every 2-2.5 hrs at night....is this normal?? I'm sooooo worn out right now.....I'm seriously getting delirious! Is there any way to get this little guy to stop the night feedings??? or at least stretch them out....I've tried having dh get up w/him and comfort him w/out breast or bottle....but he just screams bloody murder for an hour...and I can't bear to put him through that...any suggestions would be helpful. I'm exhausted!

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Both my boys were like that. Literally, both of them were nursing every 2 hours around the clock until they were 12-13 months. Co-sleeping is what saved me. Hang in there, keep in mind all of the wonderful benefits for both of you.

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Nancy

....I'm trying.....

We co-sleep, too,...which is another issue. At this point I wouldn't survive w/out co-sleeping...but I miss it being just dh and I ....for a while Tino was sleeping a3-4 hr stretch and then going 2 hrs for the rest of the night...now it's not even that good...

Did your 2 boys end up self-weaning in the night? ? Or did you do something when they got to that point?

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p.s. thanks for responding-

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My first self-weaned himself right at a year at night and then completely at 16 months(I was preggo, so I think that pushed him along on the weaning bit).

This time, my little guy is 17 months now and we have begun weaning from co-sleeping and nighttime nursing just in the past 2 weeks. It is going pretty well, IMO. He starts out in his room at night and then after he nurses I put him back and then finally anytime after 430am I am letting him stay in bed with us. We are up to the first stretch being 5 hours from the time he nurses until he nurses again. If he wakes between then my husband goes in and comforts him and he usually is out within two minutes. If daddy can't do it, then I go in as last resort so that he doesn't totally upset with daddy.

I will say that my guy HATES the crib, probably b/c for 16 months of his life he wasn't in a 'cage'(for lack of a better word) while he was in our bed. So, we disassembled his crib and just have the mattress on the floor. He loves it and it is great for us. We can go in and rub his back, etc without braking our back over the crib sides.

Just take it one day at a time. 7 months is afwul young(IMO) to sort of parent-initiate nighttime weaning, on an infant that is still wanting to nurse so much. I know it is tough, sounds like my life 10 months ago. However, when I see how happy and adjusted he is I know in my heart that roughing thru in the long-run was right for us.

Have you read the No Cry Sleep Solution? There are some great tips in there that might work for you.

You can PM me if you want to chat some more.

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Oh...thank God- he slept for a few hrs in a row last night!! I don't know what the change was....but he only woke up 3 times between 10 and 730) 3am, 530am and 730- That is the best it's been EVER!!!

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Thanks. Reading this has been useful