Reddit reviews Nursies When the Sun Shines: A little book on nightweaning

Yay!!! More babies! Congratulations!!! Yes, it has happened to me. We weaned in one day. It was painful emotionally (for me). Fortunately and unfortunately, my mother helped me wean her but somehow got her on the bottle. -_- Thanks mom. I just told my daughter, she was 20 months old when we found out we were pregnant again, that it hurts mommy to nurse her and I had happened to get her the book "Nursies When the Sun Shines" a couple months before so I just used to read that to her. But instead of just "nursies at night", i told her that I had a baby growing inside of me (I love talking and explaining everything to my kids, they will learn about everything so they might as well learn it from me or with me.) and that baby was eating everything mommy was eating just like she was, but because that baby was eating as she was, mommy didn't have enough milk left over for her. So, we replaced nursing with cuddling and feet massages (My feet hurt and I thought her feet hurt as well) and I ended up creating a three year old monster that cannot fall asleep without a foot massage or a back rub.

maybe try to read this? It helped a lot of moms in my BF group.

https://www.amazon.com/Nursies-When-Sun-Shines-nightweaning/dp/0615756425

This book might help to inspire her:
Nursies When the Sun Shines: A little book on nightweaning https://www.amazon.com/dp/0615756425/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_dMbNBbCXQ75QB

Depending on how well your toddler understands stories, this book might be useful. I have friends who have night weaned successfully after reading it together with their toddlers for a week or two.

Nursies When the Sun Shines: http://www.amazon.com/Nursies-When-Shines-Katherine-Havener/dp/0615756425

I’ve had a couple friends use the Nursies When the Sun Shines book to night wean when their kids were 15-18 months ish! Seems to have worked well for them, I think that two made up a song for their toddler to help them understand that milkies only happen when the sun comes up now. I haven’t read it, but two of them are crunchy attachment parents, so it’s a gentle but effective approach.

I just ordered this book:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0615756425?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

I have a 3 year old and I plan to be done by 4.

I originally had a goal of 6 months, haha.

Anyway this is for night. Instructions on the back of the book say to read for a couple weeks then explain that this is the night where the nursies (or whatever you call it) are going to sleep too.

Don’t feel bad, just always have a snack to offer for daytime breaks from nursing.

I believe the national weaning age is 4 according to the world health organization.

If I were you I would just do morning and night (since you will be home).

My son looks pretty young so I haven’t had weird looks. But I do say no and if he’s actually asking for milk it means he’s tired and we gotta go home for a nap.

I stopped doing on demand nursing around that age because I’m just tired haha. But he still nurses frequently at home. He definitely nurses a lot more when we are at home all day. And I stopped letting him nurse and watch tv at the same time (unless he’s sick).

If he wants milk while he’s watching a show I say ok but I’m turning off the tv! He gets to choose if he still wants it or to finish his show first.

Good luck!

This is a method developed for breastfeeding, bed sharing families: http://drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.html

It doesn't sound easy, but it might make more sense for you than Ferber? See what you think. I was also recommended this book: http://www.amazon.com/Nursies-When-Shines-Katherine-Havener/dp/0615756425. I've heard some people say they've had great success with that.

Good luck, I hope you find something that helps!

https://www.amazon.com/Nursies-When-Shines-Katherine-Havener/dp/0615756425

I posted about it and described methods in the comments:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Parenting/comments/3ib8zf/a_sleep_victory/

Mind you the only way I was able to night wean was to remove her from my bed completely, so your mileage may vary depending on your goals.

Your kiddo is getting old enough to actually understand what's going on, and you can start reading books like Nursies When the Sun Shines as part of bedtime.

This was helpful as well:

http://drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.html

PM for any more info if you want!

First, cut back on it a bit at a time, or else you are likely to get mastitis, and that sucks!

If you are still night nursing, that's probably a good place to start to cut back. There are a few books about night weaning like this: https://smile.amazon.com/Nursies-When-Sun-Shines-nightweaning/dp/0615756425/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1541793930&sr=8-2&keywords=night+weaning

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Then cut out one nursing session every few days, ending with the one that is most important to your child (maybe bedtime?).

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When I weaned my first, it helped to have my spouse take over parenting when nursing would normally occur, like bedtime, waking up, and injuries. If the lactating parent isn't around, child is still getting the love and comfort they need, and nursing simply isn't an option. But, I'm also not opposed to bribery, it will be hard to stop nursing if it's something your kid loves, but is there something he's been interested in or asking for that you can reward him with for being such a big kid?