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If she is STTN and it's working I would not mess with it! I don't nurse my LO to sleep because it stopped working for us, but if I could guarantee she'd STTN if I nursed her to sleep tonight, you better believe I'd do it!

Does she fall asleep while nursing OR do you nurse her until she falls asleep?

We always nursed before bedtime. DS has always been and is a great sleeper. We had no issues weaning at 1+ year and no issues with his sleep habits/etc. DS learned to fall asleep on his own regardless of the bedtime nursing session a long time ago.

Um, my just turned one year old just stopped nursing to sleep and I am so sad. It was much easier to put him to bed before. So basically, I don't think it's an issue. FWIW with my first LO I didn't let him nurse to sleep after 4 months or so (because that's what the book said) and I feel like I just made it harder on myself for no reason.

@Pirouette: I asked the same thing a few weeks ago because it's exactly the same with DS - I nurse him before bed and he falls asleep while eating and comfort nurses after and I have a hard time distinguishing between the two. Most nights to do drowsy but awake, I'd have to wake him up :-/. On my thread, most people said not to worry about nursing to sleep. I did think that was weird though because I see so many people saying they regret having done it for so long. At 15 weeks old we're still doing it and I'm not really sure how to stop.

@locavore_mama: So when and *how* do you plan to do it? Right now we do bath, lotion, jammies and nurse. I nurse at the end because wakes up to eat and I want to prolong the time until waking. Most of the time he just eats and falls asleep and he's good for several hours. If I try to pop him off before he's ready (or still awake?) he gets upset and then I have to keep nursing him.

@ShootingStar: she recently (in the past month) started asking to go into bed herself. So she kinda dictated when she was ready. As for MOTN we're *knockonwood* mostly STTN again. And when she wakes up the past few months DH goes get her.

ETA: I think my biggest problem with nursing to sleep for us. Is that that I was the ONLY one that can put her down at night for a very very very long time.

@Pirouette: well, you're already better off than I am!

I agree not to mess with it, especially this early. My LO is a good sleeper but the 4 mo regression was really hard! We would walk him around the block until he fell asleep and I was really worried about it becoming a crutch. I just only did it when he needed it and we stopped months ago ever needing too (he's 13mo now). I also still give him a bottle (now sippy) before bed. He used to fall asleep while drinking, but doesn't anymore and he still goes down pretty easily. I saw follow your kids cues, give practice falling asleep on own when possible, but just go with the flow.

I think the thing against nursing to sleep in sleep books goes against biology - nursing makes babies sleepy and it's totally natural! I nurse LO to sleep still at almost 8 months. She isn't nursed to sleep at daycare, and she still goes down to sleep! And for the 4 month sleep regression nursing to sleep was literally the only thing that worked for her to sleep ever.

As others have said, it works until it stops working. Enjoy it!
My daughter stopped being able to fall soundly asleep by nursing somewhere between 4 and 6 months (for nighttime, we nursed for naps until very recently).
You could try taking her off riiiight before she dozes off. I will probably do that more with my next kid to try to avoid future sleep training.

I nursed my daughter to sleep until she was two. Then we gradually stopped and worked out a new routine, when I weaned her. It was wonderful, and I'll do it the same way for another child. Never could understand why people are do opposed to it. If it works, why break it?