Night weaning....again?

Question

Hi mamas. My LO had a rough summer as far as sleep and eating while we traveled extensively and we started the bad habit of giving him milk when he would wake 1-3x a night (he was out of his routine and not regularly sitting for meals so likely hungry). Now we are back home and working towards getting back to a solid schedule and routine. My question is, how do I go about night weaning him? It feels cruel to do cold turkey, but he will never eat calories during the day if we don't. Substitute milk for water? Any tips appreciated!

Answer

I recently started night weaning. He was waking a couple times a night to feed and so I started by telling him before bed that there would be no boobie when it’s dark. Every time he would wake I would say “it’s still dark, you can have boobie when it’s light out.” Then I would give him an option to choose from. “You can either have water, or cuddle mommy”. Doing this helped a lot. He now wakes up around 5-6 asking for it. I just need to figure out how to nix the early morning feeding now because he is pretty persistent on that one. I will say it was a week of a lot of crying at first but it got way better. I made sure to support his feelings of frustration and being upset but would keep going back to giving him an option.

Answer

Like you mentioned, I would suggest offering water instead of milk. Likely he will rather go back to sleep. Now you’re back home, work on making sure he’s eating at the same times each day. Good luck!

Night weaning....again?

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