Oh bek....
I would go back to b/f too....it sounds like the formula was brining out the worst in Miss E in the worst possible way.....see, your milk is like gold !!!!

Dumb, dumb questin, but what is LF ???

Maybe introducing a supper time meal will work. We have dinner at 530pm too, if H has had a late sleep, and we keep him up till 715pm, after the bath, i might offer him some sultanas, cheese, biccies, or apple. IF he doesnt eat it, i find when he does wake at 630-7am (after 1-2 night feeds of course), he is ravenous...as you would be i guess.

Depending on the amount of time your away, i really would say at 11 months she will survive without your milk. I went back to work when DD#2 was 8 months old (she was the 'dream' baby though...), i was gone for 4hrs at a time, i simply fed her when i got home - so 5hrs away from her. I would have water in a sippy cup for her though, and at 11 months ive slowly introduced cows milk in a sippy cup to my kids diet.

AS for the return of b/f vs frequent night waking....i dunno hon, those symptoms she had whilst on Formula sound pretty awful. Is she outta your room yet ? Im doing the gentle CC with H . I did it about 2 weeks ago and we got down to 1 feed a night. He then got sick, so im just waiting for him to be 100% again. I know you dont like CC, and i didnt either, but i found this gentler form ok - for both of us....

GL.....glad to see your getting some YOU time...