My baby is one day off 3 weeks old and I think must be on a growth spurt / cluster feeding but it just seems very extreme even after what I’ve read online and heard from other mums.
The last 3 days she’s slept around 6 hours at night broken into either 1 or 2 hour wakings...but then she’s barely slept at all during the day. Around 4 hours and very very broken, totalling 10-12 hours per day.
I feel absolutely on my knees with sleep deprivation as she didn’t sleep loads before this either but definitely more than this. She started with having a fussy / witching hour 7-11pm ish but now also has another one from 5 or 6am until around 11am. During this time she feeds but then starts pushing off the boob but wanting to latch straight back on and then getting very frustrated and screaming, really angry / distressed screams. I’ve started co-sleeping also as she wakes as soon as I put her down and she’ll only settle with me and just screams on my husband so I just feel completely overwhelmed.
Today I’ve tried to express some milk which came out pretty easily so I don’t think supply is an issue, she’s gaining lots of weight and loads of nappies but everything else seems to look like she’s starving to death as she seems so distressed and she didn’t cry very much before this.
Is this normal?? If anyone has any tips that would be great. I’m hoping expressing will help boost my supply but it’s hard to even find the time as she doesn’t sleep long enough.