https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 30 May 2026 19:30:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-821581 Fri, 31 May 2013 10:18:36 +0000 rattles 821581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrswonderwoman: I totally hear you. Follow your gut. I felt like I could tell that LO was getting to the age where her wants were different from her needs. She needed more sleep but wanted to be up and playing. She only cried for 18 minutes total (in between checks, and I totally cried while she did, ha) and already seems happier. You'll know whether it's the right call for you and your baby, Mama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-821575 Fri, 31 May 2013 10:15:42 +0000 rattles 821575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO slept through the night last night! I put her down at 7:30pm, she fussed for a minute or two once or twice during the night but resettled without help and didn't wake up to eat until 5am! Granted she wouldn't go back to sleep then and is now on her second nap at 10am, but still! I hadn't had that long of a stretch of sleep in probably a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-821548 Fri, 31 May 2013 10:08:02 +0000 Mrswonderwoman 821548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need to figure out how to get LO sleeping long in between night feedings, because evy 1-2 hrs is insane! He gives me usually at least one 3 hr stretch, sometimes two. But really, I know he can go longer between meals, he just can't seem to figure out how to stay asleep that long....*sigh*. I really don't want to do CIO for wakings at night. I'm not sure I can stomach it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-818825 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:47:03 +0000 rattles 818825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrswonderwoman: That was exactly our situation! She would go from bedtime until around midnight before nursing and then eat three times between then and morning. Because I knew she could last 5-6 hours , I felt pretty comfortable cutting the night feedings down to one in the middle. We'll see how that goes, since last night was the first night. (It went well last night, and she hasn't seemed to need to eat more during the day.) </p> <p>I had put off sleep training for the same reasons. We're keeping LO in our room because we're in a one-bedroom condo. It's on the market now, but until we move, she's got to be in our room. DH loves cosleeping, but I was starting to have trouble sleeping with my wiggleworm DD (even though I love the easy nursing). We don't have to worry about wakeups until after midnight when we're in the room trying to sleep. We've just stayed still in bed and then gotten up to sit/stand by the crib for checks. I do think being in the room was why pick up put down didn't work well for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-818786 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:39:39 +0000 Mrswonderwoman 818786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my goodness, I've been wondering the same thing! My 5 month old still wakes to nurse about 3 times at night, and honestly, I know he can go longer, but it's just easiest to nurse him back to sleep at this point. We are still co sleeping, and I'd love to have him in a crib or pack n play in our room by 6 months, but I really have no idea how I'm going to handle middle of the night. I love co sleeping, because I fall asleep pretty fast after nursing DS, and he's pretty quick, but waking 3-4 times at night stinks....and DS is becoming a bed hog too!</p> <p>For those who reduced feedings, did you do it gradually? Did you use a pacifier or anything else to help, or just CIO? If you kept LO in your room, how did you do CIO or ferber with the checks? I'm not comfortable with LO out of our room (he'd be downstairs on a different floor of the house since that's where the nursery is)) so I not sure how to make this work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-817516 Thu, 30 May 2013 10:22:10 +0000 rattles 817516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried this last night and it was great! She fussed (but didn't hardly even cry) at 12:30am, I fed her at 3am, she fussed/cried at 5am and then got up for the day at 7! I hope this is the start of something good. Thanks for your help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-816556 Wed, 29 May 2013 20:32:43 +0000 hilsy85 816556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: he says that babies don't really NEED to eat after about 5 months, but he also says that you can continue to nurse at night if you choose...I set a time--1:30--which was 7 hours after he went to bed, and if he woke before then I wouldn't nurse him. He has woken at midnight a few times, but he'll cry/fuss for a few minutes and then go back to sleep. It's weird (in a good way), but after doing Ferber, he has NEVER woken after eating at 1:30 and needed to be fed again (i.e. cried non stop in such a way that I thought he was hungry). He almost always sleeps til he wakes up, or he'll wake up and cry for a few minutes, and then go bck to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-816502 Wed, 29 May 2013 20:10:33 +0000 NovBaby1112 816502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are a week into sleep training, but we are not eliminating all night feeds. I wanted to keep 1 night feed (instead of the 3-5 we were having). I set a time for it though, and if she wakes after 1:30am, I go in and feed/change diaper. It's been working great and she can put herself to sleep no problem if she wakes up randomly in the night or after her feed and for bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-816445 Wed, 29 May 2013 19:50:59 +0000 rattles 816445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I had tried Pantley without much luck. Last night was our first Ferber night (3-5-10). I cried while she did, ha. I read a good amount of his book but have since had to return it to the library. From what I remembered, Ferber said she didn't NEED to be eating anymore and didn't give much guidance about doing both. I think I remember from another thread that you fed your LO after a designated time? How did it work out? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-816280 Wed, 29 May 2013 18:00:12 +0000 hilsy85 816280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What method are you planning on using for sleep training? We used Ferber's method, and he covers night nursing in his book. He doesn't advocate for complete night weaning unless you want to/are ready. I highly recommend reading the book, it has lots of good info! We got LO down to one night nursing session (from 3ish...). He still wakes up one or two other times sometimes, but he puts himself back to sleep usually within 5 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-and-sleep-training#post-816075 Wed, 29 May 2013 16:16:56 +0000 rattles 816075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're working on DD's sleep, but I'm confused as to how to handle feedings if I'm not purposefully trying to night wean. Background: LO will be 6 months on Saturday and she's still EBF. She sleeps in a crib in our room (although from laziness and exhaustion, I had been bringing her into our bed late at night. Stopping that was stage one). She goes down well when placed in her crib awake, but she wakes up often and never soothes herself during the night. As she's getting bigger, she notices that we're in the room and she'll babble to us from her crib instead of going back to sleep. The goal is to get her sleeping in her crib and not waking up so often and for so long at night. </p> <p>All of that is to say I don't know how to handle mid-night nursings and sleep training. Is the assumption that you cut all nighttime nursing? From everything I've read, it seems like it's important to be consistent in the way you soothe or the time you allow. Will nursing her throw a wrench in things? Do I nurse her before she starts crying? How do I know if she's really hungry? I kind of hate this. Anyone have any insight or experience? Thanks! </p>