10 month old ds was waking every 40 min to 2 hrly one week ago......he slept 9 hours straight on day 5 of gradual (very gradual) withdrawal!!

[papaya]

dont want to get toooooooo excited, as I know things could be so different tonight, but there have been massive improvements only a wk after deciding to try and help him sleep through 6 hours a night (with no boob feed to settle)

Just wanted anyone else who feels utter despair (like i did one wk ago) that there can be light at the end of a long, foggy, sleep deprived tunnel....!

and my god, how different do i feel aftermy first taste of 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep in 10 months.....and ds has been so happy today after a decent nights sleep too!

So how did you do it? Congrats by the way, it's nice to hear a success story on this board!

Well done! Tell me more!! Planning to night wean my ds soon so looking for any tips.

Please share the secret.......

This happened for me too!!!! My 8 month old DD was in my bed waking up 10 times a night and being fed back to sleep. Now she is in her cot in her room and woke up at 1 and 5 last night.

I used baby whisperer pu/pd (but only did it about 4 times) and settling her technique.

so so happy. actually don't look like crap today, can't belive it

Papaya, please tell us more!! How did you help him sleep without the boob? We are also trying to do that but with less luck!! Hope tonight is even better for you x

Hi ladies, I usually got through the long long nights by breastfeeding him to sleep in my bed then putting him back in his cot (if i could manage to stay awake) or more often than not we would fall asleep and he stayed in our bed....! but last wk i decided enough was enough and I started by no longer feeding ds in my bed. I feed him in the rocking chair I have in his room then I put him into his cot at 7pm, the first night and if he cried I tried shushing, rubbing him to sleep, if this had failed I would have fed him to sleep. Once asleep everytime he cries for a feed i fed him, but in his own room all the time and only in the rocking chair so I have more luck keeping myself awake! I then put him back into his own cot. After every feed he generally fell asleep.

2nd/3rd night I only fed him every other time he woke up, to get him used to not having milk form me everytime he woke up. this in itself I think has paid off. For the other feeds where i didn't feed him i cuddled and rocked him back to sleep it wasnt as bad as i thought and he went off quite quickly) and put him back to bed in his cot.

4th night I set up my bed next to ds cot and I tried not to feed him at all between a 7 hr stretch of 11pm and 6am. So between these hours I tried laying down next to his cot and instead of taking him out to rock him (saving this as last resort as I want him to learn to settle in his cot himself) I laid next to him and put my hand through the bars to let him know its bed time, but I am still here. Everytime he woke up through the night i literally rolled over on my make shift bed slipped my hand through the bar and treid to settle him. He was having none of it to start with and stood up crying and looking down at me, but after a while (prob 20 min) I think he realised i wasnt getting up, and he he decided to lay down in his cot (to get closer to me) which was a bonus as it was initially the first ever time he had laid down of his own accord! it took him a little longer then he fell asleep. This continued through the night. Then the next night he fed at 7pm, I gave him a dreamfeed at 9pm, then he woke up at 4am, I did feed him at 4am as it was 7 hours since his last feed (and he has been asleep solid for 9 hours!!) and he went back to sleep and woke at 7.20 This was his exact same pattern last night as well, which I am so happy about, I am thinking maybe in time he will naturally sleep through the 4am feed. Eitherway, compared to my sleep diary a week ago, my goodness, I am not complaining at the 4am feed!!! I was awake every single hour through the night! He is happier in the day as well, I am so pleased i did it. I had forgotten what its like to function after being to sleep at night time! I am just taking each day as it comes though I m not taking anything for granted just yet!