If you gave up breastfeeding did it improve sleep?

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I'm starting to get really fed up with bf, I bf dd til 13 mths but now with DS aged 4 mths, I'm exhausted, fed up with getting my boobs out, fed up with the 24hr milk buffet, fed up with feeding him to sleep and then him waking up with wind, fed up with wondering if he's getting enough milk (he's very small, seeing GP this week). Yes you get the message I'm sure!

My worry is if I give up bf, we won't be able to get him to sleep ( he doesn't fall asleep on the bottle now), night time will be hell and I'll be awake a lot more getting bottles ready, and I'll have all the faffing of taking bottles out, also we were all very ill last winter and I wanted to bf DS over the winter for the immunological benefits.

If you gave up bf around 4 mths did it improve sleep?

This was exactly what I was terrified of! I stopped BF at 4.5 months - my son was sleeping through the night, but he always fell asleep on me for the bedtime feed so I was convinced I was in for a nightmare once he was on the bottle.

The first night wasn't brilliant - he was wide awake after his feed so I had to carry him around for half an hour before he fell asleep, but to be honest it hurt my back so much that I knew I had to just bite the bullet and put him into his cot awake from then on. So the second night I just held him on my lap then eventually put him in the cot awake. He did roll around and take about 20 mins to fall asleep, and still does now sometimes, but he's happy to put himself to sleep, and I think it's helped with the daytime naps as well.