I am sure I have mentioned before that Chhori is still night feeding on a good night, she wakes up 1-2 times for a feed while on bad ones it is multiple times.
This routine didn’t bother me when I was home looking after her but since I started work, it started affecting my day. There were days when I was not functioning properly at all as I was sleep deprived days in a row.
Anyway, this was the signal for me to start looking for a solution to stop night feeding. I still wanted her to breastfeed for the next few months at least but I definitely wanted to stop night feeding.
So the solution was for me to sleep in a different room than Chhori. So AS and Chhori slept in our room and I slept in Chhori’s room.
First night, she woke up the same as usual and started looking for milk. When she didn’t get it, she cried. She opened her eyes and saw her daddy instead of mummy and she cried more. It took AS a long time to calm her down and put her back to sleep. It was the same every time she woke up looking for milk.
I was in the next room so I could hear her cry and was so tempted to run, hug her and feed her. But I knew that was not going to solve my problem. She is old enough now that she doesn’t need night feeding as most kids over 1 year will not wake up multiple times at night for a feed.
The second night the story was similar but the cry was shorter and AS got better at calming her but I was still tempted to run over to hold her every time she cried. So on the third day, we decided that it is best for me to sleep in the guest bedroom which is further away from our bedroom so I don’t hear much at all. So I have been doing that for the last 5 days. I occasionally hear her cry but not much.
Also according to AS, she is getting better at not crying even if she wakes up during the night. If she does cry, it lasts less than a minute and she is back to sleep.
We are hoping that in a few weeks, she will get better and will sleep through the night so I can go and sleep back in our room. I really hope this will work otherwise we will be back to square one.
I am loving my 6-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep for sure but AS probably isn’t 🙂
Please, please share any tips that will help this process be easier for me and Chhori. Thanks in advance.
Take care,
M from nepaliaustralian
XOXO
nepaliaustralian 
Give Chori a nice massage with warm oil and give her a bath in the night. Also, give her rice cereal with warm milk just 15-20 minutes before you put her to bed. This should help..
I used to give my children a bedtime snack, either cereal or some kind of toast, crackers or cookies with cup of expressed (pumped milk). This filled the toddlers better and then read books or sang songs. Routines help along with going to bed full. ❤
Hi
How can I get weaning dresses for chori!!would u mind to help me plz
Hi Bigya,where are you located?
Night feed! Ah!
Both of you are wearing super smiles!
Thank you Rajiv 🙂