Hello all!
Ten day old baby, my first. Breastfeeding but really struggling because of relentless cluster feeding at night. Night time feeds last between five and ten hours and are continuous, not just every half hour/hour.
He is a healthy baby who is putting on weight and filling/wetting more than enough nappies a day. During the day he will feed for half an hour, be up for half an hour and then sleep for between two and four hours, and seems very content, which is perfect!
At night he is like a different baby, seems to get quite frustrated and just won't be put down or stop frantically feeding, leaving me to believe perhaps my boobs don't give him anything at night?! Is this possible?
I am keen to continue breastfeeding if poss but massively struggling with this. What do people think about trying to express (if I can!) when my milk is flowing in the morning and then giving him a bottle of it last thing at night to try and get another deep sleep from him to shorten the night time cluster feed? Or will this make it harder later on down the line? Worried his mouth will prefer the teat of a bottle as easier and worried about mucking up supply this early?
Any advice hugely appreciated.
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To express or not to express?!
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AgathaAsprin · 04/02/2016 21:30
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