Thanks again ladies. It is very reassuring to know that this is 'normal'. It sounds like it's particularly the case for little boys. DD is all I have to compare to and I had to wake her to feed in the early days and later offer rather than wait for her to ask or she'd end up going 6 hrs without.

Barb - was just going to add... we are co-sleeping. I don't think this is survivable without it. If I had to get up to him, I'd get no sleep at all. Praise-be to BB for making co-sleeping such a normal and acceptable way to parent or I'd be completely nuts by now! (instead of the 99% nuts I currently am!)