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How do you get a 15month 1week 2day old to go back to sleep at night with out nurse?

• this is my first child and today she 15month 1week 2days old but back in jan of 2012 the doctor wont me to stop giving her bottles of milk in the day time and at night and he even wont me to stop nurse her in the day and at night, so I asked my mom what I should about the nurse cause I was afraid of my breast getting full of milk if she did not nurse so she told me to cut her nurse back so I did and she old only get once in the morning and 1-2 times at night when she would wake up. I did count her bottle of milk down to just right before bed to help her get to sleep and she would take a sippy of milk all day but not right before bed. I cut the nurse back about 2-4-5weeks ago and the bottle of milk I cut back only right before bed like 2-4weeks ago and I did try twice like last week ago when she waked up t night I try and rock her back to sleep and even try pating her back but all she would do is cry for the hole min or two I was trying to get her back to sleep but then I could not take the crying so I gave in and nurse and then with in 5-10Min's she was back. I was just wornding how can I get her to not need any bottle of milk to help her got sleep for the night or need her nurse to help her go back to sleep at night and I did try for the first time to night to try give her sippy of milk to drink to help her go to sleep but all she did was push it a way then she end up with her bottle of milk and It looks like she will never take a sippy of milk to her go to sleep at night and how can I get to not need to nurse at night. I would really like to dry my milk but I do not wont it to get full of milk and hurt is there any thing I do or take to help my milk dry up cause it needs to if I am trying to get a job soon I hope. I have had the doctor tell me for the second time when he seen her in april that he would really like to begoing to sleep with her milk bottle and he really would her to be off bottle for good and not nurse any more.

• Answer:

  I think you have a couple of options. First of all, if you want to keep nursing, go for it. In my opinion you doctor is insane to have a mom stop nursing her baby. Your breastmilk is VERY healthy and beneficial to your little one. If you want to keep up a few nursing times during the day or night then I would go for it. At one point, I was only nursing my baby twice in a 24 hours period. Before nap and before bed. As far as being engorged, you shouldn't get too engorged. I stopped nursing my last baby in November and I didn't skip a beat. I never noticed it. If I was a little full, I would just hand express a little out in the shower and go on. oh, my daughter was about 17 mos when I weaned her. The severe engorgement usually only comes right after you've had baby when your breast need to produce alot of milk but they aren't used to it. Now your breast are experienced. They know what to do. :) If you don't want to nurse her, you could try a pacifier. Your dentist would probably shoot me for saying that but that is what we did. Sometimes it's just the sucking that they want. Also, when we move our babies to their beds and cut out the night nursing, my husband would go to their room at night if they woke up and gently pat their bottom until they went back to sleep. I had to get my husband to do it because she would be wanting me and then would never go for it. It took her just a couple of days to adjust. You could also try picking her and hugging her to your shoulder while you comfort her. I have had many sessions with little ones through the years where I couldn't give them something they wanted. Honestly, even children this age need to learn in small doses that they can't have everything in life. It starts alot of times with weaning. But I would pick them up and snuggle them to my shoulder while i would sing and dance. After a while we'd lay back down and I would pat their bottom gently until they went to sleep. But if you do want to keep nursing, then by all means, go for it. And if you don't, you shouldn't notice the engorgement like you did when she was first born. I do think it's wise to get rid of the bottle. Try a soft spouted sippy cup. My little one loved those when we first started her on a cup. God Bless.