15wk old DS generally breastfeeds 3-4hours during the day and always has his bedtime feed at 7 then has a formula feed (normally 180ml) around 11pm and wakes for 1-2 breastfeeds at night. It's now really difficult to get him to feed for 10mins during the day, so I can't believe he's really getting all that much unless he's super efficient...thing is, doesn't seem to make any difference how much he has towards the end of the day as to when he'll wake at night...eg two night ago he was on the boob for 10mins at 7pm, had 50ml at 11pm and didn't wake to feed til 5am...last night, he had 180ml of EBM followed by 10mins on boob at 7pm, then 180mls formula at 11 yet woke to feed at 2:45am...and again at 6am!
Should I give up any idea of being able to have more than 4 hours sleep at a time any time soon? I reckon he probably won't sleep through til at least being on solids now (not too worried about him sleeping through), but I'd love to get back to our regular 5am only waking (which it was 7-11weeks)
I only feed him during the night if he's definately hungry, test to see if he's rooting and suckling and check that it's not the dummy he wants first....