Did nursing/feeding to sleep work for anyone?

My 5 month old baby wakes up at least every 1.5 - 2 hours if not being held. I see a lot of advice that babies should be put to bed “drowsy but awake” and that we shouldn’t nurse/feed to sleep. Has anyone nursed/fed to sleep and transferred sleeping baby to crib had luck with baby sleeping longer stretches? I would be happy with 3 hours at this point. I actually enjoy nursing to sleep, but I also want to get some sleep myself. Also, I feel like my baby doesn’t really show sleepy cues until they are crying, so not sure how to do drowsy but awake. I absolutely cannot do cry it out.