Comfort feeding all night

Ivory Doll

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My lo is nearly 13 weeks old and has started comfort feeding all night the past week. We co-sleep.
I know there's a growth spurt around this age and even though I'm very tired I don't mind if I'm not creating a bad habit.
She's not really feeding just using me as a soother.

I don't really know many people who breastfeed to ask so what do you ladies think? Is this something I should stop her doing or carry on?
 
I have been comfort feeding my baby for almost 6 months. Still co sleeping. Honestly, if you are ok with it and it is working for you there is nothing wrong with it. I find that it is the best thing for my baby at the moment. Sure my sleep is choppy but you will adjust to your baby's feeding schedule.
 
I would watch to see if baby is actually swallowing then the moment actual feeding stops , burp and settle again :) that's what I have always done and found it easy to settle my lo , hopefully this will help as months go on constant waking nights will take its toll on you as it has me we are feeding every 2-3 hours all night at 7 months but she is actually feeding as I have low milk , so let her feed but if she was just using me as a soother I would just re settle her in bed :)you need your rest if you don't want to get to my position where your constantly exhausted x
 
We have been feeding almost hourly for the last 2-3 weeks overnight.
 
I always just let her comfort suck as much as she wanted at night. One thing I noticed, however, is that she's more likely to comfort suck if her diaper is wet. If it's dry, she's more likely to un-latch and go into a deeper level of sleep. That being said, there are phases where babies just need more comfort in general.
 

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