · 21/06/2012 19:33

Ah.. That's next on my list, once we are shot of daytime feeds. Going to Dutch the feeding to sleep, introduce a story like you did. And go for gradual withdrawal till he can put himself to sleep.

For some bizarre reason though he's reintroduced a half hour daytime nap- must be a growth spurt but it means he's not as totally shattered at bed time anymore, so longer to get off.

Well done or sticking it out! Not sure I'll have the guts to at night!

TheSurgeonsMate · 22/06/2012 10:51

What I had found was that we had moved beyond feeding to sleep and we had been doing daytime naps without a feed, but that dd as she got older started asking more and more for breastmilk as a soporific!

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puffylovett · 22/06/2012 14:53

Oh yes, ds2 asks when he's tired. He's fed as much recently as he did at 9 months. It's driving me mad!
I love it really. But I've had 6 yrs of preg or breastfeeding and its MY turn now Grin

TheCountessOlenska · 23/06/2012 08:29

Just seen this thread! TheSurgeonsMate how old is your DD in months? Mine is 2.2 and still feeding to sleep, just wondering if I should leave it a few more months (been saying that since she was 1 Grin !)

TheSurgeonsMate · 23/06/2012 17:42

Countess she is 25 months old, with previous experience when she was younger of going to bed awake!

I suppose everyone's situation is different at this age, so many choices and personalities have contributed over the years to the set up in each home.

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