Hello. I have a 2 month baby who currently sleeps through the night in her next to me crib (waking for 3 feeds). I’m worried as I BF her to sleep - this includes when I first put her down at 8ish, and her night wakenings. I read different things in google (some articles saying it’s natural and normal and good for baby, other articles saying she won’t grow out of it)
Does anyone have any practical examples please? Should I try and stop this? Or will she grow out of it? She’s still so small and I’m on Mat leave so I have time to BF her to sleep at the mo….but it may not be possible when I return to work / stop BF.
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JL642 · 23/01/2023 20:12
Lalarara10 · 23/01/2023 20:38
Follow Lyndsey Hookway on Instagram - she’s a big advocate of following our motherly instincts e.g. feeding to sleep. She also says ‘its not a problem until it’s a problem for you’ and it did become a big problem for us around 3 months where our DD couldn’t connect sleep cycles and woke every 45 mins to an hour. We had to work really hard to get her to fall asleep on her own which she does now.
every baby is different though and ours was always a bad sleeper. Many babies will continue to be fine being nursed to sleep and put down asleep - it’s good that you’re informed that there may come a time where you need to switch up sleep associations.
JL642 · 23/01/2023 21:02
Hahaha wrestling an octopus with teeth has terrified me 😂
pelargoniums · 24/01/2023 11:51
Just wait! Sleepy newborn you can cradle vs baby who wants a foot in your armpit and a finger up your nose
JL642 · 23/01/2023 21:02
Hahaha wrestling an octopus with teeth has terrified me 😂
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