I guess my boob is the superhero fighting his nightmares😅

Hello ladies,🌸
Is anyone else struggling with nighttime sleep with a 4-month-old baby who stays attached to the breast all night, using it like a pacifier? Unfortunately, he doesn’t fall into a deep sleep, so every 30 minutes I have to give him my breast while he’s sleeping (he sleeps with us).
I’ve already tried giving him a pacifier instead of my nipple to distract him, but he wakes up searching for the real one😆. We’ve tried Philips, NUK, and BIBS pacifiers, and he refuses all of them.

One night he actually woke up screaming and really terrified, so we were there to calm him down. Because of that, I kept offering him my breast to soothe him throughout this whole period. But now I’m dealing with back pain on top of the lack of sleep.

Any advice?🥹

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You’re definitely not alone lots of babies around 4 months start comfort nursing all night because of the big sleep regression and developmental changes happening. What usually helps is slowly easing them away from needing the breast to fall back asleep. You can let him nurse until he’s relaxed, then gently slip your nipple out when he starts that light, fluttery sucking, and offer a finger or pacifier (my son only will take pacifier when he is calm). Little by little, this helps him learn to settle without staying latched. Using lots of pillows for support will help back and the one boppy that has pillows on all sides makes nursing at night easier.

Weaning at Night will Not help with Night waking at this age! And baby is still hungry at night!

What you can do is implementinh an alternative. This can be done by layering it: nurse while humming or patting or rocking. After a week or two and doing it with consistency you Century only doing the alternative ;)

You can use your nursing Pillow behind your back to relax

Try nini co pacifier or what my daughter uses is tommee tippee ultra light 0-3

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