https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 13:22:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-245927 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:45:01 +0000 BeachMama 245927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was nursing to sleep until this week she has decided not to fall asleep nursing. So the past few nights I nurse her then DH bounces her to sleep. During the day I'm able to just bounce her to sleep for naps but there is no way I could just lay her down to fall asleep on her own. I'm hoping that'll start once this whole "fourth trimester" fussiness is over. Right now she just screams and screams until she is totally inconsolable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-245705 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:51:17 +0000 Clementine 245705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am literally on day two of CIO sleep training, but that seems to be the only way he's stopped needing to nurse to fall asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-244323 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:29:25 +0000 regberadaisy 244323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: just a personal parenting preference :)<br /> We use it in the car because there's nothing else we can do when she fusses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-244296 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:27:28 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 244296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can I ask why you don't want to use a pacifier at bedtime? That is the ONLY time we use it, and so now LO associates it with sleep. We pop it in her mouth and she is OUT! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-244122 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:50:46 +0000 plantains 244122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm watching this thread closely for suggestions. I have the same issue, except in our case LO will not take a pacifier so that isn't an option:( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-244067 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:14:29 +0000 MsMini 244067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do the EASY schedule, even before bed, so we almost never nurse to sleep (only if he is really fighting sleep, but 95% of the time he goes to sleep without it) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-244028 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:55:27 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 244028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am currently nursing Wonder Baby down for a nap. My first was super easy as she got to twitchy to nurse and preferred a soother for sleeping. Of course, now I have a 2.5 year old with a soother... She also sleep trained herself at 6 months. This one is a terrible sleeper, I hope I have more useful advice soon!</p> <p>I will add though, that some babies have a strong need to suck, it makes them feel calm and safe, I wouldn't rule out the possibility of using a soother outside the car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-244013 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:50:16 +0000 Sammyfab 244013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Early on I would nurse LO until he was super super drowsy and then I would either put him down or pass him off to DH to put him down. We gradually put LO down less and less drowsy.</p> <p>At 10-11 weeks we started giving a bottle of breastmilk at bedtime and DH would put LO down in his crib wide awake. There was o crying involved although there has been a handful of times where LO has cried at put down. The longest it ever lasted was 20 minutes.</p> <p>With that said, nursing to sleep at bedtime isn't a bad thing! It's just when it is the ONLY way your LO can fall asleep (or fall back asleep) when it can cause a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243990 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:37:40 +0000 pelikila 243990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: That's why my husband would rock our son to sleep, so there was no boob to look for. There is some crying in the beginning and a lot of rocking but it became part of our routine and it only took a short while for my son to settle into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243865 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:03:18 +0000 Rubies 243865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It stopped at 3.5 months when we sleep-trained. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243848 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:52:27 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 243848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: It was staged, so after about 4 months, she didn't need it for naps, only for nighttime :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243837 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:44:20 +0000 regberadaisy 243837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Downward Dog: that's really good to hear. We've yet to try it with my husband lately. He's been working so hard at the new house and a full time job so I let him rest while I put M down for the night. But it's good to hear that your LO is able to do both because my husband has to work a couple nights each week.</p> <p>@Mrs. Bee: I'm hoping M can have a transformation like Olive!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243836 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:44:12 +0000 Weagle 243836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely nurse LO to sleep most nights, though she will let DH give her a bottle and rock her to sleep. I nurse her to sleep for naps about half the time. I have no idea how we'll address this in the future, especially since we're not planning on sleep training. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243832 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:42:18 +0000 Downward Dog 243832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO used to always nurse to sleep. My husband was able to get him to sleep, but LO would cry for a while (not cry it out, which we never did, crying in my husband's arms). Eventually, there was less crying and now we switch off nights. I still nurse him to sleep about half the time. If he doesn't fall asleep nursing, I hold him or pat his back or whatever until he falls asleep. He is gradually moving away from nursing to sleep at 10 months, and we never had to do anything to break the habit. We did not use a pacifier.</p> <p>I think some babies will eventually grow out of the habit without any intervention. He cries more when someone other than me is putting him to bed, but that's okay. He is definitely able to fall asleep when I'm not there, it's just in a different way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243826 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:39:38 +0000 Mrs. Bee 243826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we nap trained at 8 months. before that i nursed olive down. but she didn't cry during nap training and it was ridiculously easy (not the norm).</p> <p>she went from taking 15 min naps to 2+hour naps. life changing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243820 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:36:36 +0000 Mrs. Pen 243820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's what I was going to say... a pacifier. It's the only way that DH can really take over naps/nighttime. I've had him helping out with nighttime since DS was a newborn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243814 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:34:28 +0000 regberadaisy 243814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: omg don't tell me that!! haah what about if you want to go out with Mr Jacks??</p> <p>@pelikila: did she cry a lot at the beginning? I've been experimenting with putting her down earlier. The issue is if she's not "ready" yet she looks for the boob. I've experimented not helping her find it and if it's not there she cries. I guess I just need to bite the bullet and let her cry a few times.</p> <p>@Mrsbells: I really don't want to use a pacifier for her to fall asleep. She does take a pacifier but we really only use it in the car when we can't do anything else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243810 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:31:52 +0000 Mrsbells 243810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby can fall asleep on her own with a pacifier. Have you tried a paci? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243806 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:30:18 +0000 pelikila 243806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We made my husband part of bedtime routine around 3 months. I would nurse to drowsy, swaddle, and then my husband would rock my son to sleep. Sometimes rocking took awhile but it did work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243795 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:27:29 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 243795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The good news is that for Lala, we were finally able to break the habit. The bad news is that it didn't happen until about 21 months! Of course, we didn't sleep train, so maybe that had something to do with it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-able-to-break-your-lo-of-nurse-to-sleep-habit#post-243789 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:24:39 +0000 regberadaisy 243789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Currently I nurse M to sleep for naps and at night time.</p> <p>She hasn't really been taking naps as of late and that goes for whether I try to nurse her to a nap or daycare rocks her or daddy rocks her. At nighttime it's always me putting her to bed. I've been thinking we should start incorporating daddy into the routine. That way she doesn't get used to only me at bed time.</p> <p>Wednesdays are daddy/daughter days and she's been cranky today and does not want to nap. Could be a 3 month growth spurt. But it got me thinking that I should probably start to break her of the "nurse to sleep" habit.</p> <p>So, when did you start to break your LO of it. And what did you do? Did it coincide with sleep training? </p>