https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 01:50:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/end-of-my-rope#post-1884667 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:07:12 +0000 Mammabare 1884667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anagram We started off trying to do the Jay Gordon method, i.e. no nursing between 11-6. When that failed to prevent him from waking up still looking to nurse every few hours or so we inched the time back to 11-3 hoping to inch it back out. Now we are going to try one feeding at a time and let my husband be the first responder. If this doesn't work we'll have to buckle down and sleep train after the cold passes.</p> <p>@munchkin thanks and Im trying lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/end-of-my-rope#post-1884493 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:30:39 +0000 Munchkin 1884493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi all. Jumping in the middle mix. With no real advice as we are looking to night weaning our LO and then transition to a floor bed good luck @mammabare, hang in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/end-of-my-rope#post-1884486 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:25:45 +0000 Anagram 1884486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mammabare: I ended up needing to sleep train 3 times, because each time we would sleep train, LO would get a bad daycare illness within days and I feel like the good sleep habits didn't have enough time to "stick" before the illnesses, which would cause her (and us) to revert to the 4-6 wakeups a night, and us doing whatever it took to get her back down (feeding, rocking, cosleeping, whatever).</p> <p>The last time I sleep trained was when I was out of work for the summer (I'm a teacher) and LO didn't get sick for 2 months afterward and it stuck. Basically. She still has bad nights when teething or sick.</p> <p>I think you can push through with the night weaning, even when sick or teething, and just offer comfort and tylenol. </p> <p>For night weaning, were you dropping 1 feed at a time or attempting to drop them all at once? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/end-of-my-rope#post-1884401 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:50:04 +0000 Mammabare 1884401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anagram thanks yeah it's just we were already head first into night weaning when teeth and colds started showing up. It seemed like we should just push through. But if we actually do sleep train we would wait until at least the cold has subsided. He only has his 2 year molars left to pop out so hopefully we have a few months before those are interfering. We do have a crib and can put it up if it makes sense. Did you sleep train your LO at a later age? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/end-of-my-rope#post-1884353 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:24:34 +0000 Anagram 1884353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mammabare: I hope someone who uses a floor bed chimes in! My LO is still in a crib, so I'm not sure how to go about sleep training in a floor bed. </p> <p>Maybe trying the parent-attended CIO methods, with your husband patting LO on the back or sitting nearby, but not feeding?</p> <p>But I feel like stuffy noses + teething isn't a good time to sleep train. My LO sleeps *terribly* when she has either of those going on, so both together just means bad nights. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/end-of-my-rope#post-1884290 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:59:25 +0000 Mammabare 1884290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anagram In a separate room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/end-of-my-rope#post-1884286 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:57:25 +0000 Anagram 1884286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mammabare: is his floor bed in another room or in your room? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/end-of-my-rope#post-1884259 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:47:20 +0000 Mammabare 1884259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have been on a night weaning journey for my 20 month old son for over 3 weeks now. He still wakes up and wails for milk every 2.5-4 hours (4 hours on a really excellent night). During our attempts to night wean he has popped three teeth and is now on his second cold. I was assured that every a few days of no milks over night he would "get it" and then start sleeping through the night. Needless to say that didn't happen. He has a bedtime routine (bath, books, nursing, bed). He falls asleep awake and up until two days ago this was without issue. The last couple of nights he has been resistant to not nursing to sleep but I just let him cry and with a few songs he fell asleep on his own. He sleeps on a floor bed. Here's my question: Anyone have any advice for sleep training a toddler of this age? My husband is ready to sleep up until now I had been really REALLY against it. But I am so so so tired. I don't want to listen to him scream (because he will scream, not cry, scream) for hours if we've missed the boat on sleep training. Please help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1760727 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:14:25 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1760727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6.5 months. We did CIO with no checks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1760593 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:46:07 +0000 daniellemybelle 1760593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 8 months we CIO'd for all wake-ups. She was nursing 2-3x a night before then but she'd fall asleep after a few sips so it was solely comfort nursing. Now if she wakes up after 4am I will nurse her &amp; cosleep or put her back down. Before then we CIO with maybe a back rub if she's inconsolable but that's rare (knock on wood). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1760586 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:43:10 +0000 delight 1760586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>By 9 months she self weaned night feedings. Occasionally she will wake at 5am to nurse, but 9 times out of 10 she sleeps through. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1760565 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:26:05 +0000 imbali 1760565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7 months - we did sleep training and she's been night weaned since the second night I think </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1760470 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:48:12 +0000 Mammabare 1760470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just started this past Friday. Basically trying a modified Jay Gordon approach, but essentially decided to just say no between 11p-5a. Lots of crying first couple of nights. Last couple of nights not as much crying. We'll see how tonight goes... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1760440 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:38:20 +0000 Kemma 1760440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still night nursing at 21 months but attempting to reduce the length / number of feeds with a view to night weaning at two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1759975 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:58:19 +0000 Zbug 1759975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are still nursing 1-3 times a night at 9 months. Playing it by ear but thinking I might try night weaning closer to a year. I've heard that months 9-12 can be the worst for sleep, so I don't want to give up my easy tool for getting her back down until we get thru all this developmental milestones/regressions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1759882 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:35:44 +0000 birdofafeather 1759882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>at 12.5 months, we did CIO with checks to get rid of her MOTN waking/to night wean and it worked in 3 nights. had some regressions, but overall a positive outcome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1759759 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:58:04 +0000 pelikila 1759759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it at 6.5 months when we sleep trained. DH started doing all night wake ups and I'd get up and pump so I kept my supply up (I had low supply) and C didn't smell the milk and get as upset since it was DH comforting him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1759710 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:34:05 +0000 ShootingStar 1759710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right before 7 months we sleep trained, and he started sleeping longer stretches - until around 3 or 4 am. We started making sure to tank him up with plenty of food during the day and he dropped that last feeding and sleeps 8-7:30 now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1759601 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:58:26 +0000 sslm 1759601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it around 11 months. Daddy went in when she woke up instead of me and it worked like a charm! I'd say it was about a week of that at most, then she stopped waking up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1759551 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:47:02 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1759551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well. We moved her to her own room around 7 months but she was still ending up in our bed &amp; nursing every few hours after midnight. Around 9 months I said no more, so if &amp; when she wakes up I go in, pick her up &amp; sing her her bed time song &amp; lay her back down. It took her about 2 weeks to stop crying completely but she gets plenty of calories during the day so I knew it was just habit for her. She still gets up around 4 or 5 to nurse &amp; snuggle with us but I'm okay with that. From 7/730 to 4 or 5 without wake ups is so much more manageable than what we were previously doing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1759528 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:41:36 +0000 Alivoo01 1759528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started night weaning DS the past couple of weeks (he turns 1 this week). I refused to feed him. He'd burrow looking for it and he still does. Instead, I'll either let him fuss it out or his daddy will come to his rescue and pick him up. He'll calm down and go back to sleep. Rinse and repeat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-night-wean-1#post-1759484 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:28:59 +0000 jetsa 1759484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When did you night wean if LO did not do it on their own and HOW? </p> 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/did-you-have-to-night-wean-to-get-your-period-back#post-1694063 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:54:23 +0000 jetsa 1694063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got it back at 7 months and he was still nursing 2-3 times but it was shortly after we stopped co-sleeping. The amount of nursing decreased when he started sleeping in his crib </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-night-wean-to-get-your-period-back#post-1694057 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:50:59 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1694057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no, i night weaned when my LO was 6-7 months and didn't get my period back until i cut out day feedings around 12 months (i.e. nursed only morning and before bed). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-night-wean-to-get-your-period-back#post-1694020 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:30:08 +0000 coopsmama 1694020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I got my period back at 3.5 months postpartum and DS was definitely still waking up several times in the night. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-night-wean-to-get-your-period-back#post-1694015 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:22:50 +0000 Zbug 1694015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: haha. 13 month sounds perfect to me. And then after the next LO, it can pretty much stay away forever :). I know I'm getting way ahead of myself here, but I was hoping to let her night wean on her own (we also cobed). She's only 8 months but I don't really see that happening anytime soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-night-wean-to-get-your-period-back#post-1694013 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:22:02 +0000 dolphin 1694013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got it back at 11 months and nursed once a night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-night-wean-to-get-your-period-back#post-1694001 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:19:51 +0000 Arden 1694001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. We co-bed and I nurse Vi during the night and several times during the day and my period came back at 13 months. I wish it had stayed away longer... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-night-wean-to-get-your-period-back#post-1693997 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:17:38 +0000 Zbug 1693997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks again for all the input! There does seem to be a correlation btw night feedings and Aunt Flo for at least some people. Good to know in case we get to the point of ttc before LO stops nursing in the MOTN. </p>