Hi all,
I have a very healthy BF 2 week old who is gaining weight well and feeding enthusiastically. She feeds every 2-3 hours from morning until late evening but overnight (midnight to 5am) she wants to feed almost constantly. I know it is early days and normal for her to feed a lot. My only problem with it is total sleep deprivation as I also have a two year old who is up all day long.
I try all ways to keep her awake during night feeds so that she takes a decent amount of milk in one feed but after 5 mins she is so sleepy that she is floppy and impossible to wake. She then dozes for a few mins and repeats the process. I keep putting her on the same breast to make sure she gets hindmilk but really need some advice on how to move her cluster feeding to late evening instead of the early hours.. I know I'm asking a lot and many of you may think this is unreasonable to expect of such a young baby..
Any advice?
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2 week old cluster feeding all night long
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ajm200 · 03/11/2008 11:29
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