One Year Old Not Sleeping Through the Night Anymore

As far as the sleeping, let her cry it out. It's very difficult, but it works! My son did the same thing not long after he turned 1, but I let him cry it out, and it only lasted a few nights. If you think she's hurting b/c of teething, give her motrin or tylenol before bed, as well as orajel. If you make it a habit of going in her room, and especially feeding her, then her body will become accustomed to waking up in the night, wanting to nurse. After a few nights of crying it out, she should cry less each night and eventually not wake at all.

When I weaned my son, I cut out one feeding a day and replaced it with cow's milk. I did this each week until eventually he was fully weaned. This really helped me so my milk supply could slowly diminish, and it didn't hurt at all. It took about a month to fully wean him. Good luck and I hope you get some sleep soon!

I wouldn't necessarily rule out teething and/or a growth spurt. Have you tried Hylands teething pills? or some motrin at night?

She's only a year, so there are still many benefits to nursing; however, night weaning may be a good option for you here. I think the key is to take it gradually. The following sites have suggestions/methods for night weaning.

http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/ap/sleep.asp
www.kellymom.com/bf/weaning/weaning-night.html

I'm not one for putting a pacifyer in a childs mouth uhless a special reason, but at night when you know they are fed and dry, it worked wonders for me to give my daughter one when she woke up and I knew she shouldn't be hungry, and was dry. I gave her rice cereal the last feeding of a night, and she slept all night & if she woke up, I gave the pacifyer to her, and patted her a bit and she was back to sleep. If you want to quit nursing her, I know there are books out there, but I quit one feeding first and then got down to just the night time one. And I quit it last. sometimes I had to pump just a bit, as my breast was too full and hurt, so I just pumped enoough to get the pressure off, and gradually my baby was weaned, and my milk quit then.

Very normal phase. My daughter did the same and when she was getting her 2 year molars. Anyway, the best thing to do is is comfort her in her crib; however, do not take her out. If she is not teething, she might be going through a little growth spurt causing her to have night wakings.

It definatly sounds like teething or growth spurt, all my kids did this breastfeeding or not! My almost two year old did if for a couple weeks ago and she hasn't been nursed in almost a year. Your baby just sounds like she is growing or is teething. As far as weaning if you really want to do that just cut out feedings keep her breakfast,lunch (before nap) and her bedtime everything else replace with food just make it snack time and a sippy cup and as she gets used to that slowly cut down the rest but I would make naptime and bedtime the last and bedtime the very very last. That is what I did personally. Good luck! And don't worry she will go back to sleeping through the night again like most things this is just a phase!

Vanessa,

This is a hard thing because you feel like you have to feed on command and you don't. I'm not sure if your baby is on food yet, but it could be that your milk isn't filling her up anymore and you might try real food. If she is already on food, then you know that she can make it through the night full and just make sure that she is full when you put her down and let her cry a little. It might be that she is just waking up and needs time to put herself back to sleep. Also, you might have your husband go in there and rock her. But with both my girls...I made sure they were clean and full and let them cry (dr. orders) and I have 2 of the best sleepers EVER! My 2.5 yr old still sleeps around 13 hours and takes about a 2 hr nap. It's hard to let them cry, but it only took about 2 nights and they had it figured out!

The winging thing is pretty easy too. Just start cutting out 1 feeding at a time and leave the ones before bed and nap to cut last. With each one that you cut wait about 2 weeks and cut another one. When all you have is the bed time one, let your husband put her down, until she doesn't try to feed anymore. Someone told me to go out for a girls night, but I couldn't do that...so, I just stayed out of eye contact and let my husband do the rocking and reading and putting her down. And she was fine. Mine, never really seemed to miss it.

Best of luck with both! Motherhood is GREAT but also the most challenging thing you will ever do! And the MOST important thing you will ever do! Hope this helps some.