i certainly don't have the energy or inclination to get up and pat a baby for an hour so they can 'self settle' when we can both be back to sleep after a 5 minute feed.
That has been my philosophy, and i guess it worked for DD. But at least one wake at night for DS involves him kicking, climbing on, jumping around the bed, screaming...... for up to a couple of hours. I can handle the feeds back to sleep, i don't know what to do when the hugging, feeding etc doesn't work.