feeding to sleep?

[Ginger]

yes i do it...
sometimes i get upset about it and think i need to stop, but tbh, we just find it the easiest and most efficient way to get him to sleep. he can go to sleep other ways, but breastfeeding is definitely the quickest. so when i'm tired, over it, can't be bothered- it's the tried and trusted way.
are you getting upset or worried about it neenee?

[feeb]

I know Jacob is heaps younger but he always feeds to sleep and as we r trying to get him to sleep in basinet and not on bed in me it can be a lot of feeds to settle, often more a suck than a feed.

Good luck

have u tryed a teddy or special blanket

[Neenee Jellybeanie]

She does have some bears that she loves but they don't really help her to sleep (Carebears are her favourite). To be honest, I don't know if I *should* be worried. I did the whole thing with routine, teaching her (gently) to self-settle, and it all worked - periodically! I guess i'm worried she won't be able to sleep without the breast, eventually (though i'm not planning to wean her).

[Ozziehoffy]

Oskar used to almost always feed to sleep. He still does now if he's really tired. Mostly though I can now feed him then put him down in a semi awake state and he'll roll over and off to sleep. I think over time it's something they learn to do.

[Beach Mama]

Isabelle always fed to sleep up until we stopped breastfeeding at 11 mths... and now daddy gives her a bottle still and she goes to sleep, or at least gets very drowsy before going to bed. I was thinking the other day that we "should" stop, then thought, well why "should" we! She is happy, we are happy, DH loves his daddy daughter quiet time and if it ain't broke - don't fix it! JMHO!

[~Raven~]

I fed all 3 of mine to sleep! I was always there in the back of my mind that it was a "bad habit" that couldn't be broken until I would have a night out and we discovered that they would settle fine without boobie.
They were 12mths 14mths and 16mths respectively when they weaned and all of my boys had their last ever feed as a night time one too

[leebee81]

Its only been in the last couple of days Oliver has decided its ok to self settle sometimes - and he went back to needing to be fed to sleep tonight. I don't have a problem doing it, and I figure it won't be forever. Its what works best for us.