mamapan - i've been meaning to reply in our baby buddies thread but haven't got around to it.

i think we're going through a similar thing here. DS is bf & was waking 3-4 times a night. i didn't mind because his first sleep was usually 4 hours (max 7 once i think, but usually between 3-5hrs) & then up every couple of hours from then & i also agree with your thinking that they'll sleep through when ready. he started this somewhere around 7-9weeks old (just can't remember now!). then at 3 months we moved him to his cot. the first two nights were okay but then he got sick & his sleeps have got progrssively worse since. during that time he learnt how to roll both ways & so i thought that was the cause of it but in the last week we have deteoriorated completely. for the last three nights it is a massive battle to get him down at all & it's taking us about 2 hours each night. then he might sleep for 2 hrs from 9 & then it's pretty much every 60-90 minutes from then on. after one night of that, we took him out of the cot & back to the pram bassinet - not ideal imo but it was where he'd previously had his good sleeps. but it doesn't seem to make a difference to the number of wakings, just it's much easier to get him back to sleep after the feeds.

we've tried settling first but all he wants is to feed - no difference whether he has one side or two at the feeds to how long before he wakes.

i wasn't sure if it was also related to the weather? it's been warm in melb & so i thought maybe that's why he's waking so often to feed overnight?

our day sleeps have totally regressed as well - yesterday i finally got 90 minutes in the afternoon but that was it from 6am. he has been feeding to sleep recently, which i don't mind, but yesterday was refusing the breast, like he knew he was going to fall asleep! i've tried rocking, co-sleeping, patting, shhing etc & it all results in hysterical screams. but not really screams of pain, if that makes sense? he's soooo tired but just can't be convinced to sleep.

oh - and we're super clingy here too.

anyways, sorry - that was all very long winded but just wanted to let you know that you're not alone. i keep telling myself it's just a phase but here's hoping it's a short one!!