Feeding to sleep

[mamatoizzybee]

How old was your little one when they stopped feeding to sleep - as in feeding to complete sleep and carefully transferring to cot?
Thank you in advance

@Harrysmummy246 thank you for commenting . When you say it takes a long time , how long are we talking ? I can spend hours and hours upstairs some nights!!! Is that common ?

I obviously can't speak for everyone but it was 9 pm last night when I came back down (we eat together so at least I wasn't ravenous)

Not a great example as he's just off the back of a nasty cold with weird extra napping and disturbed nights and we were away so we were home last night and he felt better.

He did then sleep through mind you so still a win sort of

I have 13 month old twins who still frequently feed to sleep.
As mentioned up thread the natural weaning age for humans is between 2 and 7. It is completely normal for toddlers to breastfeed.
Just do what works for you and your family. It is totally normal for your baby to just want you at six months. You and your boobs are everything to them Try not to overthink what might happen down the line. I guarantee you won’t be feeding your baby to sleep at 16! You are giving your baby eye best start in life and should be proud of yourself

Oh and when my twins were six minutes months bedtime could easily take 2+ hours. Totally normal

Thank you @nuckyscarnation that's really kind of you to say ☺️ I do need to chill out about it more and I should just be proud that I have got this far on my Breastfeedjng journey - I think a combination of social expectations along with tiredness and how it's only me who can soothe makes me overthink it.
I do wonder how people soothe their babies when they don't breastfeed as just me alone won't soothe my baby , I have to get my boobs out !!! Lol

Haha @mamatoizzybee I have NO idea how bottle feeding mams soothe their babies. My bf friends and I always joke that our ff friends must use witchcraft I still pretty much get my boobs out for all scenarios!

My little boy is 4.5 months and we had stopped feeding to sleep but have, on occasion, needed to in order to get him to sleep during the regression.
I used to feed him to 'almost sleep', break the latch and then bounce/sing/rock like crazy. I then started breaking the latch sooner over a few nights. Then he would feed and then have his bath (he is a very windy baby so having bath after gives him time to fart like a trooper so his wind doesn't wake him an hour after bed), then in to bed and asleep within 10 mins - then regression hit

@nuckyscarnation Mostly singing or a cuddle If it's really bad, I throw him in the ring sling. But I find he needs less soothing because I don't just whip my boobs out for everything. I was worried when I stopped breastfeeding, but it's so much easier to soothe him now.

DS stopped feeding to sleep at 3 weeks, it was a nightmare. He would just ping awake as soon as he was done feeding. At 8 weeks, I instigated a bedtime routine, and now at 11 months it takes less than 30 minutes for bath, bottle, teeth, book, bed. He goes into the cot awake and falls to sleep within 5 minutes.

I did this, it was amazing: www.ahaparenting.com/Ages-stages/babies/teaching-your-baby-to-put-himself-to-sleep

If feeding to sleep works for you, then don't change it. If it's not working, then there's plenty of stuff you can do.