Night weaning strong-willed 15mo
I have an incredibly strong-willed 15mo who is completely dependent on nursing for sleep. He bedshares with us and is waking up anywhere from 2-10x per night to nurse. I am attempting to night wean him because I am eager to begin ovulating again and get pregnant with #3 in the next 6 months.
He is more flexible about sleep during the day and lets me bounce him to sleep for naps. Because of this, I day weaned him for a while to see if that would be enough to bring my cycle back. It was not enough. So now I’m kind of accepting that I’ll likely need to night wean or wean altogether to begin ovulating.
All that to say, this child gets BIG mad over any type of soothing at night other than nursing. I’m talking screaming, thrashing, rolling around, arching, the works. I obviously am trying to do this as gently as possible and with a very limited amount of tears. I’m wondering if anyone has tips for weaning this type of temperament? I have been trying to implement the Pantley Pull-Off over the past few days and am hopeful. I also don’t want to just have my husband take over completely at night. Any thoughts are appreciated!!