hello,
DS2 is just 9 weeks and EBF since birth ( bar few bottles in first 4 days whilst in special care). I last had him weighed at 6 weeks and he was just below 9th centile which was a steady gain. Was planning to go to baby clinic again this week. I went to a breast clinic and they said the latch was ok.
He is wanting to feed every 2 hours from about 5am to 5pm, then hourly until 10pm plus three feeds overnight. For anywhere 10mins- 30mins oer feed, sometimes one boob only. I am finding this quite exhausting and I am worrying it is impacting negatively on ds1, who is fed up with me always feeding and his behaviour has been awful. He is just 4 and starts school in 2 weeks so it is a particularly stressful time for he ( i know, bad timing). I can't get anything done,
Is this normal?
Will it just improve by itself?
My mum keeps telling me it is far too frequent and if ds was on bottles he would feed 3-4 hourly and sleep better. I had assumed this was just a perfect situation that wouldn't be reality.
for info, I EBF DS1 until weaning, then continued until 15mo although this was just morning and night from going back to work at 10mo. I admit to having forgotten this feeding pattern early on.
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2 hourly feeding at 9 weeks - normal?
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dietcokeisgreat · 16/08/2015 21:10
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