My DS2 is 5 days old and feeding allll the time. I'm just shattered.
When he was born he instantly fed for about 90 minutes! He had a tongue tie which was cut on day 2 but my nipples got shredded from so much feeding in that time so are very sore. Hes a lazy latcher and getting him to open his mouth wide is a challenge but we are making progress!
He is nursing SO much though I don't remember DS1 doing it! And it's not all suckling - he was weighed day 3 and was exact same as his birth weight so the feeding is doing him good!
Issue is me basically- im absolutely exhausted. He feeds every 1-2 hours. Last night he did stretch to 3 hours so I got a little shut eye. But in the day I'm just attached to him. It's upsetting DS1 who is 3 1/2 too as there's just no mummy time which is upsetting me in my tired emotional state.
He generally nurses for 10-15 mins at a time. If less than 10 he'll nurse again within the hour. 20 minutes I can get 2-3 hours from him.
Also If his latch gets lazy and I try to take him off to adjust him he falls asleep so then he'll be back on within an hour.
Basically wondered if others had had similar babies and when or how I can expect a bit longer between feeds? I'm really struggling
Any tips welcome xx
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Newborn constantly feeding - help!
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Pagetta · 24/06/2016 21:01
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