Comments on: Sleeping through the night https://www.salmadinani.com/sleeping-through-the-night/ Wellness of the Mind, Body & Soul Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Salma Dinani https://www.salmadinani.com/sleeping-through-the-night/#comment-4 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:59:01 +0000 https://www.salmadinani.com/sleeping-through-the-night/#comment-4 In reply to Pamela Delisle.

Thanks for your comment Pamela. It seems like you have found something that really works well for your family!

]]> By: Pamela Delisle https://www.salmadinani.com/sleeping-through-the-night/#comment-3 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:43:33 +0000 https://www.salmadinani.com/sleeping-through-the-night/#comment-3 As dreamy as an uninterrupted sleep sounds, I am happy to wake to feed my 15 month old daughter throughout the night. During my pregnancy, I learned that night wakings are a protective feature for babies and for toddlers, waking at night to nurse is a great way for them to soothe teething pain or provide them comfort during physical and emotional developmental changes. The way I have coped with the night wakings are to have my daughter sleep beside me in bed. This way, she doesn’t fully wake at night, she just rolls towards me, latches on and nurses herself back to sleep. Another benefit of this is that I barely wake too, and I am easily able to fall back into a deep sleep. I used this same approach with my now 4 year old and when he was around 2 years old we night weaned him (b/c I was tired and pregnant) and one night later he was sleeping through the night consistently, and continues to do so now. He also sleeps next to us still on another mattress with his Dad, which is pushed up to the bed his sister and I sleep on. Bed sharing and nursing my little ones at night has worked very well for us. I encourage all families to find an approach that works for them.

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