Co-sleeping 6month old feeding all night

[BlossomTheUnicorn]

Hi all! Just wondering if anyone has experienced similar. I exclusively breastfeed my 6 month old. She normally goes into her cot at 6.45pm/7pm-ish having fed from both sides... wakens about an hour later for another feed and then that would usually be her until 11pm at which point I bring her into my bed and we co-sleep. This had worked great before as we both were getting good quality sleep and she was feeding once or twice through the night but not really disturbing me however, since turning 6months she wants to be latched all night 🤣 she seems to have decided that being fed lying down isn't her thing and wants to be held in cradle hold for feeds but then inevitably when I set her down she starts to cry until I latch her again. She doesn't take a dummy or suck her thumb... she is usually having a breakfast and dinner at the minute with weaning but we are very much a gentle parenting family so trying to follow her cues and leads. I am a bit pooped though. Not looking to sleep train but wondering has anyone experienced similar? Tia.

My eldest was like this at that age and, honestly, I just let it happen. I wasn't back at work yet, it didn't really matter what time we got up as it was just me and her in the day, so I'd whack my boob out and let her get on with it. Obviously it's harder if she won't feed laying down, but potentially if she realises the ease of it and you keep pushing it, she might do it and you can just let her while you sleep.

And, for what it's worth, my daughter did stop this quite quickly and we ended up having a nice cuddle all night instead (she kind of slept on my shoulder, sharing my pillow, like a parrot) and that seemed to give her comfort in the same way the feeding had.

Good luck, it's tough when they get to this stage, but it's not forever (even if it feels like it).

Oh, and I made sure that my second took a dummy. She did and we never had this stage with her