My DS stopped feeding to sleep when he was about 14 months old, it was his decision. I would feed him in the bed as usual but instead of falling asleep he would pull off when he was done and roll over to face DH who would then pat/cuddle him to sleep. It was an easy transition until about a month later he decided he no longer wanted to feed at night time at all. The before bed BF was always my way of settling him down for the night. Now one of us just cuddles him in bed until he falls asleep, he's never self settled so sometimes it's without a fuss and other times there is lots of wriggling and squealing. He is getting better though, we make a big deal of getting him into his jaamies, saying 'nigh nigh' and goodnight kisses for everyone. The past few nights he has gone to sleep without a peep. We just lie with him until he drifts off.
Last edited by allycat06; October 20th, 2010 at 12:05 PM.
I'll still BF DS2 (10 months) to sleep - it mostly works when he's due to go down for the night (prob 6 out of 7 nights). Until 2-3 months ago, DS2 would also nod off before his mid-morning nap, but his sleeping habits have changed a little recently, so he'll generally stay awake after a feed unless it's his final BF of the day (7pm ish). Have my fingers crossed he'll continue to go to sleep on the boob at night for a while - makes life just a little easier when you don't have to muck (for want of better word) around trying to get them off to sleep. I think with DS1 (BF to sleep for prob 11-12 months) we just kept the same routine and just swapped boob for bottle. From memory he generally self settled though (he never fell asleep with a bottle).
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