Getting baby to sleep without boob?

[Pollyg2112]

Hi peeps.. new mum here.. I have a 11 week old and I would like some advice as the best way to out baby down to sleep.. I use the boob all the time and recently she will just feed for hours now so need to another way.. I just can't seem to put her down without her waking up..
Her sleep seems to have gotten worse too and wont settle after her night-time feeds for s good few hours.

What are some of your tried and tested methods of getting and keeping baby asleep?
I feel like I've got so many questions with this mothering lark! Bloody hard ain't it! 😅

How do you feel about dummies ?

Hey OP, like the previous poster suggested you could use a dummy if the baby will take one.

Personally I chose not to do this because 11 weeks is still so young and I was concerned it could effect my supply.

I think this is a notoriously tricky age with breastfeeding and sleep, but if you power through I promise it will ease off.

I follow a few IBLC specialists Olivia Hinge and Lucy Webber lmj.infantfeedingsupport on Instagram and their pages have been so helpful for understanding what your baby might be going through. They open question boxes on their stories so you can ask questions too which is helpful

Oh sorry I didn't even answer your question 🤦🏻‍♀️

Not much help, but I breastfed my daughter to sleep for every nap and every bedtime for a year! I mean it was fine, but I know most people can hand baby to dad or grandparents and they'll have their own ways of getting them to sleep.

I used to feed her and then once I could tell she had dropped off, I would gently unlatch her and hold my finger against her lips for a minute. Is this happening when you go to bed? I used to just have DD sleep on me at this age in the lounge whilst I watched tv and then when she got to around 4mo I would just go up at 8ish and watch tv on my iPad or read my kindle before going to sleep (usually early because I was knackered) 😂

At 11 weeks my DS still had all of his sleep facilitated by breastfeeding or going out in the sling. I’m not sure any of my antenatal group could do ‘drowsy but awake’ at that stage (both EBF and FF). All used feeding/rocking/pushing a pram/wearing in a sling etc. Some maybe mastered it at 4 or 5 months through a combination of shh/patting/white noise etc. The majority of us could only reliably put our babies down at more like 6/7/8 months. Your DC is still tiny, albeit not a newborn anymore and the days of them being naturally asleep will change to them being naturally awake. Most babies need their sleep facilitated at that age, probably even more so than a newborn.

Re: staying asleep, we put the cot (as opposed to the next2me) next to our bed, so I could breastfeed overnight and then roll away (I didn’t feel fully comfortable with bed sharing at that stage, but I know a lot of people do). Had some success with that, but to be honest some nights he just wanted to be held all night and would wake within seconds of leaving my/DH’s arms. 3-6 months was pretty brutal I have to say, but it did get better after that.

Thanks all for the response.. we have tried dummy it doesn't work but I might try again at night.. it seems like breastfeeding to sleep at this age is still the done thing so that good.. maybe I don't worry ..
Babies are little enigma's really aren't they! 🤣 Constantly learning on the go!
Thank you xx