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11 months ago
in Oh, Night Weaning...(A Parental Solicitation) on Weird Fishes
Wow, I'm scratching my head to remember the details. I certainly recall Carmen was sleeping through the night by the time she was onto solids.
I only have two pieces of advice. First, is be decisive. Carmen took to most transitions quickly, but not all. What we did was really commit and wear the pain, though with one or two thing it didn't work and we backed right off. What never seems to work for anyone is the try/not-try/try/not-try oscillation. I think Yoda was actually giving parenting advice when he said, "Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'
The second piece of Advice is read Gina Ford's The Contended Baby. Some parents really hate that book, but it worked for us and I didn't read anything clearer or more helpful...
I only have two pieces of advice. First, is be decisive. Carmen took to most transitions quickly, but not all. What we did was really commit and wear the pain, though with one or two thing it didn't work and we backed right off. What never seems to work for anyone is the try/not-try/try/not-try oscillation. I think Yoda was actually giving parenting advice when he said, "Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'
The second piece of Advice is read Gina Ford's The Contended Baby. Some parents really hate that book, but it worked for us and I didn't read anything clearer or more helpful...
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I was an attachment mom, waiting for her to wean herself, but she wasn't showing any signs of doing it, and I was beginning to resent it. So I finally gave up. I would snuggle with her and she had a bottle.
It was really hard at the time, but I don't regret it.