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Pamt1983 · 06/01/2019 15:55

Help please, my daughter is almost 21 months and will only fall asleep when I nurse her, she refuses her dummy, a bottle only me for naps and bedtime. I want to move her into her own bed in the next few weeks but worry about nursing to sleep. Anyone have any tips on how to do it with as little tears as possible please Smile

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 06/01/2019 17:54

You can still BF and move her into her own room Pamt Smile

If you want to stop BFing to sleep for the bedtime feed, have you got a DP or DH that coukd put her to bed for a few nights while you go out?

Pamt1983 · 08/01/2019 16:09

No unfortunately it’s just me to get her to sleep every night.

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ReaganSomerset · 08/01/2019 16:13

Move the feed earlier in the bedtime routine, then follow a sleep training method, such as pick up, put down. Although personally, I wouldn't try to stop feeding to sleep at the same time as moving her to her own room. I would move her first, then wean her off when she's settled in her own room.

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ReaganSomerset · 08/01/2019 16:17

Posted too early. DD sleeps in her own room- I bf her to sleep then put her down and leave. Usually she goes right to sleep if she stirs when I move her to the cot. Persistence is key.

Twitwooo · 08/01/2019 16:28

My dd is 22 months, was probably about 20 months when she weaned off the bedtime boob surprisingly easy - this is what worked for us:

Instead of offering the boob in the bedroom, in the dark, before sleep, I one day told her it's nearly bedtime and offered her a boob in her room. She accepted, we then had a change and read some books. Then off to bed. She asked for boob when we got to bed and I calmly said 'but you already had boob, now it's bedtime'. It worked!

The next day I offered her a boob after we had the bedtime change, just before reading books (she loves books!) she accepted but had a very short feed as she was eyeing her bookcase for the next step in the routine. No boob was asked for come bedtime.

The third day I offered boob and she said 'no, book'. That was it!

Sadly I had my hopes up that this would magically solve the other 2 boob sessions she has during the night (because boob to sleep creates association right? And that is supposedly why they wake up wanting it? Not my dd!) but it didn't so just in case you are in the same situation...

She has recently occasionally started asking for boob in the evening and smiling. I say no and smile back and that's the end of that Hmm

Not sure if it'll work for you but might be worth a shot

Pamt1983 · 08/01/2019 20:18

Thank you twitwooo, I’ll try that and see how I get on🤞

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