Breastfeeding: cannot unlatch baby at night!

[Marigoldilock]

So baby is more of a toddler now at 15 months. She normally wakes a lot to be but a quick feed puts her back to sleep.

This week, she just wants to stay attached to me and will not let me unlatch her. She was stuck to me for hours last night and I can't sleep like that.
When I feed her and go to unlatch her as it looks like she is asleep, she wakes with a start and cries. I'm not ready to sleep train her yet and currently don't mind feeding her through the night if she is quick, but this is getting ridiculous.

How can I unlatch the baby without her freaking out?

What is worse is when I unlatch her and she stays asleep and inside I go 'yessssss!' and immediately get excited that I can finally sleep but then a minute later she wakes up crying. It seems like such a cruel tease.

This is exactly my problem too!! Have currently tried to unlatch my 15 month old 3 times and each time he wakes screaming when I put him in the cot. Am really hoping someone has some good advice!

What is the current advice around dummies at night?

Dummies are protective against SIDS. Much less of an issue with babies this age, of course, but good to know they’re not harmful.

DD now 7 had a dummy from two weeks to help soothe her severe reflux and carried on with it until 3 (strictly only for sleep). She loved it and has had no problems with sleep. Worth a go?

It’s worth bearing in mind that whatever you try may be met with initial resistance, but this isn’t necessarily in itself a reason not to persevere.

I meant to say no problems with teeth, not sleep. Though she didn’t have a sleep problem either.

She was attached to me so much last night that she but my nipple, which never happens. I closed up shop at that point, and she was very upset, then tossed and turned in the bed beside me for a long time. It was starting to get bright by the time she drifted off and she woke up for the day 30 minutes ago.

I'm thinking that she is teething as this isn't normal! I've tried her with a dummy many, many, many times and they all get spat out.

I think there is a difference between sleep training and comforting a displeased baby while not giving your boob all night. You could try a quick feed and then cuddle, or no boob between certain hours that suit you. Or just put up with it is the other option, but that doesn't sound like a good deal for you.

Biting and suckling could well be teething. DD was a bit bitey with teething but we did manage it without injury to me - I broke the latch firmly with a loud 'no' at the first sign of it and declined to feed her again for several hours. We night weaned just after she was 1 as I was getting fed up of being woken at night. Carried on during daytime for another year though, so it didn't stop because of that.