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Should I sleep train or night wean now I'm pregnant?

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Tiredturtle · 16/04/2025 12:09

Hi ! I've recently found out I'm pregnant with baby #2 and it would be nice to start getting some sleep! I have a 14 month old who still wakes and breastfeeds on average 3 times a night. He goes to sleep in his cot but ends up in our bed either at wake up 1 or 2. I've tried not breastfeeding him when he wakes but he screams and I usually give in. If his dad tries he also screams. I don't really feel like we have an effective way to calm him down other than bf.

I'm a bit worried about how I'm going to cope with this alongside pregnancy exhaustion and morning sickness and as I get bigger I don't really want a toddler taking up half the bed.

Should we be trying to night wean or sleep train now? Or will it be easier to wait until my milk drys ?

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Lovelysummerdays · 16/04/2025 16:14

I found bf really uncomfortable after the first trimester. Supply dropped and it became a bit painful I felt chewed on and uncomfortable and DS used to twiddle the other nipple. It really stopped being a pleasant feed your baby back to sleep experience.

He was largely weaned straight away and started sleeping through before DS2 arrived. The odd comfort feed in times of trauma.

LottieMary · 16/04/2025 16:45

We insisted on his bed pretty early, but I was still getting up in the night with him while pregnant (3 when dc2 born)
i tandem fed for about 9 months, stopped as dc1 felt too old really and clearly wasn’t for stopping - still asks about it now!

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