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robert777

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If the goal is to have the baby's eyes spring open like one of those creepy dolls and become completely awake and alert, then thank you - it's working!! /s

Edit: To all of you in the comments section saying that this method works for you, I'm extremely jealous and consider you to have magical unicorn powers.
 
@katrina2017 sometimes she will decide she wants me to stand and bounce for two hours but if this happens to you where feeding isn't working i have found that bouncing for a minute, calming her, then returning to feeding works like a charm. i once bounced her for four hours and didn't even think about trying to nurse again. they love throwing you curve balls !
 
@kyleswife2015 Same. Mine is 6 months. And I put her down fully asleep after I’ve breastfed her into a nice slumber and transported her to the crib while trying to not move her at all like I’m holding a bomb about to explode. Works great.
 
@anne97 Are you still getting up with her in the middle of the night? My 6 month old won't sleep through the night. mommy bloggers and pediatrician say it because I nurse her to sleep. I'd love to night wean but I don't know how and she won't sleep without a good feed.
 
@writerhomework It’s def not because you nurse her to sleep. Most babies do get up still overnight. Mine sleeps from 8p-6a and doesn’t get up at all and I nurse her to sleep. Babies are just all different.
 
@writerhomework Our 10 month old girl is still waking up for 2 - 3 bottles a night, which we just give in her crib. She falls a sleep right after again, but it does make me question if it's actually just a habid we taught... There's no way for her though we not give the bottle 🥲 Ah well, I guess it will be over some day.
 
@katrina2017 This is refreshing to read- most things I see on here are people asking how to stop doing that, or saying it's bad ( but never explaining why). I've been doing it since my lo was born and have no idea why people think it's so horrible at such a young age. My little one is an absolute terror if she's sleepy during the day and doesn't get a bottle (but her naps also seem to line up with food time) .
 
@humblewatchman It's only "bad" in the sense that it tends to create a habit/crutch (ie. baby won't go to sleep without nursing/feeding). But, I honestly think if you are ok with it then that's all that matters! People have tried to tell me I shouldn't rock my baby to sleep (again, it's a habit we'll have to 'break' eventually) but I don't mind doing it so I don't see the real issue! I still rock him to sleep every night and he just turned 1.
 
@katrina2017 I do this always because it's the best way my babe falls asleep since Day 1 so it's been my default and I had no idea it's considered "wrong" by some until recently I saw another Mom who made me feel so bad, saying I was creating dependency and my daughter would be 3yo and still needing to breastfeed to fall asleep and I needed to break the habit like, now. That it would be awful for a week but then great!

I got home, sobbed, felt like a terrible Mom, then called a (trusted) friend who was like "your daughter is 2 months old. You are comforting her and she sleeps well and you're both happy. Don't fix what isn't broken."
 
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