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no cry sleep solution - anyone here done the 'pull off' technique successfully?

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babber · 24/11/2009 10:02

been trying for last few nights to do the 'pull off' whilst feeding 10mo ds to sleep but he really doesn't seem to be having any of it... tried 14 removals last night before just getting fed up with it and letting him fall asleep on boob! as soon as i move he grabs my boob and keeps it stuffed in his mouth as he knows what i'm about to do! anyone else had his problem and overcome it? really want it to work but at the moment cannot see how we'll ever move on to 'phase 2'!

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PrettyCandles · 24/11/2009 10:10

Yes, I did. Started around 18m, IIRC, and tok a long time to be effective. Just be persistent. If he keeps responding badly then stop trying for that feeding session, and try again next session.

I was sceptical at first, no sign of the coming off by himself and rolling over that she described, but it did come eventually. Took about a month for the technique to really work, and perhaps another month to get to the point where ds really would come off by himself, roll over and go to sleep. I don't remember much about that time - very bleary sleep-deprivation! - but I do remember that first moment when he did it. I was shocked! Thought I'd fallen asleep and dreamed it!

How long do you wait between pull-off attempts? Perhaps you need to spread them out a bit more? Are you watching his feeding rhythm at the moemnt you want to pull him off? It tends to work better when theyr'e at the relaxed suckle, rather than the active suckle IYSWIM.

Another thing I found helpful, was to feed him with a soft but slightly firm cuddly tucked between us, and I transfered his hand from my boob to the cuddly as I withdrew. Can't remember exactly at what point, whether before, during or after the pull-off.

Keep trying. It really does work eventually.

PrettyCandles · 24/11/2009 10:11

No, I'm wrong, I started before 18m. See, very fuzzy memory!

cruisemum1 · 27/11/2009 11:47

i tried and tried but it never worked for me and ds. I had to do cc eventually. the only thing that was effective. I now have a totally lovely, affectionate, confident 3yo who sleeps soundly.

Pish · 27/11/2009 21:21

I never even tried, just let her sleep on the boob, no 'sleep training' whatsoever. Now, I also have a lovely, affectionate, confident three year old, who sleeps soundly.

Katz · 27/11/2009 21:27

we did this but DD1 was 20 months when we started and had previosuly been bottle fed to sleep, but worked for us in 2 nights.

with DD2 we sort of did at about 12 months but she had under lying health condition which interferred with her sleeping and no sleep programme would have worked for her until we got her meds sorted

Katz · 27/11/2009 21:28

actually she was 23 months not 20 months

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