night weaning without tears?

"Richard" skrev i en meddelelse
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Our 18mo daughter still wakes once at night for a glass of warm
milk. We've done nothing to try to change her sleeping habits.
She dropped all of her other night feedings on her own, but this
last one just seems to be hanging on forever.

I'm sure that, someday, she'll sleep through the night. But other
than gritting our teeth, holding fast, and denying her her night
feed, is there any way, gently and with kindness, to increase the
liklihood of her sleeping through the night?

Thanks for any hints or suggestions.

What about giving her the milk by bedtime in some kind of container, which
won't spill. Then she can take it herself during the night.

Otherwise: Niels was more than three before he let go of his half banana and
cup of milk in the middle of the night. We could give it to him while we
were still sleeping :-)

He needed that nutrition - he's still very petite.

ZH's,
Tine

Richard wrote:
Our 18mo daughter still wakes once at night for a glass of warm
milk. We've done nothing to try to change her sleeping habits.
She dropped all of her other night feedings on her own, but this
last one just seems to be hanging on forever.

I'm sure that, someday, she'll sleep through the night. But other
than gritting our teeth, holding fast, and denying her her night
feed, is there any way, gently and with kindness, to increase the
liklihood of her sleeping through the night?

Thanks for any hints or suggestions.

I would try reducing the amount of milk incrementally until she is getting
hardly any and then hopefully she'd just sleep through that since she
hopefully won't be hungry. She might start waking up earlier though.

Another method would be to slowly add more and more water until it was all
water and then leave the cup in bed with her. When mine night weaned they
continued to drink a little water for quite a while.

How does she fall asleep at bedtime?
--
Nikki
Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2)

"Richard" wrote in message
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Our 18mo daughter still wakes once at night for a glass of warm
milk. We've done nothing to try to change her sleeping habits.
She dropped all of her other night feedings on her own, but this
last one just seems to be hanging on forever.

Thanks for any hints or suggestions.

Richard
Micaela's yawning dad

Have you tried sending her to bed with a sippy cup of water?

Nancy

"Richard" wrote in message
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Our 18mo daughter still wakes once at night for a glass of warm
milk. We've done nothing to try to change her sleeping habits.
She dropped all of her other night feedings on her own, but this
last one just seems to be hanging on forever.

I'm sure that, someday, she'll sleep through the night. But other
than gritting our teeth, holding fast, and denying her her night
feed, is there any way, gently and with kindness, to increase the
liklihood of her sleeping through the night?

You can try to decrease the amount of milk in the glass by an ounce per
night until it's gone, and she may just stop wanting it that way. IMHO,
at her age, it is definitely just a habit and not a need, but habits can
be very hard to change as we all know.
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 3, and Jaden, 7 months

"Cat" wrote:
"Richard" , skrev:

Our 18mo daughter still wakes once at night for a glass of warm
milk....is there any way, gently and with kindness, to increase the
liklihood of her sleeping through the night?

What about giving her the milk by bedtime in some kind of container, which
won't spill. Then she can take it herself during the night.

Please don't do that. If the child falls asleep with a mouth full of milk
(or any other liquid containing carbohydrates), or develops a habit of
slowly drinking while sleeping, the milk can actually pool and ferment in
the mouth, causing "baby bottle caries", an exceptionally severe form of
tooth decay. The pictures say it all:
http://www.flash.net/~dkennel/bottle.htm

Better to take the approach of gradually reducing and/or watering down the
milk given at night.

Otherwise: Niels was more than three before he let go of his half banana and
cup of milk in the middle of the night. We could give it to him while we
were still sleeping :-)

He needed that nutrition - he's still very petite.

I don't believe that follows at all. Sleep dependencies have little to do
with nutritional *need*.