Breast feeding/sleep.

I love breast feeding, it’s quick and easy for me. However, I used to do both, bottle and boob. Until I was told not to use a bottle which I wish I never listened to as all it has done is cause me stress 😭
My 13 week old uses me to soothe, which is normal for a EBF baby, but he doesn’t want to unlatch and he also contact naps. So I never catch a break and no one can get him to nap EVER, he will literally scream until he’s latched.

He will only nap on the boob. It’s exhausting as I am a human dummy. He won’t nap by rocking, white noise, patting, etc, trust me, I’ve tried everything since he was 5 weeks old, he just hates sleep.
I am wanting to introduce bottles again, slowly and not to upset him. But the crying kills me.

Should I start with 1 bottle in the evening before he goes to bed? With my partner doing this? I’m aware this is a slow process but I worry he won’t ever nap unless he’s on me or would he start to come out of this as he grows anyway?
Recently he has been getting a little better, I can unlatch him, even if it takes several attempts. He’s also been able to nap in the pram for 15 minutes which is amazing.
Do they start to be able to fall asleep in other ways as they get older?

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my EBF baby used to be exactly the same, I swear he used to be the world’s worst sleeper

I introduced a bottle during a middle of the night wake at first as I pumped while my other half fed him and my supply was highest then, but ngl we stopped doing this when the regression hit

now he’s almost 10 months and he’ll still want to fall asleep on the boob sometimes, but he can also be rocked, patted, worn in the carrier or in the car - it just took him a bit of time! I’m sure yours will be the same

I promise, he won’t need you like that forever, my 18 month old was the exact same as a small baby! I can’t remember exactly what age it started to get better, maybe the 4/5 month mark, but it slowly did, to the point he would fall asleep in my arms without the boob, or I could take him off the nipple and lie him in the bed next to me and he’d be happy. We still co sleep and BF and some nights he’s cuddled right into me, feeding lots, others he doesn’t feed half as much but still has a hand cuddling the booby! It gets easier, I promise, I don’t really think introducing a bottle would make much difference as all he wants is his mummy’s comfort! But worth a try if you really wanted to! Xx

What’s your nap routine? I had that with my first and then I realised she was staying awake for too long and then was too tired to sleep 🫨

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