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Stuck in a Feed to Sleep Trap!

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LouWhit1 · 27/11/2023 14:28

Hello! My LO is 8 months old and I have always relied on breastfeeding to get him to go down for his naps and a bedtime (coupled with white noise and rocking at the same time). It works well in that it takes him 10-15 mins max to drop off - but he's waking 6+ times through the night (last night it was every hour, from 6.30pm through to 6am wake up time) looking for a feed to go back down again. He is in his own cot now after a period of cosleeping which I know is good progression but it's almost more tiring having to keep going in and out of his nursery at the moment than that cosleeping phase was! I'm far too much of a softy for any form of crying it out, but beginning to think that the feed to sleep habit needs to break. Any tips for moving away from this? 🫣 My husband can sometimes rock him down to sleep, but I've found if I do that he just squirms around trying to get to the boob..!

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StardustGiraffe · 27/11/2023 14:31

Ah OP, I have no advice but I am in the same boat. Mine is 14 months and cosleeping. I could probably place her in the cot asleep now with some maneuvering but the thought of having to get up at least twice every night still is draining. At the moment I just lift my top and she's sorted quite quickly.

Interested to see the advice here. I am the same as your re crying, just can't do it.

ILookAtTheFloor · 27/11/2023 14:35

Of course leaving a baby to cry is hard- it goes against all our instincts.

Read/listen to the Nurture Revolution (it's on Spotify premium for free).

I would go back to cosleeping and keep Bfing to sleep as normal- it works for a reason. Mother nature created BF as a sleep inducer. ----

Srx1 · 28/11/2023 11:49

Same here! 12months and recently started cosleeping in the spare room as I can't take getting up and attempting to settle him in the cot anymore. However, my husband disagrees with this method

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Baguette2021 · 28/11/2023 15:04

Could you feed and then instead of rocking, put them down awake but drowsy as a first step? At least that could reduce the time you need to spend doing that. And then only give a feed every other time?? It's hard, I appreciate!

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