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I think it's frowned upon depending on which sleeping technique you follow. I tried very hard not to nurse my first to sleep in the beginning but we ended up using the rock to sleep method which I'm not sure is any better. Eventually, I resorted to nursing anyway. Then we sleep trained at 6.5 months. With my second, I decided to just nurse to sleep from the get go because it was the easiest and fasted way to put her to sleep. When you have a baby and a toddler, you need to do everything quickly. She has always been a good sleeper though so that made the entire process easier. She dropped her night feedings on her own and no more wakings by 9/10 months.

Ditto @mrbee: . I think a lot of people see it as a crutch and preventing the child from learning to self-soothe.

That being said. There will come a time when eating no longer puts baby to sleep, so then is as good a time as any to stop doing it. Just do what you think best. C is 16 months and still gets a bottle of water or milk before bed because she finds it soothing,

I nursed to sleep and it didn't cause a single problem when we stopped giving bottles before bed shortly after DD's 1st birthday. Milk has things in it that make baby sleepy--it's a great tool and naturally sleep-inducing, so why not use it?

@hilsy85: This exactly.

It's just seen as taking away baby's ability to fall asleep on their own, which makes it harder for them to sleep long stretches AND fall asleep later when they are no longer nursing.

@shopaholic: I'm with you...I didn't know it was frowned apart 6 years ago. I nursed DS to sleep until it no longer put him to sleep...around a year, I think. Then I would just nurse him and then he'd go to sleep. We weaned at about 15 months. He has always been a really great sleeper, though.

At 6 years old, I can confidently say that he's able to put himself to sleep no problem. In fact, he can pretty much close his eyes and sleep as soon as he tries.

we still nurse to sleep and a sometimes is awake after sometimes drowsy, he still falls asleep and has no trouble putting himself to sleep! he's slept through the night since 12 weeks and we are not going to change a thing! we do not nurse for naps and he most def falls asleep on his own.