https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:10:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1230861 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:21:09 +0000 MamaMagpie 1230861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: it's you and me with the sweet September babes who don't sleep! Awesome for less wakings last night!</p> <p>Thanks for all the support ladies! I feel so much better and more confident now :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1229873 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:56:12 +0000 Bookish 1229873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww don't even worry about it! At 2 months I nursed to sleep every single night. We are now supplementing at 4.5 months, and she goes to sleep very well with a bottle OR boob. Don't stress!! I looved being able to nurse her to sleep because it was a guaranteed way to calm her down and put her in dreamland. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1229845 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:51:43 +0000 sotofamilia 1229845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: LOVE this article. </p> <p>Everybody who feels guilty for nursing to sleep should read this artciel! Enjoy your baby when they're little - the time for independent sleep will come. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1229814 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:45:55 +0000 illumina 1229814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: loved that article, thanks for sharing!<br /> @MamaMagpie: we nurse to sleep for naps and sometimes bedtime if she doesn't go down on her own. She's (i'm going to regret saying this, I know!) a great sleeper and I see her wake up, suck her hands and go back to sleep often so she can self soothe... she just needs the boob to wind down, I think. It works great for us, so I don't think we'll stop until it becomes a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1229369 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:56:32 +0000 heartonastring 1229369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just came here to post the same link that @jetsa: already did.</p> <p>Nursing to sleep is a very normal and healthy way for babies to fall asleep. It's incredibly soothing to them. I don't think it's a bad habit. I nurse my seven month old to sleep for every nap and after every MOTN feed. My husband does bedtime and she goes to sleep then without nursing (he gives her a bottle of pumped milk). She's generally a great little sleeper.</p> <p>Please don't worry that you're creating a bad habit, mama. You're doing what your baby needs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1229186 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:02:02 +0000 jetsa 1229186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMagpie: I haven't read the linked article yet either but I want to as well! I don't think it helps that most of the babies on our board love sleep, so J and H seem to be the only ones not sttn but there's been a few threads this week that have made me feel better. J only got up 3 times last night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1229132 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:49:42 +0000 autumnlove 1229132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nursed to sleep until she was 9 months old and eating more solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1229118 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:44:34 +0000 MamaMagpie 1229118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: oh my gosh, that was great (and I love her writing style)! I didn't read the article she linked to yet but I'm definitely going to. Thank you! I've just been so uptight about his sleep and I think I need to try really hard to just relax a little and stop putting all these expectations on him... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228844 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:15:58 +0000 Weagle 1228844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, do what works! To be totally honest, LO nursed or took a bottle to go to sleep until about a year. We did a bit of nap training before then, so when it came time to stop nursing to sleep the transition was super easy. She sleeps like a dream! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228804 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 07:45:20 +0000 jetsa 1228804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMagpie: I just sent this to my DH bc I've had ppl telling me the same thing. <a href="http://sweetmadeleine.ca/2013/10/14/here-are-some-lies-people-tell-you-about-infant-sleep/" rel="nofollow">http://sweetmadeleine.ca/2013/10/14/here-are-some-lies-people-tell-you-about-infant-sleep/</a><br /> It made me feel better </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228762 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:38:41 +0000 MamaMagpie 1228762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tysonja: @MrsStar: @Kemma: @Sapphiresun: @hilsy85: thank you, ladies, honestly I feel so much better hearing that it won't ruin him for life! Love love love HB and you awesome bees &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228761 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:37:26 +0000 hilsy85 1228761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age there is no such thing as bad habits. Just do what works/what feels right! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228727 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 04:34:03 +0000 .twist. 1228727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@StbHisMrs: well, we tried a few, but ultimately, what ended up working was the extinction method. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228715 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:44:07 +0000 Sapphiresun 1228715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm also going to say just go with it. I have a 3.5 month old and sometimes we nurse to sleep, sometimes she just passes out on her own. I just figure she'll break the habit on her own. She now sleeps usually 1030pm-7am, so I don't think she has any issue with not being able to self soothe, which is the concern with "sleep props". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228713 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:21:07 +0000 Kemma 1228713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just wanted to point out that breastmilk is full of hormones and chemicals and combined with the self-regulatory properties of a baby's sucking mechanism, it's designed to put them to sleep :-)</p> <p>Do what works for now (nursing to sleep / not nursing to sleep) and don't worry about bad habits :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228708 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:02:26 +0000 MrsStar 1228708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just keep doing what works! I nursed LO to sleep until she was about 7 months old, only stopped then because LO stopped by herself! I was told to "not make it a habit" but it didn't have any long-lasting effects for us! Good luck momma :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228700 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 01:47:35 +0000 tysonja 1228700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think either way works so don't feel for bad nursing to sleep OR for considering getting him/her to fall asleep on their own:) </p> <p>It really varies from baby to baby and mom to mom! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228695 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 01:42:42 +0000 MamaMagpie 1228695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: @StbHisMrs: thanks ladies &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228673 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 01:08:24 +0000 StbHisMrs 1228673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMagpie: She will be 4 months in a few weeks and we still nurse to sleep! Do what you need to do to get that baby to sleep!!</p> <p>@.twist.: What sleep training technique did you use? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228666 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 01:01:40 +0000 .twist. 1228666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMagpie: I nursed to sleep until we sleep trained and he sleeps better now than ever! Don't stress yourself over it! You're doing good mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228661 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:59:19 +0000 MamaMagpie 1228661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh I feel terrible :( I definitely don't expect him to sleep through the night and would never try to sleep train him now, I just had it in my head (put there by a few well-meaning people) that if I didn't start breaking the nursing to sleep habit, that I'd be setting us both up for issues later on when he was ready to sleep train. I think my anxiety about going back to work in January has made me doubt myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228647 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:52:34 +0000 starberry 1228647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No need to worry for a few more months! Also the no cry sleep solution has some good suggestions for babies who nurse to sleep at 4 months and later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228643 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:45:48 +0000 shopaholic 1228643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I think back to 2 months, seems like she was such a tiny baby. I don't think I ever thought about her sleeping on her own. We still try to nurse to sleep at 8.5 months. But she doesn't all asleep, just drowsy enough (hopefully). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228638 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:41:25 +0000 immabeetoo 1228638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMagpie: oh man I second @.twist. that is WAY too early to worry about it. Seriously!! Do whatever works. Once LO is older, I've read that no cry sleep solution works really well with breaking the nurse to sleep habit, if it becomes one (it might not!) - it works well for us to break rocking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228629 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:33:03 +0000 .twist. 1228629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMagpie: oh gosh no! At 2 months I was doing ANYTHING to get that kid to sleep. Aaaaaanything. After we did some sleep training, just recently, any habits we may have started stopped very quickly and he's a good sleeper now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228628 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:29:41 +0000 MamaMagpie 1228628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: that makes me feel so much better...I feel like everyone I know is judging and like "well you really don't want to set him up for bad habits". I feel like I'm going to ruin him or something! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228617 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:19:13 +0000 .twist. 1228617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think at 2-3 months you can just do whatever works. I didn't start worrying about nursing to sleep until about 4 months and then we sleep trained. You're still in kind of the 4th trimester and anything you do now will not create bad habits for your LO yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-advice-on-how-to-break-the-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-1228614 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:14:56 +0000 MamaMagpie 1228614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS just turned two months old and we are just about ready to transition him to his own room. We have several challenges to face, including his extremely strong desire to nurse to sleep. </p> <p>He just went down (still in the RnP in our room) and woke up just 15 minutes later. When I tried to settle him, he just rooted and thrashed in his swaddle and was royally pissed off so I gave him to DH who didn't have any better luck. I mean, the kid was hysterically crying -- purple cry -- so we thought ok there must be something else the matter and unswaddled to check his diaper. Nope. Just wanted the boob. </p> <p>Any advice? Anyone go through the same thing and live to tell about it? I'm having a hard time picturing him ever going to sleep on his own...at this rate, I'll be nursing him to sleep when he's in college. Just kidding. But only a little. Help! </p>