is it bad to breastfeed my ds to sleep????

[Danni05]

Am i associating bad sleeping patterns with feeding my baby to sleep at night and some times in the day?????

Ahhh, no, it's such a short time and you will miss it so much when it's gone.

Long term - yes it's a bad idea.
What I did with my ds was to completely confuse him and used all different ways to get him to sleep so he didn't become dependent on one specific way IYKWIM.
I would b/feed him to sleep, take him out in the car, take him in the pram, co-sleep, cc him - all sorts.
Also use the sleepy signals a la baby whisperer so you aren't trying to get a non-sleepy baby to sleep!

I did with no problems

I did with all three of mine, none of whom went on to develop sleeping and settling problems, and actually, I can't see how you can avoid it with a young baby...they just drop off to sleep blissfully and sweetly. Why spoil that experience for them - and you???

I fed my baby to sleep as well- no problems at all

I breastfed my youngest to sleep every night till she was about two years old and shes fine!

You can bf before sleep with out bfing to sleep. Just make sure baby is drowsy rather than in deep deep sleep when you take them off. TBH ds does usually fall fast asleep when bf at night, but I put him down awake in the day. Even if you don't want to do a full on GF type routine Sleep-Feed-Play-Sleep is a good pattern to get into.
(of course this depends how old - I think with a baby under about 8 weeks it is pretty impossible for them not to fall asleep when bf)

Personally I loved having the option of being able to make her go back to sleep at 3am just by whipping out a breast. People differ on their opinions of this though.

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well i am not breeastfeeding as mine are 5 and 3 but they still fall asleep with milk, how embarassing is that

fio - my nearly 3 year old was bf then mixed when I went back to work, and still has to have a bottle of milk to go to sleep as well!

I bf both of mine to sleep long term and my personal opinion is that it isn't a bad idea, if that's what works for you and your child.

Don't bf either of them to sleep anymore, dd stopped feeding at about 12 months, ds at 15.

I ignored all the stuff about bad sleeping patterns (thank you to all posters I read then), but once bob had teeth I wanted to clean them after the feed and before bed. He now will maybe doze but wakes up and croaks "teeth now mummy".

Do what works for you. I bf'd ds to sleep and he still dozes off most nights in my arms with a cup of milk now (at nearly 2). I couldn't care less

thanks for all your advice, abit mixed opinions,
i think i'll keep it up for the time being, he normally sleeps through,)touch wood) so he seems to be able to settle himself in the night, (except these last 2 nights he has woken after about an hour of being a sleep, and have had to feed again to get him back to sleep, but then slept through). In the day i have the trouble of getting him to sleep, and for longer than 30mins at a time, even in car or pushchair he'll only sleep for the 30 mins. He's 13wks.

I did it for 8 months. No problems at all, she has always been a good sleeper when not ill (now 2) - just adjusted the bedtime routine when I introduced beakers and stopped breastfeeding. I don't know what else I could have done - wake her up then tell her to go to sleep?

thank you prufock, that makes me feel better

I fed mine on demand, and did extended feeding

have had no problems with sleep or routines

really believe you should do what feels best, you can't spoil a baby