When did you stop bf at night?

[zuzkah]

Hi I have a 7 months old and I still bf during the night. We went down from 3x to 2x in the last 3 weeks. I don't think my ds is that hungry but keeps waking up and usually after 30 min. of him falling asleep only to be up in 5min. again, I give up and feed him. Than he falls asleep happy and with a full tummy. He still sleeps next to our bed in his cot. I wonder when did you stop night feeds and how did you cope?

If your DS wakes up again so soon after going back to sleep, maybe he is hungry after all??

Personally, I stopped BF at night when my DD was 9 months old.
She was still feeding every 3 hours until 7 months and she started to cut down from then on.
When I stopped feeding her at night, she cried for a few nights, but it didn't take her long to realise that no feed was coming and even if she woke up would allow me to put her back to sleep with a cuddle.

I hope it all goes well for you.

Hi
I have just stopped night feeds at 13 months,to be honest though I think it was purely for comfort. She is happily sleeping through the night now after a bottle cows milk.
Luckily I wasn't back to work for a year.
Good luck

I havent stopped night feeds (although I have switched to bottles now) and she is now 5 and a half months, sometimes I think she is genuinely hungry so I always feed her. she wakes once. She went a week without waking and I thought she had cracked it, no such luck!

I stopped feeding at night the first time they both slept through. I knew then they didn't need it to get through the night so I never offered it again. Strangely it was never an issue after that which was surprising with DS1 particularly as he used to wake 3 or 4 times a night before he slept through. I think I probably took them into bed with me if they woke and that was comfort enough for them and we all went back to sleep.

HV tried to get me to do CC with DS1 at 6 mths but I never had the heart - I just waited until they were ready. I suppose I was lucky that I didn't have to wait for months.

DS1 was 10 mths and DS2 was 8mths.

Thanx girls. Your stories sound inspiring. Im just trying to find a solution to our night's sleep. My dp is exhausted as he is not taking the broken nights well. I personally don't mind that much although a full night of sleep would be great! I hate letting my ds cry as you can all imagine but will have to give it a go at the weekend I guess... which means none of us will sleep... I feel presured I have to resolve it ASAP even though I believe that he will sleep through when he's ready.