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We had a rule that we didn't pick her up out of the crib. I knew of I picked her up it would just be a battle not to nurse.

DH ended up having to be the one to go in to soothe DS during MOTN wakeups because he would get too upset if I went and didn't nurse. It still took a couple of months before he STTN though.

Once we weaned, I found that he was comforted by rocking and singing. And this was a kid who demanded nursing whenever he woke previously. But we didn't night wean until we weaned altogether. Another words, he started sttn at 13 months but if he did wake due to sickness or whatever after that I would nurse. I only stopped doing that when we weaned completely at 18 mos. and at that pint I could just rock him til he was calm.

@lawbee11: yea the times that he's actually awake and standing up, we almost always have to hold him/rock him, and even try to just sleep with him in the glider. if it was just an hr before his normal wakeup time we'd just start the day realllllllllly early. but for most MOTN wakeups he would still be lying down and we would do whatever we could (without milk) to get him back asleep.

@lawbee11: we've also had times where DS will cry/whine once we leave the room. we'll wait a min or two usually. maybe CIO up to 5 min, because it usually is in spurts, and go back in then. and repeat cycle. at some point, he usually falls asleep again. good luck!!

@loveisstrange: do you let her keep it in her bed with her? Cause I've thought of that too.

I usually go in and give him back his soother. If that doesn't quite work I will pick him up and rock him until he calms down and then I will lay him back down. Sometimes he goes back to sleep immediately, and sometimes he protests for a few minutes and then quiets down and goes back to sleep.

I was super worried about this too, but it's ended up not being a big issue and I've found that I DO have other soothing techniques other than just a boob.

@Mrs. Sunshine: We also just switched to water overnight because he'd be too busy during the day and forget to drink and get thirsty at night. So we do let him have a sippy of water in bed. Especially in summer when it's warm in his room I had to refill it once I went to bed.

@lawbee11: I have also found that once we were done nursing that those 5am/5:30am wake-ups got less frequent. I don't know whether aformentioned sippy cup of water in bed had anything to do with it or not. Now usually (when we have a normal night) the earliest he wakes is 6:15am but then he really is up for the day. Usually he wakes at 7am sharp though.

we are going through the same thing, so thanks for asking this! if she's not standing, we lie her back down, put the paci within reach and give her her lovey and pat her back. almost always works immediately. but if she's standing, i know when i am the one to go in, i basically have to nurse her. i can't rock her to sleep, because she won't take that from me (maybe when i actually wean?) I'm trying to avoid having DH do night wakings, but i don't see any other alternative. i've succumbed to night nursing way more lately because i'm at a loss as to how else to get her back to sleep quickly, especially after she's been sleeping a while.