In their words: parents who shared this worry
“Nursing was the easiest no cry way of getting us both back to sleep as quickly as possible during the night.”
“She was only nursing to sleep. She was waking up three to four times every night.”
“Would only nurse to sleep every single time. By night five, she was sleeping through the whole night.”
“I’ll say night one was a little rough, but I think immediately after that, once he kind of got the swing of things, night two, he slept through the night.”
“Naomi just kind of just dropped them on her own as we got clearance from our pediatrician.”
“There is no way I would be successful breastfeeding if it wasn’t for sleep training.”
Why breastfeeding moms feel uneasy
For lots of nursing parents, breastfeeding is the quickest way for everyone to fall back asleep. It is close, quiet and effective, right up until the baby needs it every hour or two. It is only natural to worry that changing sleep will mean giving up nursing, or losing something important to you and your baby.
Every mom in this video had a baby who would only nurse to sleep. They describe those babies sleeping through, and the nursing continuing.
How Actually Sleeping fits around breastfeeding
No part of an Actually Sleeping plan asks you to stop breastfeeding. Your custom plan decides how night feeds are handled, based on your baby’s age. Dr. Sam builds the plan around the way your baby feeds today, and the bootcamp-style coaching before the first night covers where nursing fits in your days and nights. After that come 1:1 check-ins every day, and naps are coached until they are solid.
One mom in the video says her daughter gave up night feeds by herself once their pediatrician gave the go-ahead. Another says she would not have continued breastfeeding without sleep training. All of these families had an Actually Sleeping plan built around their own feeding choices.
More from client families
All 129 client video reviews are on the reviews page, among them babies who were fed or rocked to sleep. To learn more about combining sleep and nursing, read sleep training while breastfeeding. Before booking, you can also check that the company is legit.
On the free consultation, let us know how and when your baby nurses, and we will walk you through how a plan would work around that.
Ready to solve this for your baby?
Actually Sleeping offers 1:1 coaching: Dr. Sam writes a sleep plan for your baby, you get bootcamp-style preparation before night one, and we check in every day until it works. 700+ families coached, 129 video reviews, and a written guarantee of 8–12 hours through the night within 14 days, or your money back in full.
Frequently asked
Do I need to wean?
No. Actually Sleeping never asks you to give up breastfeeding. Your custom plan decides how night feeds are handled, based on your baby’s age. The moms in this video continued nursing while their babies learned to sleep through the night.
My baby will only fall asleep nursing. Can that change while I keep breastfeeding?
Yes. It is among the most common starting points in the reviews. Dr. Sam builds the plan around the way your baby falls asleep today, and nursing remains part of your baby’s day. Coaching before the first night prepares you for exactly what lies ahead.
Who decides when night feeds end?
Your custom plan decides how night feeds are handled, based on your baby’s age. One mom in this video describes her daughter giving up night feeds by herself once their pediatrician gave the go-ahead.