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Advise pleeeease on night weaning 12 month old

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RoxHarl · 11/08/2020 09:09

Would love some advice on how you night weaned. My little girl is 12 months and has always been a bad sleeper, she has never slept more than a couple of hours in a row at night. She had silent reflux and still has cmpa... She is also a live wire and finds it hard to switch off....
We Co slept completely and part of night since 6 months.... Recently she is in her cot in our room but as she wakes pretty much every hour she usually ends up in our bed at some point.
My goal is to mostly night wean and move her into her own room (she is a very sensitive sleeper so as well as her own numerous waking, my hubby or I also wake her when we turn over /go to the loo etc etc)
She likes to nurse everytime she wakes up. At bedtime we do pj's teeth brushing then into room (has to be blackout), I nurse and tell her the same story and have her sleep music on, she doesn't normally feed fully to sleep, but until drowsy then I hold her for a bit and put her in her cot with her dummy, sometimes she stirs when I put her down but then just turns over and goes to sleep. She normally wakes about 6 to 10 times per night. Bedtime is 7pm and she naps 12-2 in her pram.
I,m thinking of using a version of Dr Jay gordon and setting a time eg 12-6 when I don't nurse but comfort, but I know it will be hard and would like to feel that it would potentially work... Anyone any experience?
Or I thought perhaps I would set a shorter time, eg no feeds 11-4 but if its been a very rough night just bring her in with me at 4,but then I don't want to confuse her.....
I,d really appreciate any ideas or advice!!
Thank you!!!!

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girlmummy25 · 12/08/2020 21:28

I would get her into her own room now, yes it wont be nice that you have to get up and go to another room in the middle of the night when she wakes but it will be the first step and hopefully stop her waking from you and DP making any noise.
I didn't BF for that long so I cant comment on that sorry but perhaps very gradually cutting down feed time

Beamur · 12/08/2020 21:38

We moved DD to her own room and night weaned at around 13 months. She was a poor sleeper and woke lots to feed! I was exhausted.
During the night DP went in to settle her (she was furious and sent him away Grin) but went to sleep. The next night he went in again, I heard her shout 'no' but she settled herself and by the third night she slept through. I was gobsmacked as she was repeatedly waking during the night.

LL82 · 12/08/2020 22:24

I BF my son ...during the night until 13 months and last feed before bed until 15 months. He was in his own room from 6 months and I would go in to feed. He did slowly reduce feeds to 1/2 a night...sometimes more of teething etc ...then one night for the 10/11pm feed my OH settled him...he had no feed and didn’t wake for one later in the night and this happened for 1/2 nights...when he started waking again I didn’t feed as I knew he didn’t need it and just comforted him and used white noise/music to resettle...after 3/4 nights that was it and he has slept 11/12 hours since I stopped feeding in the night. Good luck!

RoxHarl · 14/08/2020 06:45

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences!

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MilkLady02 · 14/08/2020 06:54

Just been using Jay G method with 18 month old DS who sounds just like your DD in terms of sleep! Last feed at bedtime 7:45ish then no feed until after 3am. If he wakes before 3, we play his sleepy CD and I rock him. Sometimes furious but always falls back to sleep within 10 mins of holding and rocking, so manageable! A week of this and he’s now reliably sleeping stretches of 6-8 hours, which was only a dream a month ago!! Would definitely recommend! He still ends up in our bed most mornings depending how easy it is to get him to sleep post 3am. After a 7 hour stretch, he’s often just not tired enough to go back to sleep! (But did last night, til 6am!!) result!

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