Well I solved the issue of whether or not to give him formula - he won't take a bottle from me. Last night I gave him a BF at 6.30, he woke at 9 so I gave him a top-up, then he was up at 12, then 4 and then up for the day at 6. Each time he went straight back to sleep after a feed. I may be making a rod for my own back, but until DH gets home (in about 3 & 1/2 weeks) I think I will just get up and feed and then go straight back to bed. It is too hard for me to try and resettle when he can smell milk on me. He gets himself really worked up and it takes longer to settle him - I guess he's frustrated because the "lunch truck" has arrived and she's not offering up anything! I think that DH will have more success.

After reading your comments and looking at a few other posts I've come to the conclusion that I was just having a bad couple of days (just overtired really) and that everything was looking much worse than it probably was. I had a great afternoon playing with bubs yesterday and went to bed knowing that I was going to feed him when he woke. It put me in the right mindset to deal with the wake-up calls and, only being woken twice was wonderful!! Barb, you are right, the grass was certainly looking greener and I thought that offering formula would be a cure-all and he would magically "sleep through".