Advice to reduce the need to feed to sleep?

I’ve been wondering this myself but then had to pause and question why I wanted to stop. It is biologically normal. I haven’t found the answer though 😂

I’m currently feeding my little girl before she’s at the point of falling asleep and then putting her in the crib and patting/shushing her to sleep. Though sometimes she just falls asleep on the boob anyway

Feed earlier in a different room. Then you could look out for sleep ques and try put into crib. I had to stay next to her and shh her (did use dummy too) takes a lot of patience and practice. Or there's rock to sleep? My baby doesn't like being rocked the swaying way anymore I have to squat and move her back and forth instead which is a workout! Sometimes if overtired the only way is boob for me lol

I’ve actually also just been wondering this. I do on almost all daytime naps and bedtime. My little boy is 5 months just and wakes every 2 1/2 - 3 hours during the night. It’s not the regression I don’t think, we had this. It was much worse. He can now self soothe and fall asleep on his own but is so used to getting into a sleepy state by feeding in the first place. I also wonder if I’m feeding too frequently in the day if his wake windows are 1hr 30-2 hrs long and he only naps 45 mins. So anyway…I have no answers, following in case others do. You’re not alone though! X

Daytime my daughter will go off to sleep in pushchair, or held if walking around a shop etc. but at night for her "bedtime" I think some people would say it's feed to sleep and others would say drowsy but awake? I feed her in a chair in her room, after a bath and cuddle, and she falls asleep. Then I lift her immediately to try and catch her before she's in deep sleep, to burp, and she will be eyes open but super heavy bodied, barely holding head up, I'll speak to her to try and get her a little more alert, say goodnight do kisses and put her in the cot and walk away. Varying levels of consciousness to be fair but I'm hoping it's satisfying her want to feed to sleep, but also encouraging that going to sleep on her own. (Literally just the workings of my VERY tired mind 🤣 I have no idea really)

https://raisedgood.com/self-soothing-biggest-con-new-parenthood/

Found this on my baby sleep group explains a bit about origins and soothing

https://laleche.org.uk/breastfeeding-at-night/

Thank you all! I definitely don’t want to let little one ‘cry it out’ He’s exclusively breast fed so with him feeding to sleep there’s nothing my partner can do to help Last night took 2 hours and 4 times he’d fallen asleep but woke when transferred, 3 of those times he fed and one was swayed and patted. He also keeps startling himself awake this last week, he’s 5 & 1/2 months