When/ how did you stop feeding your baby to sleep?

Just as the title asks......

I'm very aware that missy isn't going to do this forever and am curious as to what other people have done - or what the babies have done themselves.

I am happy to do this for as long as she wants/ needs and have a feeling that missy is going to be the one to tell me enough is enough - there have been a few times over the past few weeks that she's pulled away as if annoyed, stuck her fingers in her mouth and gone to sleep :lol:

I'm also reading over Sleeping like a baby again and might try the baby steps plan thing when we get back from our trip overseas. Has anyone done this successfully? It seems like a lovely way to get baby to sleep without being fed.

Thank you xxxxx

ha when you find out let me know! I was just in the bath and Lucy crawled up and went ape **** at my boobs! :lol: I cant even walk around without a top on, she goes nuts!:rofl:

I have never tried that young but I would probably start by popping her off just as she is getting heavy eyes & going from there?

hmm about 2yrs.. when we were starting to wean :)
if she had a dummy you wouldnt be taking away just yet why take away the best comforter in the world :)

Yeah, I'm not going to try it for a few months yet - even longer! Missy needs to be fast asleep before she'll even let me pop her over to her cot. She is so wise to it and could probably sleep all night with boobie in her mouth! :ROFL:

Just wondered what others have done xxxx

It stopped working for us - except when DS was very, very tired - from around 9 months. Such a nuisance!

DD2 is a bit different :lol: she started to fall asleep on the boob at around 12 months!! for both day and night sleeps, the night feed it stopped a few months later, but she still feeds to sleep during the day at 19 months and tbh i wont stop her as im worried she'll stop day sleeping! its only a problem if you think its a problem

It's not a problem at all for me, I actually love that time with her. She sometimes falls asleep with Dh cuddling her, sometimes with me cuddling her, and sometimes in the car. Those are the only other ways she goes over. And sometimes she'll have a meltdown grizzle just to let us know how tired she is. :)

Marcellus, what did your wee man do instead? Olive, what did your wee lass do before that? :)

Thanks guys
Sue xxx

I didn't even consider night weaning until DS was 12 months old and we followed the Jay Gordon method.

Still feeding to sleep here at 18months, they are actually the only feeds she still has (one before nap, one before bed and 2-3 overnight) so I imagine it will remain like this until she weans altogether. It is such a fuss free and peaceful way to fall asleep, it will probably be more of a hassle when she stops!

He kicked up a bleeding fuss, that's what he did! And it took foooooorever to get him to sleep.

sue she always self settled!

Dd feeds to sleep still at 21 months but can fall asleep without it. I give her water and lie down and cuddle her, but it takes 3 times longer, so I stuck to feeding to sleep...it's easier on everyone.

He weaned himself at almost 2yrs...:D But I still have to lay with him. I still lay with DD too, though she's not usually fully asleep when I leave her now. But I don't really mind the snuggles. Some days I wish I could just get up to finish doing the house work before I can sit and relax, but most nights I enjoy the snuggles, and lately (being pg) I sometimes fall asleep with one or the other (when DH is home!) so I take advantage of having an early night, lol!

DS started getting a bit hit & miss around 10 months - most of the time he'd feed to sleep but sometimes he didn't. i also found that sometimes he'd wake up when i took him off. i decided things would be easier if we kept it consistent so i slowly put a stop to the feeding to complete sleep. i slowly took him off earlier & after a few days he wouldn't fall asleep at all before stopping himself. i wouldn't have kept going if he seemed distressed but after the first couple of times (where he was cuddled/rocked still), he didn't really get annoyed. i had read both elizabeth pantley & pinky's books so i loosely used their suggestions but just did what felt right for us.

mind you, it doesn't necessarily make things easier - now DS wants to have a chat & play after his feed, before his sleep :lol:

Thanks so much everyone!!! i love to hear about what other babies do at the moment!

Sue xxx