Feeding to Sleep
Hey I’m a FTM and during the height of my baby’s 6-8 week fussiness I started feeding him to sleep as it was the only thing that worked. He’s 9 weeks now and wondering what other methods yall do to get your baby to sleep? He really struggles to get to deep sleep any other way except feeding or baby wearing
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Nothing wrong with feeding them to sleep! I'm still doing that mostly and my son is 3 months old! Other than that, I rock him, hold and sway, hum and sing, but nursing still works best!
Absolutely not a problem to feed to sleep :)
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feeding to sleep is biologically normal and your superpower as a mom. stop following sleep influencer accounts and life will be so much less stressful 😅 you know whats best for you and your baby
Fed my oldest to sleep until he was 22 months old. Still feeding my youngest to sleep and she’s 18 months. Keep doing it if it works for you!
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Feeding to Sleep
Hey I’m a FTM and during the height of my baby’s 6-8 week fussiness I started feeding him to sleep as it was the only thing that worked. He’s 9 weeks now and wondering what other methods yall do to get your baby to sleep? He really struggles to get to deep sleep any other way except feeding or baby wearing
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