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10 month old pacifying...Help needed!

Jada - posted on 03/24/2010 ( 3 moms have responded )

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My daughter is 10 months old and is all booby baby. She has only taken a bottle (with breast milk in it) maybe 3-4 times ever. I have some how gotten in the habit of letting her nurse to sleep and she tries to use my breast as a pacifier. She will not go to sleep by herself and she will not let me rock or walk her to sleep. She has to nurse and don't get me wrong I love that she is a breastfed and I will not change that until she is ready, but I need to find out something to do about the sleep thing. Any help please!

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Jada - posted on 03/29/2010

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Thanks much! She has been walking for over a month now, but she does have major separation anxiety. I can not leave her at the church nursery she will scream the whole time and they call me back. She still has no teeth though and no buds either so we are kinda concerned about that.

Unfort, dad is not able he leaves for work at 11am and does not get home till 1am so hes only able to get a few hours of sleep.

She will get on at night and literally stay on it for hours and the moment I take it away she wakes all the way up and starts over to go back to sleep. I love nursing her but doing that all night is making my nipples extremely sore.

Beck - posted on 03/25/2010

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Read my post To all sleep deprived Mums, you may find some things that help.

Allison - posted on 03/24/2010

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10 months is the prime time for separation anxiety, teething, and getting ready to walk...needing to nurse for that comfort is normal and natural. Give it a few weeks...I bet this passes. In the meantime, I'd bet nursing is much easier and will help you all get more sleep than trying to change it right now.



FWIW, my kids have all woken every 2-3 hours at night until 19 and 20 months. I nightweaned the 19 month old myself and she still woke up every 2 hours at night until her 2 year molars came in, but instead of nursing back to sleep I had to rock her, sing, and rub her back. My 20 month old stopped nursing at night without help - after those pesky teeth came in! That was much easier than me nightweaning.



Is Dad able to do any nighttime parenting? My husband has always taken the first shift to allow me to get some sleep, and baby seems to want to nurse less if dad is taken care of him.



I nursed my second to sleep every night until he was about 18 months. He just stopped needing it. We'd nurse, then he'd roll over and go to sleep. Easy. I personally think change is much easier when it's a natural transition that they are ready for.

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