Do formula fed babies sleep longer at night
Currently exclusively breastfeeding our almost 3 month old however my husband returns to work next week and the only reason I get any sleep atm is because he takes baby for a couple hours at night so I can sleep (baby will sleep a couple hours if she’s sleeping on our chest otherwise she wakes every 30 mins or every hour). When he returns to work I will be alone with baby at night. Considering switching to formula if it will make her sleep longer in her cot.
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It takes longer for babies to process formula so usually yes
I feel like formula for sure helps from my experience I didn’t sleep for two days and my milk wouldn’t come in I had to feed my baby formula so she could eat and it helped me get a nap in. She is a newborn she sleeps 2-3hours on breast milk and 4-5 hours on formula milk
You could try collecting milk from the other breast (hakka pump) when feeding during the day and giving a bigger feed before bed? Does baby fall asleep on the breast? Could be that baby is falling asleep before getting enough milk?
I used to give my lo a bottle of formula after his bath and would still wake up to within 30min for a quick go on the boob! Babies have two stomachs when it comes to breastmilk. Have you tried co-sleeping and breastfeeding laying down?
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