Visiting here - nursing to sleep

kristinmme

I'm visiting from the 3-6 month board. My DD is 4.5 months and will only fall asleep if nursing or in the Ergo for naps, night time sleep, and all night time awakenings. I'm wondering if anyone over here experienced this and if their babies are still always nursing to sleep or if they grew out of it (and when!) 

TIA 

desdemona39

My DD nurses to sleep 90% of the time. It is a fast and easy way to get her to sleep, and I have no intention of fixing what isn't broken.

If it is a problem for you though, no cry sleep solution outlines a way to stop nursing to sleep.

ETA: FWIW, DD falls asleep without the boob just fine when I'm not there. But if I am there, I don't mind.

 

vanfox

Mine still nurses to sleep at bedtimes with me but other people have successfully put him down so I know he can do it if necessary. He doesn't nurse for naps anymore. 

Nechie122

Mine did until we sleep trained at six months.  Now she goes to bed on her own, no problem.

She still insists on nursing to sleep for naps, so usually I have DH put her down when he's home to break her of the habit.  He has success with rocking her.  I have no idea how she goes down in daycare, but she still requires help from us on the weekends at least.

ironmommy

Mine still nurses to sleep at night and for naps. When he's at DC he doesn't need a bottle or a binky and he falls asleep just fine, but when I'm putting him down he always nurses. I'm fine with it, so I'm not trying to change it.

jandy09

If I am the one putting her down I usually nurse her to sleep. Sometimes she doesn't feel like it and will put herself to sleep .

My mom watches her during the day and DD puts herself to sleep for those naps.

She started the self-soothing around 5 months.

lylahlove

I nurse my little guy to sleep every single night. He's just starting to put himself to sleep for naps - otherwise, we would wear him until he falls asleep. 

shellpep3

My LO was nursed to sleep and we were able to break the habit however we are back to nursing to sleep to calm her down ... she is 8 months this week and is crawling and pulling to stand up, so many new things to explore that she is a bit more difficult to put down.

melgrady

Most nights I still nurse DD to sleep. I wanted to start trying to break the habit but she has been in teething hell for the past two months and I don't want to make things more worse by trying to get her to sleep on her own. Sometimes she will go down without nursing but she wakes up after three hours or so to eat.

MiamiMergers

I nurse down for naps and bedtime, but DD is starting to grow out of it. Sometimes she falls asleep, but if not, I put her in the crib and she babbles or fusses for a few minutes until she's out. I never thought the day would come when she would let me put her in the crib awake!

deo

We nursed to sleep up until a couple of weeks ago.  We broke the habit around the same time he started solids. It wasn't that bad for us. I started with naps.  I just started trying to rock him to sleep about an hour or so after his last meal during the day and he started to fall asleep.    After that we gave up nursing to sleep completely. For bedtime I nurse him in another room first and then we move to his room to rock him to sleep. 

I think he was just ready to give it up.  I still rock him to sleep, we'll work on that habit later.

laurakaz13

Mine does for bedtime at night.  But then she sleeps 11-12 hours straight.  For naps she doesn't always have to, but she falls asleep just fine at home or at daycare. 

mrambo3

I nurse DS to sleep every night. On the few occasions I haven't been there, DH has been able to put him down without a fight. He doesn't nurse to sleep for naps. He usually just takes a paci or his thumb and falls right to sleep. 

kristinmme

Thanks, ladies. This helped me. I'm not really looking to give it up, I was just curious if it was something she would grow out of or if I would need to break the habit eventually. I'm hoping she'll come to it on her own. Thanks!