If you nursed DC to sleep

If you nursed DC to sleep and then weaned him/her, how did you get them to sleep? I'm not weaning just yet, but I need DS (14mos) to learn how to fall asleep on his own without ferberizing or CIO. It makes it a little more difficult I think because we cosleep.

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At this point how many times a day do you still nurse? I would gradually cut down nursing only once a day over a few weeks. Is your DS getting milk too? I would start to transition to a sippy of milk and then a sippy of water as milk before bed can rot teeth.

Then you can transition from co-sleeping to his own bed. Although you did not ask about co-sleeping I would transition sooner than later as with everything it becomes much much harder to transition when they are older. I would get a crib for your room at first to get him used to being in his own bed and then move it to his room. Good luck.

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I would love to hear worked. i will be weaning in a couple of months and ds always nursed to sleep unless he fell asleep in the car first

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Don't know how open you are to this, but I would probably try to get him into his own bed first. It will make night weaning a lot easier.

E still nurses before bed, but I put him down before he falls asleep now so he is just groggy and relaxed and then goes to sleep on his own. I started this a few months ago and now he goes to sleep at night without a peep. He sits up when I put him in his crib, blows me a kiss, wraps his blanket around him and I don't hear from him till morning.