Please let me know if you breastfeed your baby and they ate a good sleeper at night or NOT or if baby if on formula and is good sleeper or NOT

Frequent wakings are an innate SIDS preventative and milk supply regulation. Studies also show overnight feeds DO matter nutritionally. In my work I see a large variety of families and the only thing I see is "long sleeper" babies and "cat nap" babies. Formula or BM isn't a common factor, sleep training isn't a common factor, co-sleeping isn't a common factor. It's literally temperament which can't be changed really 🥲

2 combine fed babies here 👋🏼 both of whom have slept through with minimum wake ups from around 12 weeks old. Both were combine fed with breast and bottle for the first 4-6 weeks and then pumped milk from a bottle/formula fed until I stopped pumping around 6 months old. Always had them on a loose bedtime routine (dimmed lights/less activity etc) from the early days and that trickled into them both having a 6:30/7pm bedtime and my youngest (16 months) only occasionally wakes up now. I did what was best for me and them if I’m honest and the way I chose to feed meant I was well rested and much more relaxed for them.

My baby woke up every 45 minutes until she was 7 months to soothe herself back on the boob . That’s when I sleep trained her because I needed my sleep back

Two kids, both breastfed, both I pick up after they cry for about a minute and put in about thirty seconds of effort to figure out if they would soothe or needed boob (usually pretty obvious with my kids), and nothing else really different between them. With my first I didn't get two hours consecutive sleep until he turned 2 (self weaned completely shortly after that), but my 5 month old will sleep 8 hours before needing me and sleeps a lot more on average over 24 hours. My opinion is if it was a formula vs breastfeeding issue with my son then solids should have gotten him to sleep better but it wasn't hunger related. Sometimes it just is what it is.

@Faye ok its just that myself and a friend who BF have babies who wake up constantly and feed so much during the night. One friend who formula feeds has her baby sleep completely through. All the same age! So I thought maybe it's cus the boob babies love boob so much they want the comfort overnight

@Elizabeth oh wow. What did sleep training involve?

@Katelynn interesting. I wasn't thinking hunger I was more thinking the boob babies want comfort and know they can get boob or something.. idk ahha

BF and slept through. Not always 100% but majority if not. But I also coslept and would be naked or at least top naked so she could find the titty without having to fully wake or it would only be for a minute and I could honestly doze back myself or wait for her to be done to slip out

Both girls were breastfed one slept through the other does not mostly 1-3 wakes a night

My pediatrician told my that as long as my little one slept on the same room with me she would continue to wake up for comfort feedings because the can sense and smell you in the room. I moved her into her own room at 10 or 11 months old and the frequency of her waking up in the middle of the night greatly diminished. Also, sometimes I would have my husband go in and switch her and put her back to sleep just so that she would understand there wouldn’t be any milk. At that age they don’t need to be fed at night.

Combi fed and doesn't sleep through 😴

First formula great sleeper. Second combo then switched to formula at 8 months fully and she’s a very slightly okay sleeper. More on the bad side

@Mona ohh I thought it was opposite.... I thought they'd sleep better if they knew you were close .. hmm Can I ask. Was it hard to get her to sleep in a cot? Like did she hate it?? How long did it take?

All mine were formula fed. My girl has always been a bad sleeper, she would wake up 4-12 times a night every night. At 7yo she still wakes up once or twice a night and calls for me. All the boys were better,1-4 wake ups a night until around 2yo, the youngest still wakes up about once a night with the occasional night he sleeps through.

I don't think the milk type plays a big part in sleeping longer or better. I was able to breastfeed and pump until 9mo then lost supply and switched to formula. My daughters sleeping patterns were about the same with each. She would wake up every 3-4 hours regardless. 🤷‍♀️

She didn’t have any issues transitioning to a cot. However, I would suggest transferring your baby to a cot first and letting her get used to that. Once they become accustomed to sleeping in the cot, then transfer your baby to a separate room.