Dropping the Before Bed Nursing

Updated on November 03, 2008
R.K. asks from Arlington, TX
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My little girl is 13 months old and once she turned one I slowly began to drop her daily nursings. We are down to just the before bed session and I am ready to let go of that as well. I thought by having my husband put her to bed it would help to ease the transition but it made it worse. Does anyone have any tips on changing up our bedtime routine to make this easier on her?

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R.E.

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We changed the bedtime bottle to a cup of yogurt. You could try snuggling your daughter while your husband feeds the yogurt. Good luck!

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J.H.

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Instead of nursing her, rock her to sleep, or put her in bed and sing a night time lulliby. Tell her the milk is all gone gone. I imagine the cuddle at bed time is what she was really likeing more than the milk , so even rocking her a bit, and then putting her down, even if she isn't asleep yet may work. She may fuss some a night or two , but if you cuddle a bit I think she will soon go on to sleep.

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B.C.

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I have a 12 month old and I had to wean quickly b/c of medication that I needed. We had to go cold-turkey and it couldn't have worked better for us! My baby doesn't watch tv usually but she LOVES Barney, so at bedtime, I would turn on Barney in the LR, turn down the lights, give her blankie to her along with her sippy cup full of milk and she would just drink her cup and dance to Barney for a few minutes and then I would scoop her up and have say goodnight to everyone and she would lay down. Some nights she doesn't want her milk, so I'll give her a bit of a healthy snack, and lay her down. On these nights, she will usually wake up after a few hours and have some milk. By that time, she's so half-asleep that she just lets me hold her and feed her milk to her.
I did make the mistake of undressing in front of her the other day and she saw "it". She started jumping up and down saying "boo, boo". It was totally sad, so I threw my shirt on really fast and went and got her "big girl" milk.
It's really hardest on us I think. I was traumatizing for me for a few weeks, especially since I wasn't quite ready to give it up yet. She did fine though. Good luck. I hope this helps a little bit.

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