how to not breastfeed asleep

[xkatxdollx]

my daughters 6 months old and iv always breast fed to sleep sometimes she goes down without me for naps but i dont know how to do it at bedtime im so tired and i dont want to fall back into feeding to sleep

Will she take a dummy?

Also, there's the Pantley withdrawal method - each time they are about to nod off on the boob you unlatch them. Your DD will probably wake up and protest - then you just put them back on and repeat when she is nearly asleep again. Do this again and again - the goal is to get them to fall asleep in your arms rather than actually on the boob.

Once this is achieved, you work on taking her off the boob earlier and earlier.

HTH

no she wont take one and ill try that thanks!

how long did it take you to get her to start sleeping on her own?

You could start feeding her earlier in the routine so she's less likely to fall asleep. Then put her down drowsy. That's what I did with DS from 6-7 months and he started to self settle. We had plenty of blips eg if I fed late he'd fall asleep but he was capable. BM has a hormone to trigger sleep so don't beat yourself up about it - just try feeding earlier and see how it goes.

DS would fall asleep on the boob a lot, sometimes self settle and sometimes need rocking until 14-15 months where feeding rarely worked unless he was exhausted or ill.

Hey xkat my DS takes a dummy so that was a big help. It has now become a problem in itself though - he wakes up for it in light sleep - so perhaps it's a blessing your DD won't accept one really!

I did find the withdrawal method worked fairly quickly, in terms of getting DS to nod off in my arms rather than actually on the boob. But because he took a dummy I didn't continue with the process.