Stop night-time feeding?

[ali23]

In desperate need of sleep. DD, 9 months, was ok at nights until dreaded 16-week mark and has been appalling ever since. With other kids and dh often away with work it is really taking it's toll now.

Between 7pm and 10pm is good but the longest stretch of unbroken sleep after this rarely hits the two-hour mark. My first was a ghastly sleeper (and now would sleep through anything) so I know that I will come out the other end - but I am really on my knees now. I feel as though I'm irritable and snappy with the other kids although dd3 is very good natured throughout the day despite her insomniac tendencies at night.

Anyway, I'm still breast feeding and wonder if I night wean would it help? Anyone tried this with some success? Can imagine it might be quite stressful for al of us but willing to try if it would mean an improvement in sleeping habits. Have tried NCSS and really not into CC or CIO.

Its. Sorry. Bad grammar irritates me. Although most things do just now .

We had a similar time. DD slept brilliantly until around 6 months then we had 3-4 months of 1-2 hourly wake ups after midnight.

I night weaned at 7.5 months because I knew she wasn't hungry, just feeding to sleep, and it meant DH could help more. If she genuinely seemed hungry I would feed, but I was very firm about it.

Sleep didn't improve but wake ups we're quicker and I didn't have to do them all.

Her sleep magically improved at 10 months. No CC, no training, she just grew into it I think.

Good luck - I know it's like torture.

I'm wondering the same although my little one - 7 months has never slept well. He's bottle fed mind, I often curse myself for stopping BF as settling my BF daughter was so much easier! Hungry or not boob would solve the problem!

I feel like a rubbish grouchy mum to her right now...

It is indeed! And then there's the guilt too! Was so bone tired today in the park that I sat on a bench resisting all calls from the kids to join in their fun. Feel shit about that now but I honestly felt like I was ploughing through treacle.

Ladies I am going through the same thing with my ff 8 month ds

Every day I feel I am at the end of my tether. Looking at different stories it seems it makes no difference if breast/formula/weaned onto solids - sometimes they are just like that. Good to hear from Anything that it can improve ..... And OP you came out the other side with your older child so gives me hope

I'm so tired I burst into tears when catching up with an old friend and she told me her baby slept through from 6 weeks :-(

Basically what I am saying is thank you for posting it's better to know I am not alone and my baby is not some kind of freak for not sleeping through yet ! X

I know! Misery loves company. I learned honks ago to avoid sleep chat with those lucky buggers whose babies do marathon sleeps.