DS is 5 mo, shit sleeper, EBF, although we're starting to wean with BLW which he loves when in the mood!
we'd got him sleeping 4 or 5 hrs, then 2 then another 2 at nights after 3 months of virtually no sleep (he'd manage 2 hrs max then want to feed all night long. it was tiring...)
however, for the past couple of weeks he's been waking every 45 minutes during the night, ravenously hungry, screaming if we try to put off feeding for more than a minute (i.e. whilst I'm getting my boob out - not fast enough in his opinion, so cue frantic yelling). I'm bloody exhausted, DP is sleeping in another room, and still getting woken up, we're both a bit frazzled. DS is not himself at all, so we reckon he's teething/growth spurting/something like that.
but this week, no less than 4 people have told me he'll only sleep when I give up bfing and switch to formula. because it worked for them/their friend. delving a little deeper, it turned out that all nstories the baby slept through within a month of solids being introduced, no matter when ffing was started. so to me, it sounds like solids and not formula may be the answer.
could some folk with more knowledge back me up on this? I don't want to move to ffing after getting bfing well established, and DS is thriving on it, but tbh if it would help with sleep, I'd be very tempted to consider it for 1 night...