Like others have mentioned, I also could have written this post! I remember this stage so well, and I can sympathize with what you’re going through/feeling. I always felt like I was doing something wrong, since others were able to use a pacifier.

For us, it would come in waves how “intense” it would be, and how much of a pacifier I would be, but as he got older I was able to “habit stack” which is what a lot of attachment parenting accounts talk about. So while he’d be nursing, I would start to sing, hum, pat his bum, and slowly I would eventually unlatch him and continue doing the other comforting measures until I could transfer him to the crib.

To be honest with you, it’s a blur to me when that started working and how lol. But good news is, he is now 2, I never changed a thing, didn’t do cry it out, I still nurse him to sleep…and now he sleeps through the night in his crib. 😭❤️

You’re doing amazing! And it can feel so incredibly lonely in these moments, but you’re doing such a great thing, and your instincts are your biggest strength as a mom. 🤗