Advice please :)

I’m the exact same. I find it really hard when he won’t feed and just cries. It’s gotten slightly better for me because he is in a stage of crying 7-10pm nightly and I know there’s nothing I can do and that it’s almost part of the routine at the moment 😭😂

Try to comfort baby at home with cuddle and a back rub/bum pat /dummy instead of feeding. If you know they’re not hungry and just using it as a comfort, that’s fine but it’s good to know you can settle and comfort baby multiple ways. Keep practicing alternative forms of comfort and that way, if you’re out and about, you don’t always to have to get your boob out. It’s also okay for babies to cry and have tantrums if they’re annoyed about something. I have a 3 year old and sometimes she has tantrums in public and that’s just life. Anyone around with kids totally gets it and those who don’t can judge all they want 😅 x

Your baby is 5 months old? I wouldn't worry about it. It's exactly what it's for and it helps build trust and secure attachment which later in will absolutely help in learning to regulate emotions and feel more secure and confident in turn helping with tantrums. I was the exact same but I instead felt glad I had a sure way to calm my baby and he's now 21 months old and while still breastfeeding he no longer uses it when he's having a moment, is hurt etc but I talk him through it, hug, take a moment etc and I didn't do anything in particular to make that transition from boob at every tear to comfort without it. If you're fine with breastfeeding for comfort, then why stop unless you're weaning 🙂

It depends! I think my intuition knows what actually needs boobs & what needs help calming down through actual co regulation. Falls & scary moments that lead to crying I’d give boob to help calm down in our own home, Upset something didn’t go his way? No boobs for that type of crying.