https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 01:47:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-107817 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:05:09 +0000 obxwife 107817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so glad I found this thread! It seems it varies A LOT and depends on the child. </p> <p>I know I have no room for an opinion here, but my baby is 5 weeks old and will sometimes sleep from 10:30 to 5/6 am without a feeding. If he wakes up earlier, I feed him. </p> <p>I say, if they will fall back asleep without a feeding, that's great! But if they won't, I don't see the harm. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-107789 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:13:38 +0000 SAHM0811 107789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I know... Tooth decay is worrisome....that's why we did away with the bottle with my first DD... She's 4 now and has always been cavity-free! She also sleeps wonderfully.. 9p to 9a and we didn't use CIO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-107779 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:51:23 +0000 chopsuey 107779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: I did for about 5 seconds, but LO wanted to nurse and I wasn't going to deprive her! :) I can't imagine not nursing. I went 6 hours and my boobs were so engorged! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-107774 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:26:12 +0000 daniellemybelle 107774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: That is awesome! So did you attempt no nursing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-107696 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:32:43 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 107696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am feeding Baby Y twice a night most nights ... He's nine months. Sigh. But he also nurses four times a day and eats solids 3 times a day. Is he just a bottomless pit? He does sleep in his own crib and the feedings are brief ... I guess I just keep hoping he'll start sleeping through on his own :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-107658 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:03:04 +0000 chopsuey 107658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NYCaliMama: THANKS SO MUCH! DH was worried about tooth decay and was stressing me out. I forwarded the article to him. :)<br /> We had a really good night last night. I got 6 hours of straight sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-107558 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:20:49 +0000 SAHM0811 107558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownie: @ohapostrophe: hahaha... I'm so with you guys... if my girls' peds knew half of the stuff I do at home with them, they would for sure give me huge lectures and make me feel like the worst parent/person ever. I do the nod and ignore thing too :) I know where they are coming from, and it's their job to preach what they've learned in medical school.... i even also come from a healthcare background and I do totally get it, but as a mom I also know there are other ways of raising your kids that's still safe and healthy.</p> <p>@chopsuey119: good for you... do what you feel is best for you and your LO. My LO is like yours where she hates bottles and doesn't eat solids much.... So she's a total mommy's baby. she's a little younger than yours though... 9 months next week, but I do feed and comfort nurse her throughout the night and I don't plan on cold turkey stopping after she turns a certain age. I'll just stop when I feel it's right for us. It might be at 12 months (I doubt it), or 18 months, maybe even 24 months... I don't know, but if I'm not driving myself crazy doing it, I will continue... honestly, in the grand scheme of things, our babies grow up SO fast... These days of agonizing over sleep will be over before you know it. I really don't see anything wrong with comforting them how a mom feels is best at any age. </p> <p>As for the rotting teeth thing... This worried me too recently since LO got her first teeth this past month, but I came across this article and it helped me put things into perspective.</p> <p><a href="http://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/tooth-decay/" rel="nofollow">http://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/tooth-decay/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-107527 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:45:03 +0000 cupcakemama 107527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I'm sorry that you had such a crummy Dr's visit!<br /> It's not like you can just decide one morning "no night feeds!" and have it happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-107377 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:07:11 +0000 ohapostrophe 107377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd tell that pediatrician to take a hike (actually I'd just nod and ignore like I do with mine but still). If your baby is healthy I see no reason to change what you're doing as long as it's also working ok for you. My son started sttn at 7 months, regressed a bit a 9, and then got back to 11ish hours overnight at 10 months. He's 12 months now and rarely wakes in the middle of the night but if he does I nurse him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-106872 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:55:12 +0000 StbHisMrs 106872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need to stop feeding LO at night too, she's 5.5 months, my husband gives me crap about feeding her (2-3x's a night) but I'm on auto pilot in the middle of the night and I just make her a bottle. Ugh..</p> <p>Good luck to you </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-106855 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:30:37 +0000 brownie 106855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: You need a new pediatrician! That whole "i've said my peace" thing is BS. She should listen to your needs and help you facilitate those things. I understand doctors are against co-sleeping because of medical issues that have been brought up about it. That is fine (that is fairly common knowledge) but really, at 1 year old the issue with SIDS is mostly over. That just makes me angry for you. Do you have a la leche league? They may know of pediatricians that are more open and understanding of nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-106848 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:23:22 +0000 Andrea 106848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: i'm sure we all do things that someone thinks is "bad" but you know your LO the best. and you will always do what YOU think is the best for her. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-106842 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:20:33 +0000 chopsuey 106842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownie: HAhaha. You're awesome. It's so great that your little guy is a great solids eater! My LO doesn't eat as much as I'd like so I just fill her up with breast milk! :P I just did some research and I found that milk after 1 year is actually higher in fat/nutrients and it still has all the good stuff LOs need in their first year.<br /> My pediatrician was pushing whole milk on us, but eh. I'll give her some and will continue to nurse every 3 hours during the day.<br /> Thanks SO much for your comment! I told DH that I'm going to go with my instincts and just do what I feel is right for my LO and me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-106839 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:15:07 +0000 chopsuey 106839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I could tell she wasn't big on the idea, but she gave us her opinion about LO sleeping in her bed and me in my bed. And left it at that. Said "I said my peace.. what you end up doing is up to you.." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-106823 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:09:27 +0000 brownie 106823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: If our doctor actually knew how we were raising our son, they would probably drop us. He is 3 weeks away from 12 months old. He still nurses two times a night in bed with me. Typically he starts in his crib and ends in his crib but what happens between is a crapshoot. When he was first born and crying for 12 hours straight and the only ways we or he could sleep was on our chest, our pediatrician was like "you aren't asleep when you do that". I was like "um right" but we so where. It is what we had to do for our family at the time or no one would ever get any sleep. Granted this is the same doctor that still won't admit he has food intolerance, has a weight problem (dropped from 50th - 0.5 percentile) or had a yeast infection for 7 weeks. We don't see her anymore.</p> <p>We also didn't do purees with our little man. He was fed solids since he was 5 months old. He now eats more food than most 3 year olds and loves meat. Our pediatrician wanted us to give him iron supplements and I never got around to it. Well, they did a full panel on him and he had no iron issues. So I just take the doctor's advice with a grain of salt. Take what works and leave the rest.</p> <p>Do you think there is a problem? Up until recently (8 weeks ago) we felt there were problems with his food absorption so he nursed all night just to get food. Now he nurses at night because he refuses any breastmilk or formula during the day. So he gets all his ounces at night.</p> <p>We are looking at dropping one of the night feeds at this point because we think he can handle it. He is taking some ounces during the day (approximately 5 on most days) and he is absorbing the foods that he does get. He can soothe himself and cry for less than 10 minutes to get to sleep. So we are going to start with 10 minutes of CIO for the middle of the night.</p> <p>For example, here is our approximate schedule.<br /> sometime between 2 and 4 am: Middle of the night feeding<br /> 7:00 am: Desired wake time and nursing<br /> 10:00 am: Nap 1<br /> 11:30 am: Lunch (4-5 nuggets, 4-5 apples slices, some puffs) offered up to 5 oz of milk<br /> 1:00 pm: Nursing (I get a lunch break here)<br /> 2:30 pm: Nap 2<br /> 4:00 pm: Snack (puffs and the rest of the milk he didn't drink)<br /> 5:00 pm: Pickup and nursing<br /> 6:00 pm: Dinner (whatever we are eating. yesterday was turkey burger and squash) and water<br /> 8:00 pm: Bedtime<br /> 10:00 pm: He typically wakes and nurses (Most evenings I am working so this is when I get home and he can nurse) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-106766 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:37:13 +0000 Andrea 106766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: your doctor didn't tell you to cut out co-sleeping right? i think cuddle time will be just the thing ... i don't think there is any reason to make her CIO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night/page/2#post-106762 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:35:51 +0000 Mrs. Bee 106762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>olive is almost 6 months and i'm thinking that i have to cut it out in the next month. but it will be so hard!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106739 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:18:50 +0000 chopsuey 106739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: I was shOcked too. Makes sense though since I stopped middle of the night feedings for a while once LO started sleeping through the night. Things changed for us when she started crawling.. I still feel like LO's a baby at 1 years old and sometimes she'll fall asleep without filling up too.<br /> Just going to go with my instincts and hope for the best! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106735 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:17:04 +0000 chopsuey 106735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: Awesome! Thanks!! I'm the same way. So will babystep it and see how it goes. :) It's definitely tough, but it's something I'm willing to do too. I actually like sleeping next to her cute little body. :D haha. :P Especially since DH's gone 3 nights a week til the end of May. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106725 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:15:00 +0000 chopsuey 106725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Thanks danielle! You're so sweet. &lt;3 I'm going to try the cuddling/patting tonight and see how it goes! Sometimes I honestly think she's just hungry. Esp when she doesn't get much to eat before she falls asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106707 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:10:33 +0000 T.H.O.U. 106707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, I'm kinda surprised at this post because our LO is almost 8 months (AHH) and is still EBF (+solids) and has one night nursing. I do think that by a year I want her done with that feeding. Before 12 months though, she's still a baby and the BM goes fast! Plus now that she's crawling she's often so tired at night she falls asleep before filling up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106659 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:39:08 +0000 banana 106659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: We bought this fence + the extension and it fit around the queen sized mattress just right. It left a few gaps on the edges so we just stuffed the edges with some of those hard korean pillow things. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/North-States-Superyard-Play-Classic/dp/B00020L78M" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/North-States-Superyard-Play-Classic/dp/B00020L78M</a></p> <p>We already had this fence for when we gated off his playroom area in our living room so we repurposed it. But you can also put up a baby gate by the door (which was our 2nd option) if you want her to not leave her room.</p> <p>I know it's hard mama! I'm not a CIO type so I try to find more gentle ways to sleep train and so far, babystepping always worked for us. It's harder on the parents to do it this way but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for him. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106635 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:22:07 +0000 daniellemybelle 106635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: You are such a great mom! Your love for your LO shines through every time you talk about her!!!</p> <p>Do you think it would be possible to cuddle and comfort her without nursing at night? I've read on attachment parenting mom's blog somewhere that when she was gently weaning she told her LO that "Mommy doesn't make milk at night anymore because you are a big girl." I'm not sure how much your LO will understand because she's not as old as this blogger's LO, but at least you aren't just leaving her to CIO...?!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106632 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:20:53 +0000 pelikila 106632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We night weaned at 6.5 months when we sleep trained. I knew I wouldn't be able to nurse him and be consistent with sleep training so we did it then. If you are still happy nursing your LO at night then do it. I don't see what the harm is at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106611 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:05:45 +0000 cyndistar3 106611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say about 6 months was when I din't nurse her at night anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106609 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:05:01 +0000 chopsuey 106609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: Omg I want to cry. Thank you so much for this encouraging comment!!! We have a queen mattress for her too. Where did you get a fence big enough?<br /> Thanks again! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106603 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:01:40 +0000 banana 106603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I co-slept with my LO on his floor mattress until a few months ago. At first he would cry when he would wake up in the middle of the night and nobody was next to him. :( For a few nights, if he woke up, either the hubs or I would go in there and lay down with him until he fell back asleep. Then we would leave again. After about a week or so, he just slept through the night. It was a rough week but now that he's 2, I felt like it was time for him to sleep ON HIS OWN. Totally worked out for us cause now he sleeps 11-12 hours straight. Oh, and we also put up that plastic baby fence around his queen sized mattress. Looks like a GIGANTIC crib. But at least that prevented him from getting out of his bed. :)</p> <p>Maybe you can try babysteps? It'll be probably emotionally hard for you to just let her cry by herself at night when she's so used to mama's comfort. Babysteps always worked well for us cause kids like routine and are very hesitant to change. </p> <p>Good luck!!! Hope it works out for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106560 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:32:03 +0000 Andrea 106560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: *hugs* let us know how it goes!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106555 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:30:48 +0000 chopsuey 106555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: she didn't. maybe she did and i stopped listening? oh! she said i just need to go cold turkey. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-nursing-your-lo-in-the-middle-of-the-night#post-106553 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:30:10 +0000 chopsuey 106553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>crappp.. i definitely need to cut out night time feedings. HAHA thanks ladies! </p>