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Gentle ways to reduce number of BFs at night?

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lolalotta · 05/09/2014 06:02

Is there such a thing as a gentle approach to night weaning my 12 month old or simply not? She gets up between 3 or 4 times a night and I automatically feed her and put her down again in her cot and she settles off again. I am exhausted though, plus it means she's not eating enough solids in the day so we're got ourselves into this vicious circle, Help please!!!!

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WhatsMyAgeAgain · 05/09/2014 16:40

Just doing this now. Feed my LO before bed, then not again before 4 am (this is getting closer to 5.30 now). Used to co sleep. My husband now settles baby at night. Gets easier every night- been about 2 weeks now.

LO used ti suckle all night, not eat any solids. Huuuuge improvements with his eating and sleeping.

No way I could have done this without my Husband being so hands on, putting him to bed, comforting him through the night.

LO is 10 months.

Brackla · 10/09/2014 19:41

I'm on my phone (bfing DS to sleep) so hard to add links but two gentle solutions I've considered are Dr Jay Gordon and Sarah Ockwell-Smith's gentle night weaning methods. A quick Google should yield proper info.
Good luck! I keep chickening out, saying "let's wait another few weeks..."

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