Breastfeeding

Hi, I don't have any answers, just hear to say I feel you! I have a 3 week old who wakes every 1-2 hours and a nearly 4 year old who doesn't nap. I have found popping a film on to give myself a little lie in some mornings helps but to be honest, I have just considered switching to combi feeding.
Formula is slower to digest which is why you often see longer stretches between feeds.
I have tried going to bed when my eldest does but baby often cluster feeding in the evenings.

My baby is 4 weeks and ebf I’m awake every 45 mins to an hour

I was ebf but the cluster feeding and lack of sleep was just too much so I switched to combi feeding and it was a life saver. I still wake every few hours during the night and I tend to breastfeed at night but its better and she is full for longer. I pump a couple of times a day and we also use formula so my husband can bottle feed and give me a break occasionally. Our daughter took a bottle quite well early on but I have heard the longer you leave it the less likely they are to accept a bottle

Hey, I'm EBF and my LO is 5.5 months now and it does get better. She wakes 1-2 times at night so more because her nappy is full and I feed her to sleep again just to make sure she will sleep the rest of the night.
Those first weeks are brutal

It's not necessarily breastfeeding that keeps some mums awake, some children just don't sleep long stretches and that's ok! Everyone told me it would be easier once I stopped feeding, so I did, and nothing changed 🤣 he's nearly 2 now and we have had month long periods where he sleeps through overnight, and then gone back to waking twice a night, then back to sleeping through.

It does get easier, but not being able to sleep in the day is going to make things really hard! Can you co sleep and side lie for feeding overnight? It means you get much less disturbed sleep and will likely feel more rested.

it's not breastfeeding. there's no evidence that formula fed babies sleep longer either. my son slept in long stretches from 2 months old. the 4 month sleep regression did mess that up but it slowly got better again by 6 months and by 9 months he only woke for 1 feed and slept through by 10 months. some babies just sleep more than others. some sleep through from birth and others not until 3 or 4 even. babies are meant to wake in the night for feeds and comfort. it's normal and a preventative of sids

Nearly 4 months pp and it's so much better, those first few weeks were brutal. My LO isn't the best sleeper but she does maybe three feeds a night