Baby sleeping with breast

My son still does this, totally normal. My son is nearly 7m but by about 5-6m I could wait until he was in a deep sleep and very slowly unlatch him. My son also doesn’t take a dummy but the slow unlatch seems to be working now after a long time trying.

My baby girl started this when teething

My baby started doing that too around 4 months! Turns out she was teething and going through a sleep regression. I just had to power through it and we did start cosleeping safely because I couldn’t function on 2hrs of interrupted sleep. Shes 5 months now and slowly back to letting me rock her to sleep + sleeping a bit longer. I know it’s really tough but I figured that they just go through phases of needing us a lot more. Have you tried nipple shields or silverettes between feeds to let your nipples regenerate a bit?

Ok, just wanted some reassurance, knowing it could be an phase. I currently cosleep and everything but it is hard as he wakes up a lot only looking for that comfort

@Cristina girl nipple shields! Wear them for about an hour before bed so they get ya smell, but they have holes so baby can get your smell anyways I just found wearing them have extra layer so my boy didn’t notice, it saves my nipples tbh as my son has done this since around 4 months old he’s now 9 x

My baby is doing the same thing and he just turned 5 months! So much so that he does do it through the day then I have to wake him till he is full then wait like 10/15 minutes then try and put him down, though he does wake up as soon as I’d remove my arm… So I got told lying them side ways then slowly lay them on the back while shushing and hand on his chest may help! Works sometimes but I found having him in a blanket while hes falling asleep helps alongside that so he’s already cosey and comfy and I don’t accidentally wake him while faffing trying to wrap him up in a blanky! then in the nights I just cosleep because it would be impossible otherwise 🥲

@Jasmine i had nipple shield with my first and I had to stop bf as he wasn’t gaining weight! So I am a bit scared! I don’t want to stop as yet

@Anishaa yeah my baby won’t sleep anywhere but near/on me. Tiring but I am just trying what gets me the most sleep.

My 2 year old still does this, I let her most of the time since we cosleep so I just sleep through it but any time I want her to unlatch I try to get another let down and that usually gives her the comfort needed to be able to gentle her roll away. If she’s idly latched but not sucking I’ll bother her very slightly, usually by gently moving my body, just to get her to keep sucking to trigger another let down. Usually takes a little while but works most of the time! Other than that I’ll wait until she’s been asleep 20 minutes so she’s in a deep sleep before trying to move her

& silver nipple shields can be amazing for healing and helping with that soreness! You just wear them in between feeds which would likely be through the day for you but it should still help with the overnights x

We went through rounds of this when my little one was younger too. It was teething and sometimes regression it seemed. It does pass but can come back in rounds. Nipple cream helped and alternating xx

Thanks so much everyone for sharing your experiences