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Hi. So my 18 months old is contact sleeping with me even at night. She only sleeps in my arms and she breastfeeds a lot while sleeping for comfort I think. I have tried to wean her from sleeping in my arms and breastfeed while sleeping but she doesn’t stop screaming and crying. I don’t know what to do, I really want to sleep properly. I have been sleep deprived for so long.


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  • I would ask a community nurse for advice on his. I’m sure it comes up often.


  • Oh honey this was me until a few months ago. I found that it wasn’t until I stopped breastfeeding that my bub would sleep properly. It was as if he was waking purposefully to keep comfort suckling. I had to transition to bottles and pumping, then I decided to go to formula. Not something everyone wants to do, I understand. Then after he was comfortable on bottles, I did a very very light Ferber method. I couldn’t stay in the room while he was in the cot, he would go ballistic. Every minute I would go in and comfort. The first night was hard, half an hour until he slept. Second night, 10mins. Third, 2 mins. He’s now sleeping through the night in his cot 12 hours. I was rocking him to sleep until 10 months old until it was too much, we were both only getting 7 hours a night. I recommend you look up sleep training methods and find one that you’re comfortable with. Good luck, I hope you’re well rested soon!


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