How to Night Wean Baby (6-12 months) HD

#sleeptraining #babysleeptraining #babysleepmadesimple How to Night Wean Baby (6-12 months) Are you feeding your baby several times during the night and dealing with night wakings? Or do you have to rock your baby to sleep? Find out how to night wean your 7 month old baby. Jilly explains a gentle, No Cry approach and the Ferber/Controlled Crying sleep training method. Get tips from a lactation consultant, nurse and mom to get your baby sleeping through the night! Find out more about night weaning here: https://www.babysleepmadesimple.com/weaning-night-feedings Not sure where to begin to get your baby sleeping well? START HERE: https://www.babysleepmadesimple.com/exhausted-moms-survival-kit CONNECT WITH JILLY: Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/babysleepsimple Instagram: http://instagram.com/babysleepmadesimple Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/babysleepmadesimple Blog: https://www.babysleepmadesimple.com/ Transcription: An exhausted mom asked me for help with night weaning her 7 month old, who wakes frequently throughtout the night and has to be rocked to sleep each time. When your baby is younger, feeding or rocking your baby to sleep works and helps them sleep well. But your baby is developing. Her sleep patterns change as she grows to become more like an adult’s sleep patterns. It’s a great sign, but waking throughout the night and not being able to self-settle is often a sign that your baby needs to learn to fall asleep, and stay asleep, on their own. Signs that your baby’s sleep pattern is changing: • Restlessness • Difficulties falling & staying asleep Step 1: Set a healthy sleep foundation The best way to fix baby sleep is by setting a healthy sleep foundation, before we fix the night wakings. Biologically appropriate bedtime: • If your 7 month old has 3 naps/day, bedtime should be between 7: 30- 8: 30 pm. • If your 7 month old has 2 naps/day, bedtime should be between 7-8pm Tip: Keep track of nap times to find an ideal and appropriate bedtime. When babies get overtired, it causes them to fight bedtime, wake more often and wake earlier in the morning. Peaceful Bedtime Routine: This is a routine of consistent activities that take place at a specific time, in a specific order every night to help your baby settle down for the night. Your baby gets consistent behavioural cues, to cue her body and her mind to relax and get ready to sleep. If you haven’t got a bedtime routine, I would definitely encourage you to start with that. Do it tonight! Check out my article, ‘How To Start A Peaceful Bedtime Routine for Your Baby’. It walks you through the essential elements to relax babies and toddlers, and the exact order in which to do them. Watch Awake Times Babies and toddlers have a biological need to sleep often during the day. Your 7 month old needs to sleep every 2-3 hours consistently throughout the day, every day. Babies are wired differently, so the better a baby sleeps in the day, the better they will sleep at