This may be more of a sleep/comfort issue instead of a hunger issue. Your baby may be using nursing to help soothe and fall back to sleep when he briefly wakes up. If so, then a bedtime bottle probably won't help anything. I nursed my third baby to sleep all the time (I knew better, but I liked it) and he woke up all throughout the night to eat because he had no ability to put himself back to sleep-not because he was hungry. When I fixed the sleep issue, I fixed the constant eating issue. Just a thought??

I agree with the last two posters. On the rare occasion that she gets a bm bottle, she sleeps MUCH better. I would also try rice cereal before formula.

If you are reluctant to use formula, have you considered rice or oatmeal added to a breast milk bottle? Just a thought.

Do you pump at all? I EBF, but we give him pumped milk for his last feeding before bed, so we are sure he is getting enough to sleep through the night. I feel like breastfeeding at night, when he was sleepy, was too comfy, and he was falling asleep too soon. So we don't hold him (usually have him on a changing table or our bed), and feed him a bottle...minimum 4oz, but he's taken as much as 7. We also cluster feed the last three feedings...we were doing every 2 hrs, now are doing every 90 min. He was sleeping 7-9 hours, then hit his sleep regression...after getting through that he is sleeping 11-12 hours.

Good luck!!

I bf all day and his last feeding at night is formula. I was feeding constantly at night and gave it a shot. its worked wonderfully since then. :)

Im sorry to hear he is up 3/4 times at night. That would be exhausting for me too. I do opposite with my lo feeding. I give formula during a day but breast before bed time (8-9pm) and early in a morning (6-7am) she doesn't wake up during a night. Definitely try to give him formula and see if it works better (5-6 oz should be enough) My friends son is 16 months old and still up couple times at night. Every baby is different. Hope bottle of formula before bed time will work for your lo. Good luck!!

My son gets formula and breast. Depending on how much he got brestfeeding I'll finish with a bottle. My son still wakes up at 1 , 4 and 6 and sleeps until 8 or 9 even 10. Then is up for the night. I tired giving him his binkie but he actually hungry. It may help for you but it didn't help for my son

3-4 times is a lot. You can try an 8 oz bottle an just see how much he eats. My baby won't eat more than he wants. But be sure to burp halfway through and give him a chance to breathe and realize he's full.