DD is 16 months and has been breastfed to sleep for most of those 16 months, despite dire warnings from our MW at about 6 days old and various friends, family, strangers and anyone else who felt like offering an opinion I did worry that I would be doing it forever but also took the view that I might as well do what was working now and worry about the future if and when it became a problem, plus I thought that if feeding made babies go to sleep then nature probably had a plan and we should just roll with it.
From time to time we thought we should "break the sleep association" and tried things like Pantley's Pull-Off, but DD never really went with it so I'd always give up.
About six weeks ago, I found that DD would generally unlatch herself while still awake and I could then rub her back for ten minutes until she fell asleep. About four weeks ago, that stopped working and I now give her a feed then DH goes in and cuddles her to sleep (she won't sleep for me at night at all!).
So I have now gone from worrying that I would never stop feeding DD to sleep to being unable to do it - and I really miss it! It does still work for naps sometimes, but not always.
Just thought I would post for anyone who is in a similar situation - I know all babies are different but for us it has just worked itself out naturally and I'd do the same again next time. Hopefully someone will find it useful/reassuring
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DitaVonCheese · 28/01/2010 23:36
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29/01/2010 21:51
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