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T_Rex
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Posted: 30 October 2010 at 11:46am |
Emme, how hard was night weaning? She's just a wee dot, even though she eats like a horse, so I kind of feel like she should be getting fed in the night still. Especially as she's down to 3 feeds - morning, lunch and bedtime - on daycare days. But I'd much rather feed her once or twice, not 4 times! And feeding isn't a guaranteed settle anyway. We were up for 90 minutes after the 3am feed this morning. I think lots of milk feeds triggers her reflux
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millymollymandy
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Posted: 30 October 2010 at 2:15pm |
T-rex my girl was about 6.5 KG when I night weaned her, gradually decreasing what she got and dream feeding before she woke herself. She didn't bat an eyelid and eats even more during the day. I did find that not feeding at night made it eaiser for her not to settle, as it was less confusing for her.
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Emmecat
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Posted: 30 October 2010 at 6:21pm |
T-Rex, suprisingly night weaning wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.... Clody is also a bit of a dot, but shorter rather than skinny iykwim? She sits about the 50th percentile for weight for her age so I was never worried about her not getting enough calories or anything. And I'm pretty sure I would've been feeding her 3-4 times a day at that age? Maybe more? But yeah we had a looong BF before her bedtime, I just let her have her fill and she'd often fall asleep on the breast.
We went about night weaning by getting Daddy to go to her when she woke during the night. It took about 3/4 nights of her being a bit upset, but he was always there to hold her and cuddle her and give her a sippy cup of water etc, so it's not like she didn't have anyone iykwim? Now when she wakes she calls for Daddy and generally resettles fairly quickly. I think I also made sure she was getting a good size dinner, complete with 'dessert' of yogurt and fruit and weetbix etc...stuff that I thought might fill up her wee tummy so I knew she wasn't waking from hunger.
You can only try it if you can't face BF bubs overnight! the only thing I would say is make a cut off time for BF that makes sense...ie a bedtime feed then the next one a morning feed. It's pointless (IMO) to say oh I'll feed her up till midnight, cos babies can't tell time lol so to her it's just dark iykwim? Dr Sears has some great advice in his books, as does Elizabeth Pantley Oh I also told her that 'milkies' or-whatever you call them- where going to sleep too lol and that we would see them again in the morning 
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T_Rex
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Posted: 31 October 2010 at 8:52am |
Lol, Emme, I love the idea of *milkies* going to sleep. Do you think at 10 months, she'd understand that? How many night feeds was she having when you weaned her? It seems a bit mean to suddenly go from 6 feeds to none, cutting out about 2 hours of feeding in one hit. But I agree about it not being fair to feed her sometimes and not others. I was wondering about cutting her feeds shorter for a while, but that might just prolong the tears and confusion?
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Kalimirella
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Posted: 31 October 2010 at 1:27pm |
I did the cutting feeds shorter, then just cuddles, then just patting, she stopped waking within the week (though it was a week of hell!) So it does work but you have to be disciplined. But then I'm a bit strange, I don't mind my baby crying (depending on the cry) so long as I'm there to comfort her. So no crying it out but yes there was some crying involved but not left alone IYGWIM.
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T_Rex
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Posted: 31 October 2010 at 2:14pm |
Thanks Kali, not strange, its somehow better if you are there for them. How fast did you reduce the feeds?
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Emmecat
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Posted: 01 November 2010 at 1:28pm |
Oh and yeah there will def be crying but it's completely different crying in Mama or Daddys arms and being comforted while doing so. It's not CIO or even CC.  Just keep making sure all her other needs are met- ie she's burped,warm, dry, not hungry (for solids) or thirsty etc.
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