My baby is 16 in this mashallah… I recently 3-4 days ago weaned him off breastmilk…
he had a bad habit of sleeping only if I bf him…
Now he doesn’t wan me to bf him… But … Before he was drinking regular milk. N now he is not… I m in Pakistan currently n I m giving him day fresh milk… But now he is totally refusing it…
Second.. Whle I was trying to stop bring him I used swing to make hm sleep coz he use to cry a lot… N now I think he has got a habit of sleeping in swing I’m 3 days…he doesn’t tell me to make him sleep in swing… But he doesn’t sleep… He just plays n plays and plays n the. Get cranky n cry .. N then sleep very very late anywhere I the house…
He woke up today at 5 pm from his nap m slept at 4.30 am… He was playing continously even he was sleepy ..l tried making him sleep on bed with me… I tried cry out method for 10 mins only.. I put him in his crib but he just wanted to get out…
I don’t know wt to do.. How do I make him sleep… At should I doo… I don’t want him to get into habit of swing…
How do I make hi. Sleep ?
Can I give him some ovaltine with. Milk?
I switched my 15 month old from falling asleep in swing to sleeping on his own in crib using cry it out… First night, he cried for 50 mins, second night 20, and third night he fall asleep within 5 mins. I honestly know that if it hadn’t gone fins to 20 mins the next night, I won’t have done it. It’s not for every child . First two nights are rough, try and see if there is any improvement..if not stop it.
Also at that time I felt like he slept better if there was at least 5 hours between wake up and bedtime.. Like if he woke up at 7am, nap at 12, woke up at 2 and then bedtime at 7pm. Worked for us at that age.
I am not in favor of putting anything in milk but if he refuses to drink then you can try a lil bit for it to change color.. I bought chocolate syrup for my son when I was transitioning him from bottle to sippy cup but never used it. I would gave if he refused to drink milk at all but I didn’t have to so you are the best judge for that.
Same here…when I weaned my eldest off of breastfeeding at 14 months i had to stop cold turkey and let him cry it out. During the day, his nap time was ok, but nights were awful! He wanted to nurse himself to sleep. After the third night or crying it out we was fine. Fourth night onwards he would fall asleep as soon as I put him down. (But he was still co sleeping with us )
My son also co-sleep with us in our bed. i also never mixed anything in milk, used meigi formula milk with breastfeeding from the begining. Stopped bf when he was 20 months. I never used any crib/cot, bought it but he used to be disturbed while sleeping, he always slept sound with us. I think its how we make their habit.
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