https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:32:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-and-night-weaning-how-do-ihow-did-you#post-2811618 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 07:56:14 +0000 NorthStar 2811618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: Glad to know that I'm not the only one! Luckily, he doesn't pull on me at all and doesn't ask when we are out. It's just before sleep and overnight for us. But, it's enough to do me in!</p> <p>@josina: LOL that you are doing through it again! I definitely eventually give up too. I was going to let him cry longer last night during one of his three wake ups (eye roll) and he knocked the video camera out of the wall and my monitor starting beeping. So, I HAD to go in there. I think he has me figured out :wink: He is our last too and honestly, I'm completely fine with nursing IF it means that he is sleeping through the night. But, that doesn't seem to be happenning. I was only able to nurse DD for 6 months (and pumped until 13 months), so it's been amazing to nurse this long. But, I'm about over it at this point. :silly: </p> <p>@Iced Tea: Thanks for your input! I'll look into that method. At this point, I'll try anything.</p> <p>@Ajsmommy: YES! Keep watering it down and I think eventually, they figure that it's not worth waking up for (because they are basically just getting water). What a perfectly timed accident :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-and-night-weaning-how-do-ihow-did-you#post-2811616 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 07:40:30 +0000 Ajsmommy 2811616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in this situation but with a bottle not Boob. Ds is bottle weaned all day but at bedtime and during night he gets a bottle.</p> <p>Last night I ran out of formula so he got a watered down bottle (oops...) but he actually only drank half and then went back down. I'm wondering if that's a thing?? Watering down the bottle until he decides he doesn't want or need it.....???? </p> <p>Man I'd love to be done w night time wake ups AND bottles....I just don't know how to do it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-and-night-weaning-how-do-ihow-did-you#post-2811581 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:53:38 +0000 AnnabelleG 2811581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Night weaning was so intimidating! I couldn't get on board with it the second time until my son was at least 15 months. I had to wait until I was completely sure because he can smell my ambivalence, I'm sure of it! I cut out all nursing in his room, so I nursed the last time right after his bath, and then gave him a bottle of milk during story time in his room (he's tiny and I always worried about him getting hungry). After his bottle, I'd sing the same song every night (about 2 minutes) and put him down. If he screamed I'd wait 5-10 minutes, go in rock him and sing the same song, put him back down. I did the same thing overnight and he got it. It took a couple nights of 30 minutes of crying, but it was so much better than crying it out entirely, which I did with my first son. If he pulled at my shirt, I'd say boobies went night night. Oh, I think I also offered water so I wouldn't be so worried he was thirsty. So not easy, but so much better once I was really sure I was doing the right thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-and-night-weaning-how-do-ihow-did-you#post-2811580 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:40:35 +0000 Iced Tea 2811580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age with my first daughter, I used the Pantley Gentle Removal Method from the book The No Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers. Night weaned easily, much to my shock. I should have done it earlier. In fact, I’ve started it a bit now with my nine month old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-and-night-weaning-how-do-ihow-did-you#post-2811575 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:00:14 +0000 josina 2811575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: Yeah, right now I'm trying to cut out the day-time bottles since I'm done pumping. Then from there? Eeek. I feel like DS was pretty easy whatever I ended up doing!<br /> I know I was done, and then nursed once a week later to empty, and that was it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-and-night-weaning-how-do-ihow-did-you#post-2811570 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:21:51 +0000 snowjewelz 2811570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: I don't care about the comments at all :silly: But yes K2 does the same thing! Pulls at my shirt and tries to get to them when I get home from work. On the weekends it's "boobies! boobies!" All day long. But I don't nurse when we're out and not when people are over. Basically I only let her when it's easy for me aka we're just home. I think maybe I'll start trying not to give it to her during the day.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-and-night-weaning-how-do-ihow-did-you#post-2811569 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:16:13 +0000 josina 2811569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorthStar: So funny that you boosted this because I'm in the same situation again. ;) I have no idea what I did either! I know I was done just after 14 months so I may have done CIO? Or maybe that was when I just started bringing him to bed with us which is why we're still at that now, lol. </p> <p>Now DD is 13 months and seems to be way more demanding than DS was, she's pulling at my shirt as soon as I get home from work, nurses at least once overnight, and I've been trying to let her cry, which is usually at least a half hour and then I give up again so I can sleep... pretty much same spot we were in then!<br /> @snowjewelz: I'm not in a hurry either since DD is probably our last! But I have been getting the dreaded comments now that she's 1! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-and-night-weaning-how-do-ihow-did-you#post-2811559 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:57:41 +0000 snowjewelz 2811559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorthStar: Haha I'm in the same boat but mine is 15 months. She is an absolute boob monster and since she's probably our last, I don't have the heart to not give it to her... So now I've given myself an arbitrary deadline of 18 months to wean... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-and-night-weaning-how-do-ihow-did-you#post-2811548 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:07:52 +0000 NorthStar 2811548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: What did you end up doing? I am basically in the same boat and same situation. DS is up a few times a night, wants to nurse, but my supply is minimal at this point (he is 13 months old). He doesn't take a paci and hasn't had a bottle in months. I'm just looking for ideas in how to get him to wean and STTN. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-question-1#post-2765368 Sat, 05 Aug 2017 11:13:42 +0000 meadow 2765368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Seems split.</p> <p>Yes - nursing to sleep is so peaceful. I will miss those moments together. (I also am sad that my babies won't fall asleep looking at each other and touching heads anymore) But the silver lining is that I will be able to go out to dinner with a friend or on a date with my DH if someone else can do bedtime.</p> <p>Thanks all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-question-1#post-2765226 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 13:07:05 +0000 Dahlia 2765226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't nurse her to sleep, but DD started consistently sleeping through the night about a week after I weaned her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-question-1#post-2765225 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:58:19 +0000 maddyz 2765225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also overnight weened my first at 10 months and the nighttime nurse to sleep was the last to go when we stopped nursing at 15 months. But if you want to fully ween int he next three weeks I would start dropping sessions in whatever felt the most natural (for me middle of the night would be the first to go). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-question-1#post-2765221 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:36:53 +0000 Adira 2765221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love love loved nursing to sleep, so I wouldn't have wanted to give that up first. I was able to night-wean my youngest without giving up nursing to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-question-1#post-2765216 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:23:16 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2765216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped nursing to sleep and that naturally lead to DD sleeping through the night within 3 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-question-1#post-2765204 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:50:19 +0000 pachamama 2765204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing to sleep was one of my greatest joys. Sleeping was also a great joy to me so I say drop the STTN. I agonized about dropping both but my now 18m old did great without the boob at those tricky times. We dropped the MOTN around 11 months and 15 months I stopped nursing all together so I could get a period. Nursing in the middle of the night is more of a disrupter of sleep (I feel) than having a comforting snack at bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-question-1#post-2765188 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:59:36 +0000 meadow 2765188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: That is kind of what I was thinking - but I wasn't sure if that theory made sense. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-question-1#post-2765179 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:47:41 +0000 erinbaderin 2765179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think if you stop nursing to sleep it might help with the overnight wake ups, so I voted you stop that first. Hopefully they won't then wake up going "WTF, why is there no longer a boob in my mouth?" and it will make the overnights easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-question-1#post-2765171 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:41:27 +0000 meadow 2765171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I currently nurse my twins at 6:30am (regardless of when they wake for the day - often about 5am...), at bedtime (I nurse to sleep...) and then at nearly all overnight wakeups. When there's no teething or illness - this is 1 or 2x per night.<br /> I weaned them from daytime nursing at the end of June and would like to wean completely over the next couple of weeks. I also have the goal to get them to STTN.</p> <p>Looking for advice - which goal should I tackle first. STTN or weaning from nursing to sleep?</p> <p>The morning nursing I think I could get rid of without much hoopla - I don't feel "full" in the morning and have kept that session more as a way to keep my production up in so I didn't dry up for bedtime/overnights. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554712 Mon, 23 May 2016 13:24:29 +0000 psw27 2554712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember, I was too tired! Maybe? Nothing was too consistent! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554681 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:59:21 +0000 Shantuck 2554681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a "unicorn" baby who slept through the night starting at 12 weeks. The trick for us was the Miracle Blanket, a white noise machine, a bedtime routine with a bath every night, and a tank-up feed (5-6 oz of breastmilk) right before bed. I tried all of these things on the same night and miraculously he slept all through the night without any wakings so I just kept doing all of those things every night for a long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554680 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:58:56 +0000 looch 2554680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 hour stretches didn't happen until way later, my son woke to eat every 4 hours, day and night until he was at least 6 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554673 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:53:12 +0000 LAZB 2554673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, DD was sleeping 8 hours a night by 6ish weeks. I'm so lucky, and afraid of how this next baby will be, we've been spoiled! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554662 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:45:55 +0000 Coffee-lover 2554662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby is stillnot sleeping through the nigt at 12 months! 😫 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554660 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:43:15 +0000 mediagirl 2554660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way. My kid didn't STTN until 17 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554657 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:42:37 +0000 LulaBee 2554657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD2 was STTN at 12 weeks. Now, at 26 weeks, she isn't. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554653 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:41:21 +0000 swurlygurl 2554653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Apparently I birth great sleepers (knock on all the woods for this third baby!!!!)<br /> L SSTN (10 - 7) from 12 weeks on (with a couple bad weeks here and there, but nothing too awful)<br /> K STTN (9-6) from 7 weeks on (she had a bad couple weeks somewhere around 4/5 months where it was a 2-hour awake period in the middle of the night, but thankfully that wrapped up eventually!)</p> <p>And I know a lot of people contribute formula to better sleeping, so... that may be a reason? But my SIL BF her 3 kids and they all STTN early on as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554608 Mon, 23 May 2016 11:40:35 +0000 PawPrints 2554608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah by the technical definition, she totally was. By that point she was reliably sleeping 6pm-2am in one solid stretch (with a dream feed at 11pm). Not that anyone would ever describe that as sleeping through the night, since it's not like it helped us out at all - she still woke up at 2am, 4:30am, 7am or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554565 Mon, 23 May 2016 10:39:04 +0000 pachamama 2554565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son STTN at 13 weeks. He was born 3 weeks early FWIW. Before that, he was FEEDING every 1.5-3 hours, it was agony! He's 20 weeks now and I see no sign of regression.. yet. He sleeps 7:30-3:30/ 5am. It's so wonderful!!</p> <p>Here's what worked for us (tho I understand some babies just sleep better)<br /> LOTS of naps- sleep begets sleep. No napping after 5:30<br /> consistent bedtime routine<br /> early bedtime 7pm<br /> "tank him up" with a long feeding right before bed<br /> white noise<br /> Halo SleepSack swaddle since literally Day 1<br /> he's awake but drowsy when we put him down- shushing and pacifier to ease him into sleep for a max of 5 minutes.<br /> sleeps alone in his bassinet, next to our bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554547 Mon, 23 May 2016 09:56:42 +0000 MrsKoala 2554547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Noooooo.. not until 12 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-at-12-weeks/page/2#post-2554487 Mon, 23 May 2016 08:31:40 +0000 sapphire 2554487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but I know I was lucky! Right at 8 weeks my LO slept 8 hour stretches and by 12 weeks was 10+. </p>