how do i get 9wo out of the sleep rut we've got him into?

[vmcd28]

Hoping someone can give some suggestions or reassurance that I'm not making a rod for my own back!
Ds2 is nearly 9 weeks old. He never goes to sleep by himself - except if he's in his swing. All other times he falls asleep while feeding. Sometimes he continues suckling on me to comfort himself to sleep after a feed.
This is fine for now, in theory, but the problem is that he gets painful trapped wind during the night, then needs comforted back to sleep, even if he's just had a long feed.
The other problem is that he now gets all his naps in the swing because he will settle himself and will sleep for ages.
Why does he sleep longer and better in the swing?

He usually cluster feeds from around 7pm til midnight, then wakes at least twice to be fed, and often a few times due to the sore tummy and loud farting. I'm now struggling with lack of sleep but can't go to bed earlier because of cluster feeding, and hate sleeping my days away.

Anyone help? Note, he gets infacol before each feed then does a few huge burps after each feed.
And he stays downstairs with us till 11pm feeding when we all go to bed

If the swing holds him more upright and he tends to have wind then the angle will be more comfortable for him. Having had a wind-machine of a baby myself, I remember sitting for long periods post the tea-time feed with the poor child, patting his back until every bubble had been removed. Signs to look for are the bluish top lip and fluttering eyelids. Infacol, IME was no use at all.

Never question it when something works!!! If the swing works for him then really, stick with it - it will be fine.

Babies of 9 weeks don't really get into a 'rut' about anything, I tend to think, because they are evolving so quickly so as soon as you think you have the pattern sussed, there it goes and blooming changes all over again.

If there's one thing you can be sure of it's that they will keep changing their minds!

Thanks both, for the support. I hoped you'd say to stick with it for now. I sometimes wonder if we should try putting him to bed earlier in the evening, but that's an impossible task if he's just wanting to feed constantly til midnight. I think I'll have to put off trying any sort of routine til the cluster feeding has passed at least.
I guess I had hoped there was a way to make him as settled when he's in his Moses basket as he is in the swing