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BF: Nursing & Napping

agytayagytay member
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I have noticed recently that although LO is not hungry, he makes hunger cues so that he can nurse himself to sleep. For example, he has eaten, been changed, played around a little bit and then starts to get drowsy. He cues and within three swallows he is out like a light. Does anyone elses baby do this? I don't feel comfortable giving him the pacifier in case he is really hungry.

How do you handle this? Should I just continue doing what I am doing?

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  • ronitoswiferonitoswife
    My little guy will do that. He will want a few sips and then he starts to fuss some more until I give him the binky and then he falls fast asleep. He's so funny that way. Wanting a drink but to tired to really eat but he wants to suck. I say just give him the binky if he's recently eaten and if he will take it. It could be that he just wants to suck and not really eat.
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  • ilovejudilovejud
    My little guy is doing the same thing... so I started giving him a binky... My DD used me as a human pacifier and it was a VERY long 14 months of breast-feeding... Unless you want LO constantly attached to you... give your baby a binky!
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  • magdalina.hmagdalina.h member
    I give him the binky
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  • RayRay007RayRay007 member

    If I know she's recently fed and is getting tired, I am pretty sure she just wants to suck to fall asleep, so I give her a soother.

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  • FutureMrsCaesarFutureMrsCaesar member
    The binky is fine, but do what you are comfortable with. 
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  • dorothy&gaildorothy&gail
    we had the same thing and the pedi recommended giving the binky so i was not a human binky
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  • Firedancer1013Firedancer1013

    imagedorothy&gail:
    we had the same thing and the pedi recommended giving the binky so i was not a human binky

    This.  If I am sure he is not really hungry but yet he gets upset when it is only the binky (I will try nursing and then he will just fall asleep- but be upset when I take him off and he wakes and it starts all over again), I will hand express a little BM and dip the binky in it.  He will usually take the binky very quickly and then fall asleep at that point. 

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  • DaniGirl0517DaniGirl0517 member
    I nurse to sleep, he has a very hard time falling asleep otherwise and I love nursing, plus I'm a SAHM/WAHM so it doesn't make anything more difficult.  If you don't mind it I say go for it and enjoy the few extra cuddles with your LO.  If you are concerned with it becoming a habit use the paci or just hold and rock him until he falls asleep or whatever else works.  If he's truly hungry he won't stay asleep long.
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  • HDKramerHDKramer
    My LO won't take a binky so I just nurse and let her fall asleep. Occasionally I will just wrap her in her blanket and rock her until she falls asleep on her own, which takes longer and has more crying. I think that either way is fine.
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  • BluescarfBluescarf member
    I just let my LO do this. I don't mind though, it just gives me a few minutes to watch t.v. or read a magazine while he "nurses". He wakes up again after a few minutes but is so calm that I can stick him in his bassinet and he falls asleep on his own.
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  • Red_DahliaRed_Dahlia member
    I try the pacifier first. If she's not really hungry, she'll fall asleep. If she is hungry, she gets frustrated, spits it out, and cries. So then I feed her again. :)
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