TLDR; My DS has always fed to sleep and nap, which doesn't bother me too much but I've got a night out with DH next month and am worried about how my mum will get him to sleep. Any tips?
Hi everyone, so my DS has fed to sleep until about a month ago when I made more of a concerted effort to feed him at different times (between naps and plays) so now he only needs to suckle to go to sleep. This isn't a huge issue for me - apart from the occasional sore nipples - as I'm on maternity leave for another 5 months and then I work from home anyway. He's my first so I'm more than happy to give him anything he wants! 😂
To be honest I know this stage won't last forever and I love that special time between us.
Now the problem is me and DH have a night out in about 4 weeks time. My mum's going to be babysitting, they have a really great bond so I'm not worried about that and shes coming to ours so won't be too much change for him. We'll probably be out from about 5pm-11/12ish so this will cover his last nap and bedtime. I feel like I should prepare in advance so its not too traumatic for either of them!
He'll only nap on me or in his pram so I'm thinking it's probably best to tell her to take him for a walk for his last nap but any recommendations for what I should do to make bedtime easier for them both?
If it means completely weaning him off suckling to sleep then so be it as long as I still get cuddles as he falls to sleep, I'm not really ready to just be putting him down in his cot for it yet! I've also just got him into a decent nap/sleep routine over the last ten days (after a terrible regression) so I'm hoping not to mess that up too much with whatever I do.
Thanks in advance!