https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 18:54:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-weaning-toddler-support#post-2529227 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:23:12 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2529227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any tips @moonmoon since you were so helpful on my other thread? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-weaning-toddler-support#post-2528968 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:07:20 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2528968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: I forgot about offering water, I imow that a lot of people do that. Thanks for the advice. </p> <p>@Raindrop: I have heard that some people<br /> Try s few times and when the baby is ready it works finally. Hope thwts the case for you! I just can't be as gradual and gentle and follow his lead as I would like. </p> <p>@jmarionsmith: I am not convinced that nursing to sleep is really gonna make that big of a difference at this age. I've seen him wake up and roll around and go back to sleep occasionally, and even sit up and cry and then go back tksleep, where other times that doesn't happen and I have to go in and nurse him back to sleep. The sleep association thing seems a little less important to me at this age! I would totally keep nursing him to sleep if it wasn't the teeth issue. I even considered trying to start wiping his mouth while he's still asleep after I nurse him to sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-weaning-toddler-support#post-2528961 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:01:09 +0000 jmarionsmith 2528961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in the process of night weaning my 19 month old. It is HARD!! For right now I'm still nursing to sleep (I know, I know) but not letting her nurse at any wake up. Sometimes she fights me and sometimes she seems to give up pretty quickly. I know for her it's more a comfort thing than a milk/hunger issue so I feel really bad about it. The first night she did so well and only woke up 3 times, but last night was horrible and there were lotsss of tears from both of us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-weaning-toddler-support#post-2528954 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:49:50 +0000 Raindrop 2528954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No help just commiseration! We have been super unsuccessful with LO2 (almost 15 months and still wakes up 3 times for milk).</p> <p>My first LO started sleeping through the night by himself at 4 months... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-weaning-toddler-support#post-2528947 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:41:13 +0000 josina 2528947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What worked for us at 14 months was that I just quit offering at night, so if he woke up I starting giving a sippy of water instead. It actually was super easy, after a few days he didn't seem to even want to nurse anymore, and finally started STTN.<br /> Since I was also working on 'drying up' I think I basically just quit nursing right at 14 months, but 2 days later let him nurse to drain me, and then 5 days later nursed one more time because I was full. Done after that.</p> <p>If it works for you to keep pushing sessions back, do that. Whatever works. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-weaning-toddler-support#post-2528941 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:35:07 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2528941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Other questions: when I go back to work on Friday, I normally nurse him at 130pm before work, and then am very ready to nurse him when I get home from Work at midnight since I no longer pump. He doesn't normally wake up when I get home but I nurse him when I go to bed around 1230-1am. Should I pump at work just for this stretch of work days? Since we are still in process? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-weaning-toddler-support#post-2528933 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:28:47 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2528933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I officially started night weaning my 15 month old last night! </p> <p>I posted last week after we went to the dentist for his first check up and he has the beginnings of tooth decay on his front 4 teeth (sob). As the dentist put it, it's more likely caused by carby snack grazing and genetics than night nursing, but at this point it's important to do everything I can to halt the progression of decay.</p> <p>Anyways, any tips on night weaning a toddler while still bedsharing? </p> <p>Last night I started with not nursing to sleep and not nursing until after 1am. The problem was he woke up at 1205am, and never truly fell back into a deep sleep, he tossed and turned and would seem to be sleeping for a couple minutes and then flop around a little more. No real crying at this point at least. I wanted to make sure he truly fell all the way asleep before I nursed him again, but I ended up nursing him at some point between 1-2a, at which point he crashed. I was thinking tonight Ill make my cut off 2? And keep moving it ahead by 1 hour each night, unless it goes amazing and Ill jump it later. </p>