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Breastfeeding is the easiest way to put a baby to sleep. Baby finds your touch comforting, the milk is nourishing and the overall exercise has a calming effect on the baby which lulls him to sleep. Win-win? Not really! Breastfeeding your baby to sleep, which although appears as an easy fix in the night, is known to have many drawbacks. Read on.
Here are some benefits of breastfeeding your baby to sleep:
Although there are many benefits of breastfeeding your baby to sleep yet there are three primary reasons why experts discourage mothers nursing their baby to sleep:
So are we saying never feed the baby in the night? Of course not. Breastfeeding is, as we mentioned before, a calming and nourishing activity. It also helps in building and strengthening the bond between the mother and child. So, by all means, breastfeed the child in the night, especially in the first two months. However, do not make a habit out of it. Once the baby turns three months, try the following:
Despite all these efforts, please remember that if your baby is exclusively breastfed, then you will have to wait longer for him to establish a sleeping pattern than formula-fed babies. This is because breastmilk digests faster, making babies hungry quicker, resulting in them waking more often in the night for a feed. This is normal. As long as you ensure that the baby does not fall asleep while latching, you are doing well!
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