Night weaning 13mo

[Stepiver]

Hi all,

My 13mo no longer feeds at all during the day as I’ve returned to work and successfully day weaned him. I want to now work towards night weaning him but don’t know where to start? We co sleep and he feeds before bed (sometimes to sleep, sometimes not) then he feeds maybe 2/3 times overnight.

We don’t have the room to move him into his own room as he will be sharing a room with my 6yo eventually so we will stay co sleeping for now.

Also, my husband and I have booked to go away for a night in 2 weeks and I don’t know how to go about leaving my baby? I’ve left him once before but he was younger and took a bottle of expressed milk which he no longer does! He does take milk fine in a beaker?

I’m in such a pickle! Do I wean him at night first? How do I leave him for a night? TIA!

You could start by introducing a beaker of milk with his bedtime story. He can still have a bf after but make it short! Over the course of the 2 weeks increase the amount of milk from the beaker while decreasing the bf.

When (if) he wakes in the night offer water and cuddles. You will still produce milk so consider how youre going to deal with your supply. Don't express too much otherwise yoir supoly will remain steady and you do want it to decrease.

Some babies get it straight away. Others protest. The biggest consideration is the comfort that bf gives the baby during the night. So do consider the ways in which you can offer comfort without bf. That's the tricky bit!