Feed to sleep at 5months

[GimbleInTheWabe]

Hi everyone,

I need a bit of advice please. Ds is 5 months old and still feeds to sleep for naps and at night. I don't mind so much for bedtime (though it can often take over an hour!) but during the day he'll only be fed to sleep and then will nap in my arms. if I try and transition him he always wakes up. It means I basically get nothing done because when he's asleep i'm sofa bound and when he's awake I obviously have to keep an eye on him. He's EBF but does also take expressed milk in a bottle with DP feeding him it. He used to fall asleep by himself when he was tired up until he was about 3 1/2 months. He does also sleep in the buggy and the sling but only if it's moving I.e out on a walk.

I have my best friends hen do coming up at the end of April and I'm desperate to go but if he only falls asleep by being fed then I've got no chance of going. I know it's not the end of the world but she's my best friend and I would be so sad to miss it.

He spits out a dummy but he does self soothe in the night by sucking his thumb. We have a fan going in the room so that provides some white noise but happy to be persuaded to try a Ewan sheep if people think it's worth it.

Does anyone have some good tips or advice on how to help him fall asleep naturally please? I've tried putting him down drowsy but he just tries to rollover in the cot and then starts grumbling.

Thanks in advance!

Hi OP, could you try feeding to sleep lying down on your bed for naps? Then you can roll away when he falls asleep.
DS is 9 months and a dreadful sleeper. We co-sleep and feed to sleep against my will as it's the only way to get any shuteye.
I am waiting for a run of good rest so I can muster the strength to consistently do the No Cry Sleep Solution methods.

Hi @PlanetMJ yes I have done this and he stays asleep for 5/10 minutes but always wakes up.. it's as if he knows! I build a pillow buffer around him too, is this safe enough if he rolls over so you think?

He's got his first two teeth cutting atm so sleep has gone completely to pot and he's been in the bed with us the past two nights, otherwise he was up every 45 mins. Hopefully when they come through he'll be better at night. We've actually started weaning him and he's loving it so maybe that might help things a bit. He's been desperate to eat for a few weeks so when he got to 5 months we though it would be okay to start on some veggies and up popped these teeth out of nowhere!