Hello! I'm a new member here and ina desperate search for some advice. I've started to implement NCSS suggestions, but things aren't going very well. I've seen some modest improvement over the past two weeks. Actually, I think I may have seen some really good progress, but he regressed, and now we're only slightly better than before. Things started off w/8 night wakings, with the longes sleep stretch being 2 hours. Last night we were at 8 night wakings, with a longest stretch of 2 hours 49 minutes. Another improvement is that once or twice a night I'm able to soothe him back to sleep without nursing.

My boy is 6.5 months old. We cosleep and breastfeed. Right now, I'm using the gentle removal method whenever possible (though he's getting wise to it and will sometimes grab my hand and push it away), and I'm trying to start a verbal sound cue. That's not taking yet, but I know I need to give it time. I've also tried to implement a bedtime routine of massage and specific bedtime books; however, he'll have none of the massage, so we're down to the books and nursing to sleep.

My issue is the frequent night wakings with a need to nurse back to sleep. I'm wondering if anyone has had success w/NCSS while co-sleeping and breastfeeding and what your sleep plan looked like. I just wonder if I'm missing something in mine, or if you have any suggestions.

Also to note -- Every time I get him to sleep at the beginning of the night, he wakes up 30-45 minutes later, needing me to nurse him back to sleep.