https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:26:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-dr-jay-gordons-gentle-night-weaning-approach#post-1694587 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 22:55:56 +0000 cranberryapple 1694587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Zbug: I didn't end up actually trying this method. It was more like cold-turkey, but in just a couple of days, he was all night-weaned. I had a friend who had night-weaned the same way too, so I kinda knew what to expect. All I did was tell him several times during the day-of that I wasn't going to be offering any milk at night. Then, during his first wake-up, I held him while he cried for 45 minutes. I was just there for him, acknowledging his upset. Then I offered him water instead, and put him down. He woke up 2 hours later, but this time only cried for 15 minutes. The next night, only 20 minutes while holding him. And, then the following night, it was less than 2 minutes of crying. I really believe he understood and was ready to accept it. The crying was hard at first because it was pretty intense, but being there with him really helped. There might have been some fussing the following nights, but we let him work that out on his own since he wasn't "crying". He has been sleeping through the night since, and I'm so glad we did it this way! Good luck with this when you start! </p> <p><a href="http://www.janetlansbury.com/2010/12/changing-toddler-sleep-habits-guest-post-by-eileen-henry/" rel="nofollow">http://www.janetlansbury.com/2010/12/changing-toddler-sleep-habits-guest-post-by-eileen-henry/</a></p> <p>Check out that post, and also the rest of her site for fun! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-dr-jay-gordons-gentle-night-weaning-approach#post-1692817 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:51:36 +0000 Zbug 1692817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: did you end up trying this approach? We aren't ready to night wean yet, but I'm starting to think about how we might in the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-dr-jay-gordons-gentle-night-weaning-approach#post-1313441 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:07:03 +0000 Dagny 1313441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm curious to hear experiences with this as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-dr-jay-gordons-gentle-night-weaning-approach#post-1313433 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:04:47 +0000 cranberryapple 1313433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I are all set to try night-weaning using this approach (<a href="http://drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.html" rel="nofollow">http://drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.html</a>), but I wanted to see if anyone had any personal experiences using this approach and how it went! It seems that a lot of people have had success with it, but I do have my apprehensions about it. I'll admit, I was okay with letting DS cry-it-out in the beginning when he was under one, but now that he is older (17 months), it is sooooo much harder to listen to his cries, so we've settled on a gentler approach. </p> <p>What I'm most afraid of is what DS will be like at those moments that he is not offered milk. Obviously, he will be *VERY VERY* understandably upset. DS is not the super cuddly type. I don't think patting or rubbing his back will help at all. He'll just get more upset that I'm not picking him up. On the other hand, if I do pick him up and hold him until he stops crying, he'll cry again when I put him down. If I hold him until he falls asleep, I'm afraid he'll wake up and cry again. I can literally imagine this going on for hours! He has no troubles falling asleep on his own for the night, but he can't go back to sleep on his own when he wakes up in the middle of the night because of the nursing. </p> <p>Then, I'm afraid that after we successfully night-wean, he'll still be waking up at those times and instead of the quick-fix of nursing, I'll be up with him for hours at a time! HELP!!!!</p> <p>So, I hope those of you who've tried this will say that it gets better! </p>