advice please

[metaphortunate]

The past week or two, the Junebug has been waking up four to six times a night wanting to nurse. I have been reluctant to move him into his own room because:
- at that point I will nightwean him
- he's pretty clearly reverse cycled, so if I stop nursing him at night, he will eat much more during the day
- what I can pump is already only barely keeping up with demand
- so at that point he will go on maybe half formula?

And not that that would be the end of the world, but I figured that to keep him on the boob I was willing to be woken up twice a night, which was what he was doing for the longest time. But five times a night - no. This cannot go on, he's 7 months old and I am getting less sleep than I did when he was a newborn, he is no longer cute between the hours of midnight and 7 am and that is VERY DANGEROUS TO HIS HEALTH.

Thoughts? Preferred sleep training techniques? How did you nightwean?

Comments

[boxofdelights]

Probably he's having a growth spurt and he'll go back to twice a night after your supply catches up with his demand, but in order for you both to survive until that day, you need at least one full four-hour sleep cycle at night.

Fortunately, you have a partner. Arrange with him which hours the boobs will be offline. When Junebug wakes up during those hours, his other parent has to take him out of the room and do his best to comfort him without food.

Wishing you all some sleep.