I was always the opposite - I loved the early feeds that took forever because I was feeding and could chat to people without having to entertain DS or make coffees and my mother couldn't demand a cuddle because he needed to feed. Didn't stop her telling me it was taking too long and DS needed ten minutes each side to get the idea, but since when do I listen to her?

How you feed doesn't change how you bond with your child, but breastfeeding does get shorter and shorter - DS just glugs it down and wants to play again in far too short a time these days. I wanted some time to put my feet up and chat! I think the way you see feeding is the "problem", not the time - if you enjoy the quiet time then your let-down will improve and you'll be having shorter feeds.

Like night-time feeds, I don't want DS to sleep through because his waking means we get to cuddle up and when he does sleep through I get nightmares, so really enjoy his waking for a feed!

Anyway, that's neither here nor there, but you can try the odd bottle and see if it helps. I know DS hated formula once he got the hang of breastfeeding (took him a while too) and just used to vomit it all out. As he was happy and putting on weight and having wet, dirty nappies we didn't bother trying to change formula, we just cut it out altogether. You could also try expressing - will take less time and that way it's an easy adjustment to the bottle. The major down-side to the bottle for me was that my mother thought that she could feed DS when he was less than a month old - I was OK with nurses tube-feeding him whilst asleep, OK with DH bottle-feeding DS, but someone else feeding my baby whilst he was awake getting in on the love? I don't think so, that love is for me only!