Mom Advice on ‘12 Month Old’

Read Advice from 17 Moms about Question ‘Attachment Parent leaving 12 mnth baby for first time’

I am an attachment parent to a 12 month old amazing little girl. I still breastfeed and co-sleep. I have hit serious burnout and I started going to counseling again. I would also like to mention that my marraige has had a lot of ups and downs. Well, I realized that I have a lot of work to do on myself. I have the opportunity to go to a self-help seminar. I have never left my daughter alone ever for more than 6 hours, much less at night, she wakes up every 3-4 hours to nurse and drifts off to sleep. She has a hard time napping long hours unless I am there to nurse her back to sleep. I would be leaving her for 2 nights and 3 days, then a week later,I would be gone for 3 nights and 4 days. Has anyone out there left their babies for this long? If so, how did they cope? How did baby cope? I don't want this to be a traumatic experience for her. She will be with my husband who is a superdad and my Mom. Ps. I should also mention that she is a spirited (high need) baby.
I would leave milk for her, plus she eats solids, pretty much everything. Please help, I am a nervous wreck, could really get alot out of this retreat, but hate leaving my daughter.

Read Advice from 6 Moms about Question ‘12 month old and 4.5 y/o sharing room’

Out of necessity our two sons share a room. When our youngest son was a newborn he slept in a bassinet in our room. When he was about 4 months old we moved him into the crib we had set up in the boys' room. This worked well for about 6 months. Over Thanksgiving our oldest son got used to sleeping all night with my husband and I. (Since he has had a "big boy" bed, about 2 years, he has come into our bed in the middle of the night.) Anyway, we are having trouble getting him back into his bed. The 12 month old is going to sleep later and seems to be sleeping lighter. We used to be able to put the 4.5 y/o to bed and not disturb the younger one. Not so anymore. The younger one wakes up and cries. We have to stay in the bed with the 4.5 y/o until he is asleep. We also usually read books. We did get a TV for the room in hopes they could both watch it and fall asleep, but that didn't work. (BTW - we SWORE we'd never get a TV for their room. It's not hooked up to the satellite, just DVD player.) Any suggestions?

Read Advice from 30 Moms about Question ‘12 M Old Won't Sleep on her own’

I'm trying to wean my 12 month old off beastfeeding and co-sleeping. I want her to be able to fall asleep on her own and sleep the whole night in her crib.

I know everyone says to let her cry it out, but books and other people say she should stop crying and fall asleep on her own after 15 min.

She has never stopped crying. The longest I have been able to bear to let her go is 60 min. (of course I check to make sure she is ok, and she calms down once I'm there). Is it really this hard? Do I need to let her cry that long, or even longer?

This is really wearing on my mind and my heart. Help please!

Read Advice from 19 Moms about Question ‘12 month old won't drink milk’

I am weaning my 12 month old daughter and she will not drink milk from the sippy cup. She will drink water from the cup, but not milk. Any suggestions/strategies would be welcomed. Thank you.