Claire, 33 Boy, 25 mths, still
nursing at bedtime.
I had only been
nursing him at bedtime for the past year or so with an occasional afternoon naptime nursing.
And I told her she had to choose between
nursing at bedtime and playing with a big girl toy like Barbies.
Down to just
nursing at bedtime, Cee and I talked about how Mama didn't have very much milk anymore.
Now that we're down to 5 minutes of
nursing at bedtime... funny, just today Elmo argued he thought it was really only 2 minutes, but I literally make a laptop postit note of the start and projected end time when she gets into my lap!
By age three, we were just
nursing at bedtime, but she was still very sad when I told her that when she «got three» (her term for it), we would be done.
We'd stopped
nursing at bedtime when she was 3 1/4 yrs old, and reduced nighttime nursing over the next 6 months.
By then he was only
nursing at bedtime.
as my milk supply decreased, we dropped feedings until i was only
nursing her at bedtime.
I hate feeding her when she can feed herself, letting her eat while walking around, making a special meal, threatening no dessert /
no nursing at bedtime, etc., but to me it is the lesser of two evils.
Consider weaning to the point of only
nursing at bedtime.
By the fifth night, when
I nursed her at bedtime, she was losing interest, ready to go to bed with a full tummy already.
Aiyana is three years old and still
nurses at bedtime.
My youngest child, now 27 months old, continues to happily
nurse at bedtime, naps, and when he needs comfort.
She snuggles him as
she nurses at bedtime, and he goes wherever she is at night — lap, crib, bed, rage - fuelled writhe-fest in our arms.
Not exact matches
They gradually decided they needed to
nurse only
at naptime and
bedtime.
We've had a great relationship as far as balance, She started dropping day
nursings when she stopped napping during the day (
at 3), and now does it once before
bedtime and once in the morning.
He recently started daycare, so on weekdays he only
nurses when he comes home,
at bedtime and during the night, which I know is not the best for his teeth, but keeping us both up all night every night would probably be worse in many ways.
My girls only
nursed at nap - time and
bedtime as they became older which meant only 1 - 2 times / day.
My daughter just turned 5 and is still
nursing for comfort, especially
at bedtime.
A few months later we started
nursing only
at bedtime... And lately we
nurse very infrequently.
Being pregnant has made
nursing a bit uncomfortable, but I only do it now twice a day for only 5 - 10 minutes
at the most, for naps and
bedtime.
I am still
nursing my 3.2 year old twin girls,
at bedtime for sure, but other times throughout the day, too, when I am home (I work outside the home during the week).
He now only
nurses when he first wakes up, before naps, and
at bedtime.
I was just wondering if I could see a visual schedule I could try for my little one starting
at 6 am and
bedtime nursing at 7:30 pm.
so then i
nurse him
at 8p like a DF but he wakes up and wants to play so we do our
bedtime routine / bathe and put him down
at 9p but he again sleeps 30 min and then wakes up screaming for 30 min.
Closer
nursings soothed the baby and helped the time go quicker until official
bedtime at 7.
I don't know how to get her to self soothe... any ideas??? Our
bedtime routine goes like this — bath first, then we lotion up and dress LO, I
nurse her and she falls asleep
at the breast.
Push back your
nursing sessions by an hour
at a time (although you may want to leave the first bottle of the day or the last bottle before
bedtime at the usual time for a while longer).
While cutting back
nursing time or removing breastfeeds altogether may work well in encouraging your child to wean, you also need to be sure he or she is getting enough nutrition and is full enough to be content throughout the day and
at bedtime.
I had sung this with J and T to try and get them to sleep every night since they were babies whilst
nursing them, with J I can now stroke his hair
at bedtime and sing this and he will drift off.
They also eat dinner
at 6 p.m. and I
nurse them for
bedtime at 8 p.m.
Comfort
nursing can also be used
at bedtime.
It went really well given that she was already used to being bottle fed by daddy, she had already begun drinking liquids from her own sippy cup, and I had gotten her down to just
nursing at night before
bedtime.
We are working on cutting down to
nursing four times in a 24 hour period: in the morning,
at nap time,
at bedtime, and once in the night.
The quote from Hilary Flower brought tears to my eyes... I have been struggling with
nursing my second child, (he's 2 3/4 years old), especially
at bedtime.
The last six months or so, my son would just
nurse in the morning and
at bedtime.
He still
nurses at nap time and
bedtime and through the night.
We still
nurse @ 28 months, once
at wake up and once
at bedtime.
I have to
nurse my 20 month old to sleep
at naptimes and
bedtime.
She's still
nursing to go to sleep
at bedtime and when she wakes up
at 6 am (or earlier, but I don't want to push waking earlier so I deny her boob before 6 am).
Begin by not letting her fall asleep
nursing either
at nap or
bedtime.
If your lil one was rocked,
nursed, bottled, or held to sleep
at bedtime then they will need you to come back and help them again
at each arousal.
re other methods that we tried: In addition to all the lovely, sleepy
bedtime things that became our routine (bath, lotion,
nurse, book, lullabies, white noise, swaddling), we tried rocking and walking
at different paces and just sitting and holding her while being still.
My son is almost 17 months and still
nurses in the morning, before naps and
at bedtime.
We had been down to
nursing just
at naptime and
bedtime since the summer.
I am still
nursing my 19 month old
at nap and
bedtime.
Previously would
nurse to sleep
at bedtime (usually between 8 - 10 pm), no problem.
My son is 14 months and I only
nurse now
at bedtime.
This can be a hard one to remember, or to accomplish, anyway, especially when my husband doesn't get home till 6:15 and my daughter really needs to eat
at 5:30 and
bedtime is 7:00 and Teddy wants to cluster
nurse from 5:00 on.