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We do about half and half (nursing to sleep vs putting down sleepy but awake) and it works fine. We never had to hardcore sleep train though, the most he ever cried was maybe 8-10 minutes.

I love nursing him to sleep and I wouldn't want to give that up! Basically if he's done nursing (or if he's been nursing forever and I know it's been enough so I'M done nursing!) and still awake I just put him in his crib and he either rolls over and falls asleep or fusses for a few minutes and then falls asleep. I haven't noticed any difference in wakeups or length of sleep between the two methods so we are fine doing both at the same time

For whatever method you pick, consistency is a must if you want your LO to be a good sleeper in the long run!

@Miranlee I hope you don't mind me jumping in here but I have found that even when mom nurses baby to sleep every time that I can still get a little one to sleep by following the same routine. Often they won't fall asleep drinking the bottle but will if I rock them afterwards (usually rocking means more standing and swaying but same principle!) Sometimes they get a little mad that they aren't being nursed but as long as they aren't on a bottle strike it usually is pretty quickly resolved by rocking/bouncing. I hope that helps!