HELP YOUR BABY FALL BACK TO SLEEP ON HIS OWN WHILE YOU CONTINUE TO BREASTFEED AND CO-SLEEP (No-Cry Sleep Solution)

Pantley includes a co-sleeping safety list in The No Cry Sleep Solution (p. 37) that I suggest you look over before co-sleeping.

Babies that co-sleep and breastfeed usually wake more often than babies that sleep in a separate bed. Pantley says you can help most babies learn to sleep beside you without waking frequently by shortening your night time
go-back-to-sleep ritual that you do with your baby when he wakes.

Stop feeding a sleeping baby
Babies make many sounds when they sleep. They may also partially wake up, make a sound, and if left alone fall back asleep. Before assuming baby is awake and needs help falling back asleep, stop, listen and wait to see if he will go back to sleep on his own or if he needs your help.

Shorten your nighttime nursing times (gentle removal plan)
If baby wakes and needs your help to go back to sleep, do Pantley's Gentle Removal Plan. You may want to rub or pat baby's back or place his hand on your breast during the removal. Do what seems to work.

You may also want to try making it less comfortable for your baby to nurse by lying on your back instead of on your side. If baby starts to get upset, then nurse him and attempt the removal plan.

Move the Milk
When you sleep right next to baby, he usually wakes more frequently to nurse. So, once you finish nursing baby, move a short distance away from him. You may want to leave something next to baby, like a stuffed animal, if he is used to your presence right next to him. With some babies, you may need to move pretty far away--possibly to a mattress nearby or even to a different room for a short time.


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