I don't think a little baby is able to be that manipulative that they can think "oh im gonna wake up more cos I know mums a softie and I can work her". I think it's horrible that people think that about babies. I think it's sad that some babies "learn" to sleep through the night because they have learnt that at such a young age they have to 'go it alone" (I know that some babies will sleep through even though their parents are responsive though, they are lucky!)

My son wakes about 3 times a night now- I don't actually know how many times because I am so sleepy when I respond to him. It just sort of feels like when you get up to go to the toilet at night, you don't know how many times you did that and you usually go back to sleep ok afterwards (and I'm probably up less now to respond to him than I was going to pee when I was 8 months pregnant LOL!! )

I think you are doing the right thing. When DS wakes up at night and I feed him, he goes straight back to sleep, so I think he just needs a bit of food/drink/comfort. When it's the morning he won't go back to sleep.

My only advice is to try and focus on what you can do to help YOU sleep better. That's easier to control than change a baby. I turn the clock to the wall- it really really helps as I don't get stressed thinking about the sleep I'm missing. When he wakes up I try to pee/have a drink before I feed him, if I need to do that, that way when the happy breastfeeding hormones make me sleepy I can drift off. I go to bed no later than 9:30pm so I can get more sleep. I try not to watch TV but do something relaxing and drink camomile tea before bed. Usually if I am sleeping ok the night waking is not too bad as I only actually need to be awake about 10 mins or so.

What time does Jaz wake up? Another that helps isthat DS has been waking at 5:30am during the week, once I change him and stuff DP gets up with him and plays with him for an hour so I can get that little bit of solo sleep. She would have to get up around 7 for work anyway so she just gets up earlier and makes coffee etc and starts getting ready with him around.