Okay well tonight will be day 1 of the mission of getting my daughter to sleep through the night without her midnight feeding. I am up in the air on this one, because I hate hearing her cry and sob. However, I feel like after getting advice from friends and family, that I need to try it now. She is five months old, and I don't think she needs to midnight feeding, and she already began cutting back the amount she eats during them. I feel like I have to prepare for this because it is not only cutting out the feeding, but letting her cry when she fusses for her binky. I am personally petrified! It will take a lot of will power especially since she is my first baby, and I hate hearing her upset or cry. I will document my progress as we embark on this new beginning, and hopefully we will end up successful. I guess it comes down to how you want to parent your baby, since the books go both ways. The Baby Whisperer says to never let a baby cry, and the other's tell you to slowly do it, but my girlfriends and sister in law (who have all been through this many times) lend their advice to start to try. Here we go.....wish me luck!
Good luck! I know this is a tough phase, but she'll be through it before you know it, and I think it's very good not to let her become dependent on the Binky. Better to break the habit now than to try when she's much older! Let us know how it turns out!
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