u/metamesa_a

Any advice on partial night weaning?

I've coslept with my 17mo since he was born, but the current sleep patterns have become unsustainable (I work during the day now so have to be fully functional for the work day and have a chronic ailment that becomes worse when tired).

He falls asleep nursing for both his nap and bedtime and usually stays asleep for 3 hours once asleep. I then nurse him and the only way he stays asleep is if he's on the breast. If I unlatch he wakes up again after 30-40 minutes. To add to this, he is also a nipple twiddler so twists and twiddles my nip all night long while nursing.

I haven't made any serious attempt at night weaning yet but it's become too much and I need to make some changes. What have others done in this situation? I'd love to ideally keep cosleepig and nurse once at 11pm and then once at 5am. Do I just say no on between when he wakes up and offer ccuddles instead? Tried this once or twice and he screamed his head off. But maybe perseverance is the way?

Has anyone had their toddler totally refuse to get in the carrier out of nowhere? My baby basically lived in the carrier from newborn days until about 13mo when he suddenly grew very interested in the buggy we had in the hallway which has almost never been in. It was great to have him in the buggy during the heatwaves that followed because the humidity+heat made babywearing so intense. But fast forward to two months later he now screams his head off if I even mention the word 'carrier', and if I bring it near him he starts crying. Is this a phase? do toddlers come around?