P fed to sleep at night and for daytime naps when I was at home (I had to return to work when she was 8mo) until she was 13 months. And that only changed because I chose it. We night weaned at that time.
I agree that feeding to sleep is soooooo much easier than anything else! But we were having other issues overnight and I felt I needed to night wean for other reasons. Then we weaned altogether at 14 months. Is sad - there are times when I wish I could just whip out a boob and settle her down.
At night, ds was still BF to sleep at 14 months, and then he stopped. Whether it was from moving house, or it was just his time, I don't know. I cried.
Thank you all for your contributions Did you find that night waking only stopped once you stopped feeding to sleep?
Cass72 - have you always popped him in the cot from the beginning? Does he go to sleep okay then?
Snacks - what method did you use to night wean? Did it take long/was it hard?
Sconeonamission - I'm sorry you found that change hard
We still do it. Mostly it is great, sometimes it is annoying. Never as annoying as trying to make them go to bed, because lets face it - a two year old NEVER wants to go to bed. It's pretty much torture for me to get her to sleep at night without feeding her... So yeah... I thought she was growing out of it and actuall weaning a few months ago, turns out I was WRONG!
She started sleeping through this time last year. No corelation between feeding to sleep. She just started sleeping through for the first time EVER. She stopped sleeping through about two months ago when we all got pretty sick. She now wakes up once a night, around 3am, and calls out for us, and then she comes into our bed.
I will say though, anyone else can get her to sleep without feeding. Just not me.
Hi Swoop. Goodness no it wasn't always like that. I just persevered with it. If he didn't settle after a while I would re-swaddle him, give him a top up and then put him back down. Sometimes he had to be fed to sleep and that was ok too. Now we are (finally) at the stage that bedtime is bedtime and he will either fall asleep at the breast or he will self settle if he's still awake. I make as little as fuss as possible, just tuck him in, a quick kiss on the forehead, say goodnight then leave the room. Now we are practicing on getting our daytime sleeps sorted!
Oh I should add too that he still wakes up twice during the night and I do the same after each feed.
Bedtime is the only routine I've had any sort of success but hey its better than none LOL!! One last bit of advice.........my mantra: we can always try again tomorrow!!
Hi Swoop. Nope, DD sleeps through every night now (finally!) since around 16 months and we still feed to sleep. We did end up night weaning but still fed to sleep and I now feed her again if she happens to wake in the night. But feeding to sleep didn't stop her from learning to sleep through. I think it was just an age thing, she just eventually got it. Won't be long for you now
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Did you find that night waking only stopped once you stopped feeding to sleep?
So yeah... I thought she was growing out of it and actuall weaning a few months ago, turns out I was WRONG!
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