weaning from breastfeeding

Following because we are literally going through the same thing. Nothing will put him back to sleep just me lol. Tonight’s been the worst, he’s been up every 2 hours 🙃🙃

same! my baby was screaming and crying and finally i just caved cause i was so tired

For me when we were in this exact same boat I just started having my husband help me at night. We also separated the sleeping areas slowly first beside the bed then in the corner slowly till he was in his own space. My husband started putting him down at night and being the first contact when he would wake up. I started feeding after bath time then we would play a bit read books ect… before bed so there was a bit of separation in feeding and bed time but I knew he was full. It was a slow process but it worked. The separation was key and my husband going in and trying to sooth him first was also key. Obviously I still had to go in at various times but we started just stretching it out further and further like no it’s only been 2 hours I’m not feeding again husband goes in gives pacifier rocks loves comforts puts back down. It wasn’t always easy but I’m thankful we stuck to it. If I had kept going in first it never would have worked because as you said he knows I have the goods.

Now baby is a great sleeper who prefers his own space and is totally weaned. I just kept adding time between feedings offering more solids and milk and slowly dropping feeds. Last to go was the nighttime feed but once I realized making sure he was really full at his dinner of solids it just naturally stopped on its own. I read so much googled and studied what was best. I merged a lot of different things together and this is what worked for us. One thing that helped was not going in right away when he would stir I use to rush in right away but I realized sometimes he is just readjusting or whining and goes right back on his own letting him learn to self sooth when it was just a little whine helped a lot.

The beginning wasn’t easy. Just because I wasn’t going in at night didn’t mean I was resting I was up listening worried and stressed when my husband was in with him because I was use to doing it but it was best. In the beginning we were up a lot. But we never went backwards a bad night didn’t lead to baby laying with me and nursing all night because we didn’t want to confuse or go backwards. Just know it’s not always super easy as I read what I typed I felt like insofar coated it it was a process that didn’t always feel good. But I knew we were. Wing safe and meeting all his needs and we just supported each-other through the tough bits and on the other side of it now I’d do it all again for the outcome. Good luck mommas!