5 week old wants to feed nonstop

[RebeccaandOllie]

Hi All,
I have a 5 week old baby girl who since birth wont let me put her down for even 5 minutes. She also seems to want to feed 24/7. I would be happy to go along with this but I have a 2 year old son who is very jealous of all the attention his little sister is receiving. If I put her down and leave her to cry she will scream and scream until she is picked up and fed. I really dont know how I can change this as it seems noone is really happy with the situation. Has anyone else been through this? Would things improve if I changed to formula (she is exclusively breastfed at the moment). Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
Rebecca

Do get a sling. Not just for knit-your-own-yogurt types. Absolutely brilliant for this situation, I used one when DS2 was tiny - DS1 didn't even notice he was there, DS2 slept, woke, did his thing and DS1 did his.

Jealousy really only kicked in for us, when DS2 started trashing DS1 trainset!

Also someone gave me great tip - feed time for DC2 = story time for DC1 so everyone happy!

Sounds like a growth spurt. Feed as much as DD demands for a couple of days using sml's great tip about storytime (or CBeebies time) and she'll soon settle down. You'll produce more milk within 24 to 48 hours and her demands will get less. (At least until the next growth spurt by which time you'll recognise the urgent screaming and constant demanding). It really will be over in a few days if you go with it so don't panic. Looks like DS will be getting a few treats to see him through too so all is well.