Thanks nini. Yes it really is, and I've had DS1 up a few nights recently too so I think DS2's nights have seemed so bad when perhaps they're not really as bad as they appear yk?
Well last night he was asleep at 6.05pm, we had a couple of OT wakings but I quickly settled him he then fed at 11.40pm and 2.10am. Again fell asleep at the boob both times but did have a good feed at the first waking.
It's a definite pattern that he's waking roughly 2.5hrs after his first NF for the next, regardless of how much he takes at the first. Would a DF stop that, or would he just wake 2.5hrs after that instead?
Would formula at the DF (or at his first night feed) enable him to go longer?
He then woke for the day at 5.40am, no surprise though as he went to bed so early, and I was ok with it as I went to bed at 7.15pm myself last night!! Anyway, he was soaked through so needed a full change (sheets too!), then I fed him and he went back to sleep
so at least today won't have started too early in the end.
The long NWings are definitely down to nap length, he's gone straight to sleep after (well, during) each feed since I've not allowed him to nap longer than an hour.