I'm a human pacifier....HELP!!!!!!

Eva - posted on 03/01/2010

My litlle girl is the same way. I've even got the same 20lbs! =( Since you are half way co-sleeping can you let her start the night in your bed so you don't have to get up? We bed-share with ours and we get a ton of sleep. Yes, she will probably nurse a lot more but you won't have to get up.
for naps, is she nursing because she's hungry or just to suck? My little girl will nurse until I pop my nip out, she'll look around for it but se won't wake up.
Good luck!

Christel - posted on 03/01/2010

hy, sorry for asking but did you try to give her a real pacifier, it worked with me , my son used to be like your daughter ,untill i had to take him to daycare, there, they advised me to give him a pacifier, i couldn't refuse (even though i was against it) .and to my surprise it worked ! what a relieve !!! free at last :) Now my son sleeps alone in his bed after having his bottle( he is not breastfed anymore) , with his pacifier and his teddy bear...i know it may be too late to introduce the pacifier , but it's better than nothing , or try introducing a "transitional object" for him to feel comfortable with ,like for ex a teddy bear or a piece ot cloth wz your smell...good luck

Rachel - posted on 02/24/2010

I didnt have quite the same problem but I can def relate. I guess I kinda stopped it before that happened. But I Completely understand what you are going through...feeling trapped and not knowing how to break it. I felt this way when I was trying to ween my daughter NOT knowing how Id ever ever get her to take a nap without nursing or how Id get through a day without nursing her. We got into that bad habit. She would only fall sleep unless Id nurse her. But I completely changed her bedtime and naptime routines so we could get away from it. I would nurse her earlier when she wasnt sleepy, feed her her food and all that...when she was finally sleepy I just rocked with her. She was really really upset but I just held her close to me and rocked her a she fell asleep within 10 minutes. The next day she fell right to sleep. Then I did that at night a few weeks later when I was trying to completely ween her.. instead of nursing her to sleep I rocked her and she was upset the first night then was fine the next and I cant believe how easy it was to get away from it. There's probably going to be a day or two when she may not nap at all considering she will not lay by herself...or will wake up immediately if you lay her down. Try to see big picture and she is eventually going to nap...if she's tired she'll nap. It may be a few rough days though. I HATE to hear my child cry but it helped me to realize it was for the best and that when she woke up she woudlnt be mad at me or feel betrayed or abandoned. Its hard though!!!

Anna - posted on 02/19/2010

I feel the same way and have been trying to wean my 18 month old son, but it seems the more I try to wean the more he wants to nurse. He has also been drinking whole milk since he was 9 months old! I do get a little break in the day when he takes a nap. I have managed to get him to nurse to sleep on the couch and he will sleep there. Forget the crib. He wants nothing to do with it. He currently shares our bed at night, but I have found that he is waking more lately to nurse or just use me for comfort. I think if I can wean him I may get more sleep, but I also have to sleep train him in his crib and out of our bed.