Is 10 months to early to wean??

[mamapowell]

Maybe just at night anyway. My son is 10 months old and He has never slept through the night. I NEED SLEEP. I also co-sleep I recently moved his crib beside my bed in my room. He's fine in it at first but an hour to an hour and a half he wakes to feed again this is the pattern all night long. HELP!!!

[Firemom]

You don't have to totally wean but you can try to coax himi into sleeping thru the night withour nursing. There is a book out by Elizabeth Pantlely on how to accomplish this.

Some one out there help me with the name of this book, I'm feeling a bit senile today

[Jacksmommy]

10 months is too early to wean, yes, but you could night wean if you choose to. It does not guarantee that your baby will sleep any better. At 10 months your baby is probably teething and also likely needing the comfort of your presence at night. It's very common at that age for babies to feel the need to be physically close to Mom when they sleep and really most of the time. I would suggest giving your son Hyland's teething tablets before bed, and after he wakes up the first time in the night try nursing him and then letting him stay close to you rather than putting him back in his crib. My son went through this exact same thing and slept much better once I let him just stay with me.

[sylvia]

I think the book is called" The no cry sleep solution" , have it, yet to finish it,my little man wakes 1-2 times a night still so i cant wait to get more into this book because the first few chapters are very informative.

[mamapowell]

He only sleeps in his crib for the first hour or so of sleep. The rest of the night he is sleeping with me his little fingers are intwined in my hair so he know I am there with him.
I really feel like the crib is not need with him he is my fourth child with 8 years between the last one. My husband has taken to the couch for the last 6 months so I have no time with him what so ever.

[mamapowell]

I will try the teething tablets

[shayanders]

You can night wean without stopping. Get dad involved in dealing with the night waking and give it a few weeks to really work. But I wouldn't throw in the towel altogether if you don't have to!

[skinne2]

i went thru what you're going thru - first with my dtr, now with my son who's 11 mo old now. He co-slept and nursed every hour or so ALL night. I was exhausted! I tried putting him in a crib near my bed and letting him cry a little bit when he woke. I hate to let him cry and didn't want to CIO but tried just to see if he'd get very upset. Belive it or not, the first night he only fussed about 3 mins, then went to sleep, woke 2 hours later, cried 2-3 mins, went to sleep, then slept 5 hours! It was so great! The next night he did same but slept 6 hours straight! Now, about a month later, he's sleeping in his crib (i do miss him in my bed but we both need sleep!) and usually sleeps from 7-10 or 11, i nurse, then sleeps until maybe 3:30 or 4:00 a.m, i nurse, then sleeps until 6:30 or 7. It's so much better for us both i think!

Good luck - and hang in there with the nursing (if you want to that is) Maybe just nurse more in the day if you can, and let you both sleep more at night? I do think having him in the bed will make it hard to night wean, i really do. .. but that' me...

[Prettyskittle82]

Yeah... if it's the same book that I have, it is the No Cry Sleep Solutions... or something like that. I got to the part where you are supposed to write down sleep patterns for one night before reading the rest of the book.... but I get so sleepy that I forget to write down times and stuff.... and don't remember bringing the baby to the bed with me. I'm going through the same thing with my 10 month old. He will sleep for about an hour or two, then wake up and want to nurse... and even if he falls asleep with the breast in his mouth and is not sucking, he will wake up crying as soon as you take it out of his mouth. I'm going to try to read the rest of the book because I hear good things about it. Good luck to you. Hope some sleep is in our future. :)