hey there
try to hang in there, having a baby is EXHAUSTING, and nothing can prepare you for it, its exhausting beyond belief, but it does get easier..... if i were you i would write off the next few weeks and try to mentally prepare yourself to be completely sleep deprived and all over the place, do not focus on anything except yourself and your baby, let the housework go, take help from others, get them to cook you meals or help with the washing, get as much rest as humanly possible and give your baby as much hugs and snuggles as humanly possible, because you will never ever get this time back, not that you want the sleep deprivation back, but im talking about this beautiful newborn time that goes by in an instant...

for what its worth i put my dd onto formula at 3 months out of sheer desperation, i was willing to try ANYTHING to get some sleep, it didn't help at all... her sleep or lack thereof i think was a result of reflux, which eventually disappeared... anyways what im saying is, don't think of formula as a miracle cure for more sleep, as sometimes it just doesn't work, and i would give anything to have persevered with the breast feeding if i had my time over again... it can often start from a top up here or there and then suddenly bottle feeding seems easier than breast feeding then before you know it your supply has dwindled and your baby prefers the teat to the well errrr tit! it can be a downwards spiral.... that said im sure many people do manage to top up feed successfully, just be aware that it can easily go one way or the other.

hang in there and just repeat in your head that it is going to get easier, and babies aren't meant to be good at sleeping, its something they learn, some more faster than others... i never thought i would have a child that goes down at 7.30pm and wakes at 6.30am with no feeds, but here i am with a 12 month old that does just that, and has done from about 10 months.... i never in a million years thought it would happen.... you might think 10 months good lord that is ages away i will not survive that long without sleep, but trust me, you will, and when you look back you can't believe how fast it went, even though at the time it felt like hell on earth... and i reckon your body starts to adjust and get used to the new demands too.... i learnt to cope on 4 hours sleep, didn't cope very well, but coped nevertheless...

the first few months is all about surival, don't have too many high expectations, just resign yourself to being a new mum with a new gorgeous bubby and you are both finding your feet.

sorry for long post, i just remember being in the same situation looking for a solution to something that wasn't necessarily wrong or broken, sleep is an acquired skill for bubs and you can do your head in trying everything under the sun to make them sleep, you can exhaust yourself being preoccupied with sleep! in the end alot of the times it doesn't matter what you do, babies are babies, so just try to enjoy yours and you will in time be getting some great solid blocks of sleep that you will relish, just not yet... xx