https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 03:04:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1374744 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:57:22 +0000 Kemma 1374744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still night nursing at just over fifteen months but A has STTN on occasion and has just had a week or so of sleeping 9-10 hour stretches. I think it's worth noting that some babies will continue to wake in the night for comfort and nursing is the comfort rather than hunger driving the wakeups (as I think the case is for us!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1374461 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:55:36 +0000 dolphin 1374461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: omg this is us! From 9 months on DD started waking up 1-2x a night. She is 13 months now. I nurse for a few min (this is our only nursing session) and she goes back to sleep. I'm waiting for the day she will STTN again! Let me know how weaning goes for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1374402 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:15:59 +0000 dagret 1374402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I'm glad you asked this question bc I need to start this. At least, i need to stop bringing L to bed to nurse. He still wakes up 2-3x/night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1373798 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:47:45 +0000 googly-eyes 1373798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I'd say it's worth trying at this point then but I don't know your bf goals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1373612 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:40:07 +0000 lizzywiz 1373612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no. I wish!<br /> We tried for a month, she kept waking up, then she was sick and I caved and now we are back to night nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1373607 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:36:35 +0000 NovBaby1112 1373607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, for the most part- except for teething and illness- which seem to hit our house every other week, ugh! </p> <p>she weaned herself at 10.5 months, and started STTN shortly after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1373333 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 11:00:07 +0000 mrsjyw 1373333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep, he night weaned and sttn at the same pretty early on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1373303 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:51:45 +0000 Sammyfab 1373303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think it depends on what you decide to do instead of nurse. As long as you aren't replacing it with a different sleep crutch then I am sure she will learn to sleep through. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1373212 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:28:22 +0000 Maysprout 1373212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It helped a little but not all the way. I didn't night wean till she was older but she still woke up for water most nights. At 2.5 she still does this occasionally. Teething was really bad for us too so I kept nursing through that because it was the only thing that really soothed her and helped her get back to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1373176 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:15:16 +0000 birdofafeather 1373176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: I thought the same when she was naturally dropping feedings on her own, so I think that's why I've been waiting it out but we've been at 1 MOTN feeding since 9 months and this last regression is taking it out of me!</p> <p>@hilsy85: I hope so. Teething is kicking her butt right now too! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1372725 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:38:14 +0000 hilsy85 1372725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>MY LO night weaned and STTN at the same time on his own at 13.5 months. I think outside of teething and illness, once they're this old, if they're not waking to nurse I think there's a good chance they just STTN (I hope this is the case for you). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1372662 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 06:30:26 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1372662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. DS1 only STTN after we night weaned (which turned into total weaning) at 13 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1372566 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 01:09:08 +0000 googly-eyes 1372566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have this issue, but dd is sixteen months and as of the past few weeks waking up at night...so not necessarily, but I hope so. I think if your lo is only waking up to eat and sleeping fine otherwise there's a good chance you will get to sttn soon. Just my opinion though! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1372514 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:50:49 +0000 twinmama 1372514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We night weaned and sleep trained at 10 months. They were beasts and still eating 1-3x per night. They made the transition easier than I thought. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1372495 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:43:03 +0000 HLK208 1372495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I had a bad habit of taking E into my room to nurse her and co-sleep from 3am on. I had to break that habit, stay in her room to nurse her and keep quiet. I knew she wasn't hungry so I made the nursing session shorter and shorter each night. Finally, she got it and slept until 7am without nursing. It took about 2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1372405 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:59:18 +0000 birdofafeather 1372405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: how did you night wean and how long til she got the message? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1372378 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:50:51 +0000 HLK208 1372378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E was 13 months when I night weaned and she did start sleeping through the night after that. Before, she would wake up at 3am every night to nurse for maybe 5 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-night-weaning-sttn-for-your-lo#post-1372369 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:47:35 +0000 birdofafeather 1372369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay, DD is 12.5 months and still waking up at least once in a 12 hour period overnight (twice a night the last two weeks with travel and teething). previously, I had always nursed her and put her back down bc it was the quickest way and she rarely ever got up and stayed up to party, etc. she always nurses well and then goes right back to bed.</p> <p>I was waiting it out as they say, hoping she would drop that 1 MOTN feeding/wake up on her own. But after a rough week of travel and bad sleep habits and another of teething and bad sleep habits, I'm going to give her another week or two of our regular routine to get back on track and then I need to get serious about this STTN business that everyone talks about!</p> <p>my question is this: if i simply night wean, aka: when she wakes up, don't feed her but comfort her otherwise until she gets the message that there is no more milk in the MOTN, will she STTN? or am i still going to have to deal with MOTN wake ups that are long and arduous bc now i'm not nursing?</p> <p>when you night weaned, did LO STTN? How old were they?</p> <p>** yes, i realize this is a loaded question and different for every child. i'm finally okay with her getting enough nutrition during the day (girl is 75th percentile, i think she's alright. ;) ) and want to get a full night's rest! i also realize that others would have done this forever ago, but right now feels right for us! </p>