Hi, I'm new here and have just started to learn about EASY. I'm desperate to change our situation but don't know where to start. I also posted this on the props board but now I am thinking maybe I need to address the NW issue first?
My 7mo is not able to go to sleep without breastfeeding - both for naps and bedtime.
He wakes approximately every 2 hours during the night. I nurse him back to sleep during night wakings and I know he is not waking because he is hungry - he will usually fall back to sleep in less than a minute.
He sleeps in his crib (in our bedroom) for naps and starts the night sleeping in his crib. Once I go to bed and he wakes I bring him into bed and we co-sleep.
When napping during the day he wakes after 45 min.
Our day looks something like this:
6:30-7am - wake and nurse
7:30 - 8:30 - activity/solids
9:00 - nurse/nap
9:45 - nurse
10:00 - activity
11:30 - solids
12:00 - nurse/nap
12:45 - activity
3:00 - solids
4:00 - nurse/nap
4:45 - activity
6:30 - solids/bath
7:30 - nurse/bedtime
I realize I've created a monster by always nursing to sleep and nursing during night wakings. I'm committed to changing our patterns but I just don't know where to start. Do I start with trying to get him to go to sleep without nursing? Or do I start with trying to rid the night wakings first?
Thanks.
