Dear all - this is my first message on mumsnet and I hope someone might be able to reassure me! My baby is a week old and seems to be feeding constantly throughout the night without going down for any sleeps in between. Yesterday he slept from 6pm-9.30pm-ish. I then tried a 'night-time feed' at 10.30-11pm, and he fed happily for about 20 mins, and dozed off at the breast, but when I tried to put him down he was unsettled and seem to be still hungry - so cue changing and feeding him again... until 5am this morning when he finally fell asleep for an hour or so! Each time he feeds he seems to be getting a lot of milk, and has already gone over his birth weight... Am I doing something wrong? Could it possibly be normal for him to go so long - 7 or 8 hours - without sleeping properly? How can I encourage some kind of stretch of proper sleep in between feeds? Any suggestions would be really appreciated...
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feeding more or less constantly with no sleeps in between - any advice please?!
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plumcake · 14/09/2008 09:07
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