https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:00:32 +0000 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>