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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you've got two issues here: sleep training and night weaning.  I would work on night weaning first.  At 5.5 months, your kid doesn't need to eat every two hours.  Your gut is right -- he can get by on 2-3 feeds per night.  When I night weaned, I decided that, from bedtime to bedtime + 5 hours, the kitchen was closed.  If my kid woke up then, he would be soothed to sleep without the boob.  This usually meant DH was on point, since DS would get really pissed if I was there and didn't whip it out.  Decide when you'll feed and when you'll soothe without feeding, and then start dropping the extra "feeds" one by one.

Once you're down to a reasonable number of feedings at night, then you can work on sleep training.  Do your research, pick a method that works for you, and decide on a plan of attack DURING THE DAY.  This is crucial -- you don't want to be guessing what your strategy should be at 3 a.m.  I'd get started now -- you're right that this is a good time, developmentally speaking.

And in conclusion, all the PPs who are "concerned" that I "missed out" on bonding with my baby because I let him "scream himself to sleep" are cordially invited to eat my butt.[/quote]

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