My baby still needs to eat at night. Can Actually Sleeping still help?
Yes. Actually Sleeping never forces night feeds out, and feeding decisions belong to your pediatrician. In this video, breastfeeding and bottle-feeding families describe sleep improving while night feeds were handled with Dr. Sam alongside them. One mom says they never pulled any night feeds and her daughter dropped them on her own. Another says her baby was getting up just once to eat by night two.
What parents who had this worry say
“And Sam worked with us through that stage, and we never actually pulled any night feeds. Naomi just kinda just dropped them on her own.”
“And literally on night two, she was sleeping and only getting up once to eat.”
“He’s an exclusively breastfed baby, so he woke up for night feedings. He woke up for comfort, anything you can imagine.”
“We were paying for night nurses to help us basically survive because he was doing, I don’t know, five feeds a night.”
“We transitioned from co-sleeping and nursing all night to having a baby that’s sleeping like ten hours in her crib alone.”
“She sleeps, you know, eleven to twelve hours through the night.”
Why parents worry about feeds
Many parents assume sleep training means cutting night feeds. If your baby still needs to eat, or you are breastfeeding and want to keep it that way, that assumption makes any sleep help feel off limits.
The families in this video include exclusively breastfed babies, babies nursed to sleep every time, and babies who needed a bottle to settle. Their stories show that feeding and better sleep are not in conflict.
How Actually Sleeping handles night feeds
The plan never forces night feeds out. Whether and when feeds change is your pediatrician’s call. Dr. Sam writes a plan that works with your baby’s feeding, whether breast, bottle or both, and the bootcamp-style coaching before night one covers how feeds fit into your nights. Daily 1:1 check-ins follow, and naps are coached until solid.
Families in this video started from very different places: five feeds a night, nursing to sleep every time, co-sleeping and nursing all night. Actually Sleeping built a different plan for each of them, and their feeding choices stayed their own.
Hear more from client families
Watch all 129 client video reviews on the reviews page. For more on sleep and breastfeeding together, read sleep training while breastfeeding. You can also check that the company is legit before you book.
Tell us about your baby’s feeds on the free consultation, and we will explain how a plan would work around them.
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Actually Sleeping is 1:1 coaching: a sleep plan written for your baby by Dr. Sam, bootcamp-style coaching before the first night, and daily check-ins until it is working. 700+ families coached, 129 video reviews, and a written guarantee: 8–12 hours through the night within 14 days, or a full refund.
Frequently asked
Will I have to stop night feeds?
No. Actually Sleeping never forces night feeds out. Feeding decisions belong to your pediatrician. Several families in the reviews kept night feeds while sleep improved, and one mom says her daughter dropped them on her own.
Can I keep breastfeeding?
Yes. Many families in the reviews were breastfeeding, including babies who nursed to sleep every time. Dr. Sam writes the plan around your feeding, and nothing in it asks you to stop breastfeeding.
My baby feeds to sleep. Is that a problem?
It is one of the most common starting points in the reviews. Dr. Sam’s plan takes into account how your baby falls asleep now, including feeding to sleep, and the coaching before night one prepares you for exactly what to expect.