I’m deciding whether or not to go cold Turkey with night feeding my 7 month old. We plan to start sleep training soon. She nurses almost all night and we both get horrible sleep. I’m pretty sure it’s almost all comfort nursing and she isn’t getting much to eat. I’m not sure if feeds will in turn make it even harder to sleep train her by picking her up and putting her back. I’m following the Taking Cara babies so I know it’s ok to do so but for her it feels like it’s 95% confort feeding. Any tips?? Anyone else goes through a similar situation.
Thank you for any ideas or help you can share!!
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I have absolutely no advice as we were in the same boat.
I feel like we tried everything; not feeding, husband going in instead of me, leaving her to resettle herself for 5minutes, etc. Nothing worked.
When she was 18months old she just started sleeping through.
I know it's hard and so tiring. But I honestly believe that each baby sleeps through when they are ready

We did sleep training. It took 2 weeks for him to stop crying when I put him down but he slept through the night after only a couple of nights.
The only piece of advice I can give you is find something to distract yourself! It's harder than you can imagine to just let them cry! Do whatever it takes! Shut the door, watch some tele, do the ironing! It will be worth it, I promise!

Thank you for sharing!

Yeah I’m going to have to do it. The all night nursing aside me is what I can’t ween her off 🫠

ya I can't stand to hear him cry!

@Morgan and @Devon, just remember they are safe, warm, and well. All they want is a cuddle and although it's hard to hear them scream they won't die from a lack of cuddle. There is also no evidence it causes long term emotional problems for the child so you can take that thought out of your mind. Your kids deserve a happy mum and no matter how hard you try you can't be happy if you're exhausted!

When we bed shared he started nursing more and more to the point I slept with no shirt and was awake 90% od the time. It was awful. I transitioned him to his crib and although I have to walk to his room.and sit in the big chair to feed him now I get way more sleep because I get hours of uninterrupted time. Might be worth doing.

Yes that’s basically where I’m at. How old he was when you transitioned him?