Have you night weaned? When did you night wean?

[Mama.Angie]

We haven't yet. Haven't even given it any thought yet.

[beck12]

Nope - he will be 2 Mar 14th. He doesn't often need to nurse at night now, but that comes & goes too - when he doesn't feel good, or if we have had an unusual amount of time away from each other, then he will go back to nursing a lot at night again briefly. I am not sure if I would feel differently if I were home with him, but I can say for certain that because I work, I would never consider night weaning because any nursing helps maintain my supply & our nursing relationship...so I have never had any intent to night wean.

[**Jenn**]

I night weaned both boys. Liam I did at 10 months. He would sleep through the night for everyone but me and was only waking out of comfort. He was just as content to be held and rocked and stayed asleep better than if he was nursed back to sleep. After about a week of that he slept through the night. Looking back on it it seems a little early to me but its what worked for us at the time and it got us Lochy too so it all worked out for the best! I just night weaned Lochlann, like last week! He still gets up around 1 or 2 to come into bed with us and nurses in the early morning (around 5). I don't mind that at all, its actually nice. I just couldn't take him getting up every hour and a half to snack anymore. I needed some sleep in order to be able to take care of the boys during the day! It was hard the first couple nights but no problems since then. It actually got him to want to go to sleep on his own. He still nurses before nap and bedtime but always pulls off when he gets really drowsy and asks for night-nights. This was such a huge shock to me because he would NEVER tolerate anything less than being nursed to sleep. My baby is growing up! *tear*

And even though we've night weaned he still loves to nurse. He got my pajama top all gross this morning so I took it off before I went up to get dressed. His eyes got all wide when he saw me topless and climbed right up and helped himself to both sides! LOL

[Twhylite21]

i put explain and then under a year. Lily started sleeping through the night (10pm-730am) at about 3.5 months old. Before that she would wake at 5am to nurse, then she just stopped and slept through. So she kinda weaned herself.

BUT, the past week or so she has been waking and moving around a lot/sucking her thumb, so I've been nursing her when she does this (between 3 and 5am usually) and she goes back to sleep.

[Beaker]

I voted explain. I am in the process of trying to get 7 hours of sleep for both of us. It was such a hard decision to make. If we co-slept I wouldn't have bothered. But between his short 30 min nap and both us waking so fully for feedings I decided it was time that we got some sleep.

[blondie-lox]

Lincoln is still awake almost every hour to nurse at night. So I haven't weaned, but I also haven't thought about weaning at night. I guess I'll wait until he does it on his own.

[ItalySarah]

no night weaning here. I dont mind getting up with Bella at all. It is rather exhausting at times but overall I know it is for her benefit. Also, next month when I move back to the states I will be working nights so her waking to eat in the late night/early morning will be very beneficial to my supply.

[kristen121]

No night weaning here, she's way to young for that. Most nights she only wakes up once to eat. I work nights, so most nights I am not home with her. I nurse her around 10pm before I leave and often times she will sleep until 3 or 4 am and then wake up and have a bottle and then I nurse her when I get home around 8 am. Sometimes she is up more on the nights I am home from work, i think she knows I am there and wants to nurse because she misses me when I'm gone at night. I pump 3 times during the night when I am working.

I said explain.. because I have never night weaned, but I've also never really needed too.

They gave up night feeds on their own, when they were ready. If Karrigan wakes up and needs a feed then I feed her, otherwise I leave her be. So 1 or 2 times a week if that she night feeds.

[mrs_pbow]

We are in the process of night weaning. Owen has gotten to where he will not sleep without his "pacifier" aka my boob and neither of us are getting sleep. He seems to be doing well, he just can't stay asleep now, which is frustrating but I'm hoping once the habit is broken he (and I) will be sleeping better! he is 15 months

we still nurse to sleep and during the day though

[~Nik*Re~]

SHE'S STILL TOO YOUNG. I'LL LET HER WEAN HERSELF WHEN SHE'S READY. aLTHOUGH WE HAVE GONE FROM 3-4 TIMES A NIGHT TO 1-2 TIMES.

[mamatomaica]

not at all here... i can be up over 5 times a night sometimes. she'll sleep through when shes ready
xx

[BoobyDutyAgainJen]

No night weaning here. The boob shop never shuts down lol.

[Fluga]

hehe the boob shop, love that! I tend to tell my daughter that the dairy has closed when I do my bra up after her day feedings. She loves to feed and then come back over and over and over again for a suckle or two.

Anyways back on topic, night feedings are still full force here. I actually quite enjoy them, think of them as our night cuddles. They dont really bother me, half the time I fall asleep with her on the boob.

Not here either. She will fully sleep through the night when she is ready to.

[cfm]

At around a year we changed Oscar's bedtime routine so that he no longer nursed to sleep. By the end of the switch we were able to put him in his crib awake and he peacefully fell asleep on his own. We did this in hopes of it leading to night weaning or at least fewer night feedings and I would say it has been a success. He still wakes up a few nights a week but we usually just have to go give him a kiss and lay him back down and he goes back to sleep. If that doesn't work after a couple of tries or he is sick then i will nurse him.