Hi Willow....my DD#3 for the last 5 nights has slept from 730pm - 8am.....i know i know, IM SO HAPPY. But back to your question...up till 5 nights ago i was getting up just once during the night to feed her.....usually after 4am. Nothing has really changed in the last few days, for her to sleep thru the night.....i really think it was just a matter of time - shes nearing the 12 month mark now.

I found we went thru 'blocks' of getting up.
7-8 months - 10pm feed, 1am feed, maybe a 5am feed.
8-9 months - 1am feed, 5am feed
10 months - 5am feed
11months - has slept thru for last 5 nights.....

For a few weeks there she was waking up at 4am on the dot - every night - i would give her a quick breastfeed and off to sleep she went, wouldnt hear from her again till after 7am. This was the 'habit' feed....i know she didnt need it, but like most of us do, it was quicker just to feed her for 7 mins, put her to sleep, then jump back into bed ourselves.

We introduced the dummy around 8-9 months.....i really believe the reason she was waking twice during the night (my other girls slept thru from 6 weeks and 3 months, respectively) - she wanted to suck.....she took to the dummy instantly (DH was against it at first)......i also introduced 'miffy' - a stuffed rabbit. YOu hear of separation anxiety etc at that age - so i thought if she had these things she would feel a bit 'safer' and reasurred, thus wouldnt need to scream out for me !!!! It seemed to have worked.....

I really feel for you going back to work, and still getting up to feed your little one. I really do just think its a matter of time. They get 'older and wiser' and realise they dont need the booby anymore.

Oh, one other thing - the 9pm - 1030pm feed, do you wake him for that? Could you not try to re-settle him rather than feeding him ?? I dunno, just thought its only 3hrs since his last feed......do you feel he is having a full feed at the bedtime feed (7ish)? i dont have answers, im just throwing some ideas around.......good luck hun....