[jan4558]

Dongle - Mac only sleeps for 2 or 3 hours a night before waking. I have been trying to put the binky back in and not nurse her. Sometimes it works but the problem is that she still wakes throughout the night. My milk has diminished where I am only pumping maybe 10 ounces total during the day. We are going to try to incorporate the weaning and moving her into her own bed and hope that she will associate sleeping in her own bed with no nursing. The problem is that I am not ready emotionally to move her to her crib yet.

I have been nursing her to sleep though. When she gets tired and will not fall asleep Dh will tell me to give her the "Magic Boobjuice" to put her out.

[Hopeful4Bunny]

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[BeachMomma]

Originally Posted by donglebo

He said it will be very hard and may take up to a month to be successful at it but he reassured me it I'll work by a month. He also said it's okay to nurse if and when she wakes in the middle of the night. Your thoughts? Anyone else's thoughts?

donglebo: Not sure if you remember... DH & I tried this with LO2 and LO3 bc LO3 was NOT sleeping through the night and doing the exact same thing. He was waking every 3 hours starving and in a panic! Pedi explained exactly the same - 3 hours = end of REM sleep cycle and baby wakes to resume what he left off doing before falling asleep. Well... we tried and tried to give bottles of EBM/nurse before bed, play for a little while, lay babies down with lights on and LO1 in the room making noise, etc. It didn't work for us. He still woke up 2-3 times per night. I will say it is def. less frequent now. He doesn't wake up 2-3 times per night. However, he is still waking up every single morning at 3:18am (not kidding!) almost right on the dot!