Teaching selfsoothing to 11 month old cosleeping baby

[Yellowtulip]

How can I teach my son to soothe himself back to sleep? Currently I feed him to sleep which is fine with me but during the night everytime he wakes up he will only go back to sleep if he feed him. He eats a lot during the day so the night nibbles are just comfort feeding. Any advice or tips? This is important for me as I want to start weaning soon....I think I deserve some sleep by now!

Have you seen Dr Jay Gordon's co-sleeping/bfing-friendly method? It's meant for babies over one year, but you're nearly there. HTH

I have exactly the same problem (well it's not a problem as they are wonderful moments!) but I would like him to start coping himself when he wakes up.. and I don't want to go down the controlled crying route. He used to take a dummy which was great as a soother but now refuses that. Hey ho... guess it will come in time.. but when!?!!

No,I havent seen or ever heard of Dr.Jay Gordon. Thanks for the link! Will look into it...Otherwise I will just have to feed him until he is a teenager and ashamed to be feeding from mommy!!!

V interested as this is me too - happy to BF (DD is 12 months) but suspect wind plays a part rather than hunger so trying to not to feed her every time she wakes.

Thanks for the link MadameStripes

No problemo. And here's a thread of some MNetters' experiences of the Jay Gordon method.

my 10 month old co-sleeps and wakes up every, 1 ,2, 3 or 4 hours for a snack!!
sometimes he will grab on to my arm have a few sucks and go back to sleep.