FF vs. BF

Goodysgirl

Do FF babies sleep better & longer than BF babies?

Is your LO FF or BF? How old and how are his/her sleeping habits?

LilMissLadybug

Formula never made a difference with DD and doesn't with DS either. He eats every 2hrs about 2-4oz.

Alli3586

My daughter was BF for 2 weeks, then we switched to FF. She takes 45min-1 1/2 hour naps during the day and then she sleeps from 10pm-7am.

babyike

EBF. 5 1/2 months old.  No solids yet.  At night, she sleeps from 8:30ish to 1-2ish.  Wakes to nurse.  Back to sleep until 7ish.

(she was waking at least 2 times per night until 5 months old).

roxannaway@aol.com

I think every baby is different and I am not sure that it really has anything to so with FF or BF... my DD is BFed and she has been STTN since she was 5 or 6 weeks old. She is 4 months old now and still STTN

iris427

FF babies tend to sleep longer because formula is harder for babies to digest than breastmilk, so they don't get hungry as often.  My BF baby still wakes up a lot during the night to nurse.

jls7284

for the first 4 weeks I was only breastfeeding and he kept wanting to eat again only an hour later, so I started giving him formula at every other feeding and he definitly went longer between feedings, it seems like it satisfied him much more. I'm not sure if it was the formula or the amount he was getting because when he was breastfeeding I didnt have any idea how many ounces he was consuming.... i am still doing both and he sleeps about 3-4 hours at night before waking for another feeding or diaper change (whichever wakes him first)

lildutch

My DD is BF.  She used to eat every 4 hours and then have a long 6 hour stretch at night.  Now that she is 4 months it seems like she is stretching it out longer - so she eats about every 5 hours and then has a long 7 hour stretch at night. 

mollyrow

I BF'd for one month and stopped due to supply issues.  FF made no difference for my DD who was not a great sleeper and just started STTN now at around 6 months.

CWMC

I think breastmilk goes through a baby's system much quicker than formula. I bf about every 2-3 hours during the day and then every 4-5 hours at night. Ds will sleep 4-5 hours at a time at night. DS is 10 weeks old.

KeepingItLowKey

Lydia has been an amazing sleeper since day one and was sleeping LONG uninterrupted nights by 1 month. And last night she slept 7:30pm-9:00am!

She's BF.?

*Mush*

DS sleep 11 - 12 hours a night straight and he is FF

 

He has been STTN since 6 weeks old (about 6-7 hours straight)

MrsG2B07

DD has only had breastmilk I BF and she gets pumped milk about 12 times a week.  She gets up every 3-4 hours a night to eat.

Alyssa&Dan06

Eh....I have tried both before bed and no real luck.  He was STTN when he was strictly just on bf and we have been feeding him formula before bed for a month now and he just STTN again last night for the first time.  So I really don't think it has much to do with sleeping with our ds.  However, we are trying the same pattern of what we did last night just to see what happens tonight!!

gbtc01

My LO is BF and eats every 3-4 hours during the day. She eats 5 oz at a time. When she was younger and we were working on getting her schedule for bedtime moved closer to 9 we would put a half scoop of formula in her last bottle. It seemed to thicken the milk enough to make her work for it more and the sucking itself would help her fall asleep. (She has never been one to use a pacifier to sleep at night)

She has always been a good sleeper and sleeps for about 8 hours a night. She eats a total of about 25-30 oz a day

PhilsWife07

No difference at all, except that I slept better when he was EBF.

LynnInLove1007

My son is BF and he has been sleeping through the night since he was 5 weeks old.

EmilyOTR1

My son is breastfeed and has been sleeping through the night since about 6 weeks.

Mrs.V

My son is BF and he takes 1-2 hr. naps during the day and feeds every 2-3 hrs. At night he sleeps 3 hr. stretches.

adri77

STTN is a developmental milestone and has nothing to do with what babies eat.  when they are ready to do it, they will, just like any other milestone.