9 month old STILL breastfeeding at least 3 times a night! HELP!

[leosmommy]

Hi There!
just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for me. 

I am trying to get my 9 month old son sleeping through the night withought having to feed him.  He wakes up by habit to feed at least 3 times a night, but doesn't need to.  Just wondering how to get rid of night feedings! I need some help!  Thanks!

[kvmom]

I'm in a similar situation.  Hope there's light at the end of the tunnel as I am very tired of the nightwakings.

[NoelleChristine]

Hugs...I've been there too.  Not all that long ago actually.  Have you read anything about the gentle removal?  That's what I did to get my almost 9 month old to stop waking so often to nurse.  He was waking 3-4 times and now he been waking just 1 time with an early morning nursing between 5:00 - 5:30. 

We're still working out the kinks but when we have a bad night I'm fairly certain it's due to developmental things or OT and not the nursing. 

Here's the link: https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=52857.0

N~

[Samuel's mum]

As this issue is really about 'nightwakings' rather than the actual mechanics of feeding I'm afraid I need to pop it on to a sleep board. Which one do you fancy - 'props' i.e. he needs the breast to sleep? or 'nightwakings'?

I second the gentle removal idea as a starting point. Some choose to go straight to pu/pd.

OK you are offline...hmmm...I'll start with nightwakings but if you aren't happy PM a nightwakings mod and they could move it onto a different sleep board. Good Luck!