Has anyone’s baby stopped feeding to sleep and/or slept through the night without training?

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My now 8 month old baby has always breastfed to sleep. I sometimes bottle feed her as a last feed but she never falls asleep bottle feeding and always wants to breastfeed when she’s finished with the bottle and then sleeps. We co sleep, which started about 6 months old due to pure exhaustion on my part, she was ill and woke 10+ times at night for a few weeks. It was quick and easy to get her back to sleep breastfeeding in my bed. I want to stop co sleeping . She wakes between 3-6 times a night at present. She’s never slept through . I think she wakes to comfort nurse mostly or to check im there (started to hold onto me sleeping) and sometimes for a snack. I get no help at night and so all night wakings are for me to deal with and 8 months in I am TIRED.
I don’t want to do CIO. I just wondered if anyone had their baby just grow out of feeding to sleep and just naturally sleep longer or must I train this ? I’m not sure where to start with the co sleeping. She’s my first child and I really feel I’ve messed up sleep. She is and always has been a clingy baby who wants to be in my arms 24/7.
any advice appreciated

@BakedBeeeen Hi, I am curious as to the steps you took? My baby is 9 mths, ebf and we co-sleep. She does nap in her crib (max 1hr) but I have to bounce and hold her until she is out cold to put her in her crib. If we try this at night time she still only sleeps for 40-50 mins then wakes and I end up bringing her into our bed out of tiredness. Any advice based on your experience?

You haven't messed up your bubbas sleep OP! You can change things, doesn't need to be cry it out but you can decide she sleeps in the cot even if there's a few tough nights of lots of cuddles while she gets the message. They pick it up quickly when they are young, I sorted out my first baby's sleep around this age in a matter of days

You haven’t done anything wrong. Please don’t think that. Babies are just different. My first was like yours, it’s not your fault.

please don’t sleep train if you don’t want to. I couldn’t bare to. I joined a Facebook group called Beyond Sleep Training

@NameChange2589 Hi, I am about to start night weaning and moving into own crib, any advice/steps would be great thanks!

If you understand how a baby's sleep cycle works it helps. Babies cycle through light and deep sleep and it is normal for a sleep cycle to take an hour or less (45 mins)...but it also normal for a baby to then resettle itself and start a new cycle. If the baby surfaces it can be gently encouraged to go back to sleep if it has the appropriate cues; sometimes a baby is providing it's own cues ie warm cosy dark quiet surroundings...but if the baby is used to always always having external cues from its parents ie feeding singing rocking bouncing it has no ability to go back to sleep even if tired.
If the baby can re learn the essential cues..".I'm not hungry and it's dark and quiet and cosy" awake, you make it so much easier.
And you start by coaxing the baby to make a new association...put the baby down drowsy but awake for day time naps and resettle if she /he surfaces after just 45 mins and you think a longer nap is justified (it usually is if no morning sleep) using that same technique. You can feed again or cuddle just as long as they are awake when you put them down.
You don't need to restrict night feeds you need to look at it from the other end of the telescope. That baby cannot put itself back to sleep without sucking...and it wants to sleep but doesn't have any alternative cues to resort to.