I think the thing is Liz - these babies would have slept through anyway - with or without the comp feed.

The best thing for me has been my baby buddies group where heaps of the babies still dont consistently sleep through at 18m. And that is a range of formula and breastfed babies. Its just a thing - I dont know why people are in a rush to get their child to sleep and doubt their abilities of nourishing their children.

I get the ones liek sarah that dont really have a choice, but if more MCHN's and drs laid off about the sleep factor, and tried to make us feel good about what we do, things would be easier, and mums might feed for longer.

Like you - I often find myself biting my tongue when people say they stopped breastfeeding after a few weeks cause they weren't getting any sleep..... Its their decision, but when you have worked so hard to establish a feeding routine, its such a shame the support isn't there tohelp mums get through that 6w of sleep deprivation, and understand that some kids just dont sleep that well.

Anyway - I do get where you are coming from. I still know that while I was lucky to have a great milk supply, it was seriously hard work that paid off me feeding Jenna til she was 15m without a drop of formula ever touchine her lips. Something that my partner and I are both very proud of.