Night feeding help

My baby keeps falling asleep during her night feeds. I think this is causing her to get less milk and wake up more frequently. I do diaper changes in between boobs and she still falls asleep very quickly. I'm considering changing to bottle feeding her overnight to ensure she's getting a full feed and hopefully extend her periods of sleep. I haven't done it yet because I'm worried about her really waking herself up crying while a bottle warms and it being difficult to get her back to sleep... sleepy baby has been nice but mama needs longer stretches of sleep now. I also have concerns about my supply if I'm not getting baby in the boob as often. I also am not too fond of being up longer to pump at night, but maybe an extra 20 minutes is worth it if she's sleeping longer stretches and waking up less.

Anyone have tips or opinions on that?

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My baby is bottle fed and still falls asleep on the bottle in the night and even trying to get her to stay awake doesn’t work 🥴

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ugh! Does she wake frequently? My little one was up every 1.5-2 hours last night. It's wearing on me 😭

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Yes, she wakes up A LOT! It’s a running joke at this point 🙃

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