On a "normal" night, ds2 (10w+3) breastfeeds a LOT in the evening, then gets formula-fed at 10pm, then I top him up til he's asleep (around 1130pm), then he wakes at 3or 4am for a breastfeed, then he sleeps again til 7ish. Between these two last feeds he grunts a lot, farts a lot, sometimes cries out in pain from his trapped wind. He is given Infacol before each feed.
Now, here's the thing. I get up with ds2 at 8ish so I can get ds1 organised for school. Ds2 goes into his swing. He happily sits there, and gradually falls asleep at 9am. He sleeps there anywhere between 3 and 5 hours without waking to be fed.
Firstly, should I be waking him up earlier to feed, to get him into some sort of routine? I'm worried he might be turning morning into night...?
Is there anything I can do to encourage this kind of comfortable sleep during the night?
It seems he's more comfortable in the swing, but I don't get why he just isn't hungry for so long. Ive been told that cluster feeds in the evening should mean longer sleep at night but that doesn't happen, and is the reason he's been given formula at bedtime for a week, to settle him for longer.
Yesterday he slept 3 hrs in the swing but went to sleep 3hrs after being fed, so it was 6hrs between feeds!!