Night weaning at 6 months for health reasons
I know I’ll probably be get downvoted for this but hear me out. I don’t want to night wean, but feel like I have to. I’ve been recently diagnosed as pre-diabetic, and sleep is essential for getting blood glucose under control.
This is my second child and my first we also coslept (and still do). I night weaned at 16 months and it was fairly easy-just cuddled and used a pacifier. The first two nights were terrible but then he slept through the night after that.
Obviously this baby is still very young and I don’t think the same tactic will work. I don’t mind 1-2 wakeups to feed for feeding sake, it’s the constant comfort nursing that happens nearly every hour that I think is impacting my health.
I’m really not sure if it’s possible to night wean at this age without it being sleep training, which I don’t want to do and I’m happy to keep cosleeping. But I feel conflicted knowing my body is not doing well.
I don’t want to break our breastfeeding relationship, I don’t want to stop cosleeping, but I do want to only wake up at most twice at night. Is that feasible, and how?
Posted Jun 7, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC