Just read www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2083249/Babies-problems-sleeping-likely-toddlers-restless-nights.html about - gulp! - it being unlikely that your baby will become a good sleeper in later years if they get onto a bad start. Mine certainly did, as he had breastfeeding jaundice and I was told by the hospital to feed him at 3hr intervals minimum until the jaundice went. Well, it didn't till my milk supply was properly established, by which time he was 7 weeks old. (I now think that was unnecessary as he had no weight/alertness issues, but that's another story). I'd had to get him up by changing his nappy through the night every 2.5 or so hours up to then (as he needed to be properly awake to latch) and think he got into a habit of sleeping badly. He once slept for a 7-hour stretch when he was 7ms, but otherwise he has consistently woken through the night, sometimes hourly but more generally every 2-3 hours, and only a feed will settle him.
Another article I read recently suggests I've been right to cosleep because babies' heart rates are steadier and their sleep cycles better when they sleep close to their mothers, so I don't see enough value in moving him to a different room so he can be away from the smell of the milk, especially as my instinct is to be with him. But I would love him to give up the night feeds, as I desperately need to start ovulating again and it was a small miracle that I conceived him at my age. Does anyone have any experience in any aslepct of this?