My DH and I are slowly using the NCSS approach to getting our 8.5mth old DS to sleep better. Although he has been known to sleep 5 hours in one go at the moment he's not going much longer than 2 or 3 hours.
DH and I have split the night between us so that I can bf so me night feeds and get some sleep. So I bf him when he wakes up between 10pm and midnight and then DH takes over wake up duty until 3am when I will, if he wakes up, will feed him.
So, last night I bf him at 11.30pm and then again at 4.45am - great for me but my husband was awake with him from 1.30am until 3am where he didn't sleep for more than 15 mins.
I don't want to bf during that time as I'm trying to slowly discourage night feeds.
I was wondering whether it might help if DH offers him some water, or will we just confuse him as he's still getting bf before midnight and after 3.
Does anybody else have any experience of trying to discourage night feeding through the offer of water? Has it worked?
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Offering water instead of milk at night time
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MumOfTheMoos · 21/12/2012 21:35
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