I thought I might know what I was doing 2nd time around but no........
Baby born 4 days ago, my milk now in. He is feeding constantly but will not sleep between times. I have had about 3 hours sleep in total since Monday and was so bad in early hours last night was almost hallucinating!
He is feeding, taking the milk, coming off the breast but as soon as I put him down he wakes up again, rooting for nipple. He would sleep on me but that's not option and tbh even though not keen, tried to get him to sleep in my bed last night but still wouldn't.
He just seems to want a nipple in his mouth all the time. Stupidly I gave him a dummy on Tues, just for respite but this hasn't worked as soon as he spits it out, he wakes up and cried. He hasn't slept much at all and nor have I.
I am exhausted and not sure what to do. I don't mind waking up every couple of hours at night which was what I was prepared for after my first baby but I can't cope with NO sleep between feeds.
Is this a growth spurt so early? Or is he just stimulating the milk?
Please, any advice......am losing the plot!