DD is 13 months old old and we co-sleep. It didn't start out that way (she use to STTN in her crib), but then the 9 month regression hit and it was never the same. She can put herself to sleep in her crib easily at 7pm but she almost always wakes up in the middle of the night TWICE. The first night waking is simply because she wants to sleep in bed with us (her crib is in our room), so we take her and put her in between us and she falls asleep again right away. The second night waking is usually around 4-5am and she would fuss until I nurse her. She usually nurses for about five minutes and goes back right to sleep until 7am. This is her ONLY nursing session ever since we started giving her cow's milk at 12 months, so I don't even know if she is getting any milk. It could be just for comfort since she is eating and drinking plenty during the day. I really want to be done with this middle of the night nursing but I don't know how. Since we co-sleep, I can't have her cry it out. For those who co-sleep, how do you soothe your LO during night wakings? And also, do they ever STTN when co-sleeping?
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bump!
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Have you checked out Dr Jay Gordon's method of gentle night weaning? You could also try pushing the 5am feed out by 5-10 minutes every couple of days to see if that helps?
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We co-sleep (still at almost 3 years old). We weaned in two ways 1) daddy took him away so I wasn't an option 2) we offered him a sippy with juice/water/milk. Ultimately now he only gets a sippy of water. Much like Mrs Bee's Olive he likes to hold it more than drink from it.
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@Kemma: oh i haven't heard of it. let me google it!
@brownie: does your LO usually STTN? I think I will try offering water and see how that goes!
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We bed share with our 6 month old daughter. She generally STTN, but has been having some MOTN wakings, lately. She's likely teething, or potentially experiencing a slight sleep regression. I either re-insert her paci (not sure if you're still using one; we plan to wean at 12 months, so you might already be there), and hold her hand, or I pull her on my chest. The skin-to-skin (well, shirt to shirt) knocks her out, within five minutes. Then, I roll her back onto her back, between us.
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@deerylou: i wish the skin-to-skin worked for us! DD is not a cuddler, but I SO wish she was! Whenever I try to snuggle up with her for too long she shoves me away. Haha!
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Can you offer her a pacifier or a soothing/comfort item during the MONW? We co-sleep with LO because she STTN consistently when we do (and we like it). When she does fuss in the middle of the night she often isn't even really awake; I hold her hands and gently squeeze them (which is her soothing technique) and she settles almost immediately. Sometimes she will also want her pacifier in the middle of the night too, and again, as soon as she gets it she settles.
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@dolphin: he does after weaning but not before .
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My baby is also not too much of a cuddler! He's only 7.5 months old, so I don't have an answer for your question, but he gets up several times through the night. Sometimes he responds to a paci, but most often shushing, touching, etc. don't work and he just wants to nurse. He drinks and goes right back to sleep, so I guess he's hungry! I'll be following this thread to hear other Co-sleeping experiences!
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We co-sleep with DS who is 16 months. For the most part, he STTN. That's why we do it. If not, he'd be up every couple of hours. If he wakes up, I cuddle him and he generally falls back asleep. He never nursed, though. If for some reason, he doesn't fall back asleep, I'll give him a sippy of milk. But that's only happened a handful of times.
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@dolphin: Sounds like you've got an independent lady, there! We may have a stage 5 clinger.
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@yoursilverlining: she hasn't taken a paci since she was 2 months old. she does sleep with a lovey (aden and anais security blanket) but that doesn't soothe her back to sleep. rocking use to work, but now she gets more upset when i try to rock her in the middle of the night. seems like nursing is the only thing that would get her (and us!) back to sleep the quickest and easiest, but i don't want to encourage that habit for too long. but you are right, sometimes DD fusses and her eyes are still closed!!
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