To feed to sleep or not

[Bottlequestion123]

im wondering if anyone has had experience of sleep improving when you stopped feeding to sleep?

my 5mo no longer feeds to sleep for bedtime (I’ve got him to do this gradually over time) and during the night after feeding I change his nappy to wake him up. He therefore doesn’t feed to sleep at night.

its not stopped night wake ups - possibly it’s improved them but not massively.

for naps in the day he doesn’t feed to sleep unless in my bedroom lights off etc and, to be honest he stopped doing this himself. I wish he would have still fed to sleep for naps to be honest as it makes my life easier really. So lately I’ve either tried feeding him to sleep in my bedroom and putting him in his cot, or taking him out in the pram.

im just worried by stopping him feeding to sleep at night he’s going to fully stop doing that and my life will be constant pram walks as he doesn’t self settle in the day? I’m also wondering if I’ve done the right thing at all - surely he gets most comfort from feeding to sleep and now I’ve removed that from him :( I feel a bit sad and guilty about that.

so is not feeding to sleep worth it - should it improve overnight sleep?

I'm confused. If he isn't feeding to sleep then how are you getting him to sleep? I would've thought it's a good thing

It’s a personal choice and please let go of the guilt you’re feeling around stopping feeding to sleep. You are just trying your best and there is nothing wrong with giving something a go… it may work out, it may not!
However, I do love feeding to sleep personally as it often is the easiest and quickest way to do it and can settle them so quickly!
So if you want to reintroduce it I would definitely try offering it when you can? My DD for some reason refused to feed to sleep around 4/5 months (google 4 month fussies) but it came back gradually, I just kept offering it to her and she started to take it again. so I would say all is not lost if you do want to start again.
I can’t answer the question about night feeds and stopping feeding to sleep as I haven’t tried it but I’m sure others have and may be able to help with that.
I think it’s really healthy to build in different sleep associations… so feeding, in the pram, rocking. Whatever works!!

How did you stop feeding to sleep at night? My DD is the opposite. I can rock her to sleep fairly easily during the day but only feeds to sleep at night.

Honestly, he kind of just did it himself. He still feeds, and will feed to sleep sometimes. But usually once he’s fed he’s still wide awake or awake but drowsy, and there was nothing else for it but for me to put him in his cot awake and it just randomly worked. I honestly did nothing, which makes me think it must be age / developmental / temperament. Feeding is easier than rocking at least!