My favorite recent example was
with the bedtime nursing, which is still part of our routine.
Not exact matches
By the fifth night, when I
nursed her at
bedtime, she was losing interest, ready to go to bed
with a full tummy already.
Amy, my little guy has been great
with giving up all of the day time
nursing but still asks for it right before
bedtime and also if he lays down for a nap in the afternoon, which he doesn't do much anymore.
Our typical night looks like this...
bedtime routine ending
with a
nurse / cuddle and sometimes a rocking depending on how much he's trying to avoid sleep.
This is a time when you usually get to be alone
with your child, or you may enjoy time as a whole family together
with your baby and your partner while you
nurse before
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.
If you're trying to replace that
bedtime nursing with something else or simply trying to prepare them for the end of
nursing, Anastasio - Collins has a few suggestions.
Once that happened I was much more able to deal
with all the other times that he wanted to
nurse and then for the next several months, we were able to cut back to the morning, nap and
bedtimes.
8 month old boy (who's in transition from
nursing to formula & solids) 8 am - wake, diaper,
nurse for 5 - ish minutes 8:30 am - breakfast in high chair (4 oz bottle + solids) 9:00 - 9:45 ish - play time (independent play then reading books & getting ready for nap) 10am - 11:30 am - morning nap 11:30 - 12 pm - wake up from nap, diaper, get dressed for day, etc ** if we go out to run errands this is the time we leave, and and we will stop to eat lunch while out 12 pm - lunch (8oz bottle + solids) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - play time 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - afternoon nap 3:30 - 4 pm - play time 4 pm - eat (8oz bottle + snack such as cheerios) 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm - play time (if he woke up early from afternoon nap, then sometimes he still takes a short cat nap during this timeframe 6:30 pm - dinner
with family (solids in high chair) 7:00 pm - outdoor play time (baby swing, take a walk, etc) 8:00 pm - start of an 8oz bottle 8:30 pm - bath time, read books, finish rest of bottle 9:00 pm -
bedtime.
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.
Before bed session: I don't think there's anything wrong
with nursing to sleep in general, but it probably is going to be easiest to drop this session since it's not an essential part of your
bedtime routine.
We've been working on weaning down on feedings and I cut out all
nursing,
with bedtime feeding as the last to go.
So, if you're
nursing her before
bedtime, be sure to do it
with a light on, or maybe even read a little book afterwards.
But our
bedtime routines
with our babies involved cuddling, rocking, massage, and
nursing.
And I told her she had to choose between
nursing at
bedtime and playing
with a big girl toy like Barbies.
Keep mimicking the
bedtime routine at naptime, even
with the
nursing.
If you have always
nursed your little one to sleep, or
nursed and rocked before bed, switch roles
with your partner and have them do the
bedtime routine.
It can be very relaxing to go to sleep in the same bed
with your toddler right after a
bedtime nursing session.
Start
with bedtime, turn the lights low, sneak in a
nursing session, give your little one a bath, and send him or her off to dreamland.
I had only been
nursing him at
bedtime for the past year or so
with an occasional afternoon naptime
nursing.
Now not only I have to
nurse her before naps and
bedtime, she also loves playing
with my poor nipples and uses me as her pacifier at night when we share bed (when she's sick or wakes up too early, and I take her to bed
with me so we can continue sleeping).
During the last 6 weeks or so, Izzy primarily only
nursed to sleep at
bedtime with a few exceptions here and there.
We have a solid
bedtime routine
with a bath, book,
nursing, and song, but we don't know what to do after that other than rock, rock, rock.
We take turns
with bath time, Jason puts Noah to bed while I
nurse the baby to sleep (I figure once Ezra weans we'll either alternate who - puts - who - to - bed or try one big family joint
bedtime stories and songs).
This is how I personally use the crib: I
nurse my baby to sleep for both naps and
bedtime and choose not to do the «cry it out» sleep training
with my one year old.