I'd be really grateful for any advice - my lovely four month old daughter won't settle for the night unless she falls asleep on the breast. I give her a bottle of expressed milk at 7 as my supply is low at night, but she won't go to sleep unless she has access to the breast (she sucks for about two minutes then falls asleep). She normally wakes up once before her 'big sleep', and once again, I'm the only one who can settle her with a very brief feed. If my partner tries to settle her, she'll fall asleep on him but as soon as she goes into the cot start crying and this pattern just continues until she's allowed to breastfeed. I'd really like to break this cycle as I'm starting to feel trapped and I don't think its good for either of us - does anyone have any thoughts on how to ease the transition?
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Four month old breastfeeding herself to sleep
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sazza1970 · 19/10/2009 21:47
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