Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook - Plot & Excerpts
Even a smart, thoughtful mom who knows this in her head may still have a fear of letting her child go hungry—especially when that child is waking in the middle of the night. Check with your pediatrician to make sure that your little one doesn’t have a health issue that would make it necessary for her to eat during the night; but the overwhelming odds are that the main reason an older baby still gets up in search of breast or bottle is that sucking is the only way she knows how to get back to sleep. Don’t be hard on yourself if your child has developed this habit. It’s very common—because it works!—but it’s time to break the habit. Families I’ve worked with have tried all of the techniques outlined below for eliminating nighttime feedings; make the choice that best matches your child’s temperament. I suggest starting with the most gradual one, Method A, but if you feel confident that B or C makes more sense for you and your baby, go ahead and start with that. In any case, please read through this entire chapter; many of the tips can be applied to any of the strategies. Whatever approach you take, it will be easier if you try to reset your baby’s hunger clock so that she takes in more calories by day and therefore isn’t looking around for more at night.
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