I feel like such a bad mom, but if I don’t do this I might lose my mental health. My 3mo LO is exclusively breastfed and he takes around 5 naps a day. Each nap he needs to be on me and on the boob in order to fall asleep and stay asleep. I want to start weaning him from needing to take the boob in order to fall asleep. I hate to do this because it’s working and he’s used to it, but it’s making everything hard including getting out of the house. I don’t want to just keep doing something because it works and keeps him quiet because I’ll end up being one of those moms that buy things they wine for in store in order to have some peace. I don’t want that. I love him more than anything and it’s breaking my heart. Just a few minutes ago he just fell asleep in my arms after crying on and off for about 20 min without the nipple in his mouth. I wanted to cry with him, but didn’t want him to sense my sadness. I need this, I need to be able to get out of the house with him without having to pop out my boob every 30-45 min. I feel like such a bad mom because this is what he loves, but then I remind myself that I’m still holding him and he knows I am there and love him. Once he is weaned from nap boob and eats when he wakes instead (he eats when he wakes and for nap, which he usually just uses as a pacifier), then I will work on putting him down to sleep. One step at a time. For my sanity... I love you baby, but mommy needs this.