Hi I am toying with the idea of a bottle of formula to make the lil one sleep longer. I know the score that it may upset her gut. But i have DD1 19 months who aint a good sleeper. Sometimes she sleeps through most times, sometimes she dosn't. When she does wake up I go in and say lye down and sit with her for a few minutes and she's back off to sleep but meanwhile DD2 has woken up and I'm fighting a battle each night so far. I know it's early days and it's very hard work for me getting not much sleep. DD2 wont stay in her moses basket (poor thing is just recovering from a cold which she caught from DD1 when she was a week old). The 1st time DD2 has woken up for a feed i have been bringing her into bed with me and lying down to feed her. I have ofen fallen asleep with her next to me or lying ontop of me because i am soooo exhausted but I am creating bad sllep habits. So I was thinking I could maybe give her a bottle so that she will sleep longer and also so my partner can help out. She takes a bottle fine and is well established with breast feeding, no nipple comfusion.
Or do I do let DD1 cry it out when she is put to bed. I usually sing to her to help her drop off, but this is taking about half an hour to get her to sleep. She has a strict bedtime routine....Any ideas on how I can get thenm both to sleep better and also myself to get some kip.