It has been going better than I thought it would. A couple weeks ago I started seeing what it would be like if I refused him from nursing a couple times when he woke up. I gradually increased the amount of times to where I was not nursing him until the sun came up. He has fought it but not near as bad as I anticipated. He cries some but only for a few seconds and I am still there rubbing his back and tellling him that "num nums went night night" I want to ideally get an 8 hour stretch from him so that will mean that I can sleep for eight hours! He still wakes and asks to nurse through the night but it is getting better and better each day! So as of right now we are "kind of " night weaned! I nurse him to sleep anywhere from 9 pm -11pm and then I don't nurse him again until the sun is out or at least 8 hours! I am hoping that he will start sleeping straight through during that time instead of waking and asking to nurse. I knew this was not going to be an overnight thing and honestly I am so grateful that it seems to be going better than expected!
I hope to have him night weaned by the time he is two which is in less than two months! Ideally I would like to cut down nursing sessions to morning, before nap and before bed but we are FAR FAR from that!
We still folllow our night time routine of bath, teeth brushing, lavender oil on feet and then nursing. We have stopped having the TV on in the bedroom and just have nature noises and candle light.
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