Please pray

We need your prayers over here. Life is as hard as it was when Kent was only 2-3 weeks old. He's waking up at all hours of the night, seemingly hungry because he will nurse for real, not for comfort.

I've decided that I'm going to slowly transition to formula during the day, and try to nurse in the morning and at night. Trying to keep up my milk supply with my crazy schedule is simply an added stress and most likely unrealistic.

Saturday night into Sunday, I thought for sure he'd do well because I did a dream feed at 10 pm (4 oz formula), three hours after his bedtime feeding (which was also 4 oz formula). He woke up at 12:30 am and again at 4:30. I tried to let him cry it out, I tried putting the pacifier in his mouth and lulling him back to sleep (which he did for 5-10 minutes before crying again), and then I just ended up feeding him. He woke up at 6:30 for the day, totally soaked in pee.

On Sunday, Matt and I decided that we would add 1 oz of formula to each of his feedings, hoping he wouldn't be so hungry at night. I did that, and his last meal was at 7 pm (like normal) and I didn't have the energy to stay awake to give him a dream feed again. I crawled into bed at 9:15 pm. At 10:30 pm Kent woke up, hungry. I couldn't believe it. After adding more food to his daytime meals?? I let him cry, I tried the pacifier again, but ended up nursing him because he seemed hungry. I think I heard him cry at 1:20 am, but I was so exhausted that I might have dreamed it (or ignored it?). At 2:20 am, he was definitely crying. I was too tired to try to soothe him to sleep, so I just nursed him, but I could feel that he had peed through all of his layers. I had to change him, which really woke him up, but then I nursed him again. After that, he continued crying/babbling/shouting for a loooonnng time. I alternated comforting him with voice/pacifier/patting and letting him cry. Finally, at 3:50 am, I couldn't take it anymore and I nursed him again. From 4 am on, I'm not sure if I was hearing things in my head, or if he was really babbling, but I heard a couple of squawks here and there and I pleaded with God to PLEASE PUT HIM TO SLEEP!!

Today is my first day of school, but it's a modified schedule. I woke up at 7 am and Kent was fast asleep. I decided to feed him at 7:30 am so we could get our day started.

I don't know what to do anymore and everyone's suggestions make total sense:
--he's still on jet lag? (we've been back from CA 1 week now)
--he's going through a growth spurt? (he'll be 4 months this Thursday)
--he's teething?
--he's messing with me?

Am I reinforcing bad behavior by feeding him at night? I don't know. He does eat enthusiastically, so I don't want to ignore his needs, but we BOTH need good sleep at night.

I should add that his day time behavior is still normal: he eats every 2.5 to 3 hours, and he wants a nap after he's been awake 1.5 hours. He takes 3 naps and sometimes an extra cat nap. Nothing has changed in our routine that I can tell, except for me trying to switch over to formula. The sleeplessness has been going on since we went to CA, and I can't seem to believe that he's still on jet lag because he's doing fine during the day!

This is going to be a tough week. I love my baby, but I love sleep too. How can I be a good mama and teacher when I'm this foggy and cranky??