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We just forced DS to stay awake even if it was a few minutes after eating before we let him sleep. We actually switched to EPing because he was such a sleepy nurser he would pass out after 5 minutes no matter what we did. If he started falling asleep on the bottle we changed his diaper or sang loudly to keep him awake until he finished. Even if he was only awake for 10 minutes after eating, that was fine. For the longest time he could barely be awake for a few minutes after eating before he went down for a nap but then he eventually extended to an hour of waketime (including feeding) and now he's up to 90 minutes.

@nana87: we had the same sort of schedule of Eat, play, eat, sleep. I know "everyone" says that you shouldn't nurse/ feed to sleep but that's what we did because as desperate first time parents that's what worked LOL she started to stay awake after feedings on her own when she seemed ready to do so. Eventually she dropped all her sleep props (nursing, rocking, everything they tell you not to do) on her own and puts herself to sleep. Just do what works for you your baby will eventually sleep when they are ready like any other developmental milestone!

We did the activity/eat/sleep until about 6 months. Not so much because she would fall asleep eating as because she would only eat if she was tired and in the middle of her nap routine.

But this seems like less of an eating problem and more of a napping problem. You sort of need to decide-- you either want easy naps now (keep doing what your'e doing and let him fall asleep eating) or do you want to deal with learning to sleep without eating now? You could always try to wake him up after eating (like at least for a diaper change) and put him back to sleep to get used to falling asleep some other way. But if he resists that I'm not sure I'd rock the boat right now.

My LO also had feeding issues and wouldn't take a bottle awake until she was almost 11 months old (or crap, was it 9 months? I'm starting to forget! Pretty sure it was 11 months), so we alllllllways did some other version: Sleep, Eat (while sleeping), You time, Activity

Honestly, it was never a problem for us in terms of naps. LO was a pretty good napper after I did light nap training at 4ish months. Her naps have been rock solid since.

Night time sleep was another story, but it still sucks sometimes now and she doesn't get fed milk anymore, so it's not related to the eating--it's just sleep issues.

I attempted easy for awhile, but dd usually wanted to nurse more than that. For what it's worth, she stopped nursing to sleep (usually) on her own around 6 mo, and I missed it! Bedtime was easier then. Try not to be too hard on yourself. Things work out.