Night time buffet breastfeeding
I have a 4.5 month old who co-sleeps/bedshares with me since he was 1 month.
The past month, I’ve been able to put him asleep without feeding, however I’ve recently notice at some point he’ll wake up and I’ll pop my breast out and start feeding him but it’s like he just feeds for hours. Sometimes it seems like he’ll just suckle my breast while sleeping. I’ve tried getting up and rocking him back to sleep which works but there are times I’m just too exhausted and throwing a boob at him is my lazy response.
He seems fine and is growing well. However he doesn’t feed much during the day. Maybe once in the morning, then once or twice from afternoon into evening. He’ll also sometimes spit up during the daytime feeds while the nighttime feeds he doesn’t.
I’m unsure if this is due to the regression phase or if Im training him in habits due to my exhausted laziness? Again he’s healthy and I don’t really have a problem with it but it’s nice to have my boob to myself while I sleep lol.
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Haha I could have written this post. I try the shhh pat but eventually just hand over the boob. I think they like to suckle themselves to sleep so id doubt hes feeding the entire time. Probably happening more often because of the regression but i wouldn't overthink it xx
Have you tried pacifier? My used to use my breast for soothing more than eating. Gets better with age though . My baby is 7 months and she empties the boob in 10 min and is back asleep 🫶
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