what is the nightime routine for a 6month old who wont sleep unless nursed to sleep?

Answer 1

This happened with my daughter. I suggest trying to keep baby awake through the nursing, then put to bed after. That way baby will learn that he/she can fall asleep on there own, especially once they have a full tummy

Answer 2

You have to make up your mind and be firm, dont let the child fall asleep when nursing, and as the others say you will have to put up with crying for a while but make sure you dont cave!


its a pain for a few days, possibly weeks, but its worth it in the end as you will get some peace and quiet, maybe some time with the other half, babies must not be allowed to take over your whole life, once they are put to bed make them stay there, no matter what, well unless the house is ablaze, but only then!

I did this with my kids, and the rule was, once you go to bed, you stay there till morning, it meant going up and down the stairs a lot sometimes, but its so worth it!

Answer 3

Breastfed babies are usually on the schedule that you have set for them, for instance if you have been nursing only for the past 6 months then the baby is probably nursing every 1 1/2 -2 hours. This is normal. If your baby is forcing you to nurse them to sleep, it is only for comfort, not necessarily for hunger. At 6 months they usually sleep thru the night. Try pumping your breast after nursing and while the child sleeps, this will give you a supply of bottles to be able to add rice cereal or a jar of 1st fruits to to help them sleep without you. Good luck!

Answer 4

Persevere. It's hard but you must get your baby into the routine of going to bed without nursing. I know they are all cute an all, and I know you don't like leaving them cry for long, but there are times when you have to. If you don't change her habits now you will have to call in Supernanny later on and it will be much more painful. I had to sit outside my daughters bedroom for 5 nights and every night I cried with frustration and feeling terrible about what I was doing. She screamed the house down almost because she didn't like going to bed awake. By night 6 she changed her mind and I never had any more trouble. You have to stick with it, and don't go into the bedroom. Good luck.

Answer 5

I'm with Beagle on this one. I nursed my third kid to sleep for...well I'm embarrassed to say for how long, but waaaay over a year. I figured if I had to have a baby at 40, I was going to make it easy on myself and not fight the baby. Turns out he's my most self-confident kid. Maybe birth order, who knows?

Answer 6

My mom would not let the baby go to sleep while nursing and then just put them to bed, or stop nursing them and put them to sleep with a bottle and let them sleep on their own. if you are nusing them and they fall asleep, they usually wake up once you try to put them to bed because they want to nurse AND sleep, which is not gonna happen.

Answer 7

If you are comfortable nursing the child to sleep do it. If not, you need to nurse them before bed time, then lay them in their crib. I had to set a routine for my kids. I would keep the same dinner, bath, bedtime every night, strictly enforced. For my older child, when I weaned her, I would let her cry for 5 minutes before going to her for week one. Week two, I went to 10 minutes before going to her, Week three, I went to 15 minutes before going to her. By week four I went to 20 minutes and by that time she would be asleep without nursing. It took about 3 weeks after that for her to go to sleep in less than 5 minutes of crying. She is now 2 and knows bedtime is bedtime, and all I do is put her in bed and she stays quiet and is asleep in less than 5 minutes. It worked for me, but you have to be willing to listen to a crying child for a little while.

Answer 8

Nurse the child to sleep, and then get some rest yourself.

Answer 9

aww, my baby is 9 months, i give her the bottle at night, but i have to nurse alittle at the end to have her get all warm and comfy and sleep well =)

Answer 10

That 's just what it is. A breastfed baby will only take mommies milk. Alternate the breast milk and formula, I used for my babies good start, but what ever the doctor prefers.