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I don't have much advice.... we got lucky in that my LO STTN at 2 1/2 months. Right when we stopped swaddling she was able to find her thumb and sucking her thumb was a life saver for us. Naps were a different story.... she was an awful napper until 8 months. But at least I could sleep at night so I was somewhat rested.

Good luck!

Honestly between 3-4 months was worse for us sleep wise then when she was a newborn. She went through the 4 month sleep regression early. It was so bad.

Are you cluster feeding before bed? Could you try a dream feed right before you go to bed? Maybe then he could go for a little longer and you would get a good stretch? Have you tried just giving him the pacifier instead of feeding?

@maybebaby: I would try the pacifier. It worked for Mrs Blue.
I am scared to try a dream feed still. R has decided to wake up multiple times a night again. I don't even think she is eating that much just wants the boob to fall back asleep. Exhausting with working.

Also maybe try the 1st wake up, having DH give him a bottle and you pump. Then you would have an idea on how much you are producing and how much he is eating.

http://www.hellobee.com/2013/06/11/the-magic-drop-a-feeding-pacifier-trick/

We topped our 3 month old off before bed and that always helped a lot. She slept like a rock star (one, maybe two wake ups a night, but usually she'd sleep 9-3, then 330-630 or so) but it went to shit at month 4.

We've been insanely fortunate in the sleeping department. A started STTN around 6 weeks. With stretches from 9 to3am. Then she started doing 10 hours at a time. She is now 18 weeks and still sleeps 10hrs straight (normally).
She is a TERRIBLE napper. She is not consistent AT ALL. But, I just roll with it because seriously who is going to complain about a 4 1/2 month old sleeping 10hrs at night??

My only suggestion (because she put herself on the sleep schedule) is to allow cluster feeding at night before bed if your LO seems to want it. That's what A does. She will drink 8oz and instead of waiting 4 or 5 hours to eat again like normal she will want another full bottle if it's near bed time. I think she tops herself off. It's worked for us.

My LO started doing really well at that age. A number of things changed so I'm not sure which did it, but we moved her to her own space in our room from in bed with us, she found her thumb, and accepted a pacifier instead of a boob at four am. She all of a sudden went from an eight and four hour stretch to twelve straight.
Hugs. He'll get it.

@maybebaby: Go to sleep earlier. The morning is your free time.

My son's sleep was at is BEST at that time and got much worse for over 9 months. After he turned one I finally started getting some sleep.

(SORRY)

@maybebe your sleep/eat schedule is EXACTLY to the HOUR like my DS. If you figure out something that works, please let me know. I do hear though from my other mom friends that they all went through this too and it wasn't until around 6 months that their babes STTN.

My LO is 12 almost 13 weeks. Here's what it looks like.

She goes to bed at 9. IF she wakes up, she'll wake up around 2:30 or 3, eat, then fall asleep until 4:30 or 5. We can usually put her back to sleep in her swing at this point, then she'll sleep till 7 or 7:30 (when I wake her up to go to daycare). On the weekend she'll still wake up around that time and have a bottle.

But for the last week, we stopped swaddling her and she's slept 9 pm to 6:30 am. SERIOUSLY WHOA. I hope this trend continues. We are waking her at 6:30 so she has time to have a bottle before daycare -- otherwise she might sleep even longer!

My LO seems to be on the same schedule as yours! His only "good" stretch is from 7-10:30 and I just can't go to sleep that early, so the longest stretch of sleep I ever get is 2 hours. I keep hoping it will resolve itself!