Fussy baby 3 weeks old - is this normal?

[Creamtea1]

Hi, just wanting to check this is all par for the course!
Have 3 week old dd who is ebf. Good weight gain etc, lots (perhaps too many!) yellow poos and wees. However, in the evening - between 8 and 11 usually, she pretty much cluster feeds but is also v fussy and hard to settle. She will want to feed and feed but as it gets later, and she gets tired, she will be manic for the boob then latch on for 30 secs then pull off crying - I can also hear her tummy gurgling and she really gulps in the air/milk etc - sometimes gasps for breath whilst doing it. Then cries, wants the breast for comfort but then milk will start when she suckles which then makes her splutter and gasp and so the cycle continues. I've tried a dummy so she can comfort suck when I know she is full but she won't have it.
Is this all just normal evening fussiness and will pass as her digestive system matures?
Am also avoiding dairy, spicy, citrus and chocolate (boo!)

Normal - and yes, it does pass.

No need whatsoever to avoid any foods. That's a dreadfully restrictive diet and will not do any good whatsoever for you or your baby!

A very few highly susceptible babies may react to traces of dairy in the breastmilk - and there are a couple of papers indicating high levels of caffeine may have an effect (and I mean high). But there's really nothing beyond individual anecdote about spices and citrus.

Eat what you like :)

My DD did this. Seems like a lifetime ago now and she's only 16 weeks! It's very frustrating when you just want to sleep! We used to call it "farming" and just assumed it was her biological need to put in her order for the next day.

DD doesn't do this now but does feed to sleep.

The only thing I did work out at about 4/5 weeks was sometimes this behaviour was trapped wind and talk her off for a big burp sometimes (not all the time!) helped calm her down.

I don't reckon you need to restrict your diet either, unless under medical supervision. Order thee some chocs to enjoy with a film or crap tv for your cluster feeding sesh later.

Congrats btw

Sounds exactly like my 3 week old DS. But I can remember from his big sister that it is par for the course and doesn't last! Can't offer any advice other than keep offering the breast when your DD displays any feeding cues. And enjoy your new baby: this bit passes so quickly and the next stage is when they are pulling off to have a good nosey around at what's going on in the room (most embarrassing when sat in a cafe and your milk squirts in to someone else's tea!).

Thanks all
Feel reassured now and happy to know it is par for the course...will also tuck in to the dairy milk then!
This first few weeks has gone so quickly am sure will be looking back at this time before I know it.