u/Extension-Run9207

Weaning 13 month old

Alright I’ve decided I need to wean my baby as she is only comfort nursing now, eats plenty of solids, I have a freezer stash I need to use, and we’ve created a bad habit of nursing to sleep. I need advice on the best way to wean her!
Baby will take bottles
Baby will fall asleep with dad
Baby will sometimes fall asleep with the rocker instead of nursing in the middle of the night
Baby doesn’t nurse at except for beginning of nap, right before bed, and a TON overnight
Baby is still in the same room in her crib, we do a mix of crib transfers and co-sleep

I’ve heard so many methods, cold turkey, cut some feeds, apple cider vinegar lol, what worked for you and your baby?

I’m very nervous to be honest, I feel like I’m nothing without my boobs and I don’t know how to put her to sleep without it, so I’m scared it’s going to make my life a living hell
TIA

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u/Extension-Run9207 — 4 days ago

I’m stuck on what to do here, so I’m needing advice from those who have maybe been through something similar. My baby is and always has been a bad sleeper, she also only contact naps, and nurses to sleep unless dad puts her down. However, for the past 2-3 weeks, she will not nurse to sleep for bedtime anymore, but she will for naps. She nurses, then wants to go play. I’ve tried stopping and then trying again in 20 or so minutes, doesn’t work, I’ve tried putting her down on the couch, sometimes works but she fights it hard, so I’ve been giving her to dad and she sometimes fights it but usually gives in pretty fast. Right now her “schedule” is sometimes two naps sometimes one nap, usually two, 3/3.5-4/4-4.5. Wake at 6-6:30 am and bedtime 7:30-8. Naps usually hour each. She gets tired by 3 hours and doesn’t fight her first nap but she fights the second one. And on the days she does one nap she usually goes down after 4 hours and sleeps from 10:30-12:30 so I try to put her down around 7 and she still doesn’t nurse to sleep even though she’s tired

Here’s where I’m struggling (if you’re still reading I appreciate you and your time)
She still wakes up and comfort nurses ALL night long. If I even leave the room for a second she screeaaaamms. She barely even lets me unlatch in the middle of the night. We don’t fully co sleep but we do like “chunks” of co sleep sometimes. I usually put her down, put her in the crib, then move back when she wakes up and repeat the process. Sometimes she gets to stay in bed if I’m too tired. Crib is still in parents room

Do I move her rooms? Is this her starting to self wean? Maybe a phase and she will start to go back to nursing to sleep? Maybe she needs to be fully on one nap schedule?

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u/Extension-Run9207 — 16 days ago