Nursing to sleep

[JJV571989]

Hey everyone

Help needed!!!

My baby is breastfed and is 6 weeks now we've got it established so have started introducing bottles of expressed milk which is going really well. We want to do a bottle before bed so my partner can do some bedtimes and night feeds. It worked for two nights of bottle and being rocked but then after that we have just had screams trying to rock her after the bottle but then when we have to give in because of how worked up she's getting she falls asleep instantly being nursed, falling asleep latched on.

Any tips on how to break this?

Persist. 2 nights is nothing. You really don’t want to be in a situation where she is reliant on boob to sleep for potentially months and months. You need sleep too.

I'd like to offer another perspective. I co-slept with my babies and fed on demand, letting them fall asleep at the breast. I got better sleep than when I tried to feed and then settle off the breast. Path of least resistance is my motto. My kids are adults now, and no surprise, they don't do it now.

Thanks both. I wouldn't mind too much but my maternity leave isn't great and I'm back to work soon just a couple of nights so my partner needs to be able to do some nights so we need to be able to crack this.

Any other tips would be great.