7 week hour feeding hourly at night

[WildGoldFish]

Hello

Our newborn baby turned 7 weeks on Sunday, he’s never slept through the night but usually woke every 2-3 hours to feed which is manageable for me. The past few nights he’s been feeding hourly or every 1.5 hours! I am exhausted. Is this normal ? I am exclusively breastfeeding and my husband gives him 1 expressed bottle for the 12pm-1am feed.

any suggestions? I am feeding him every 2-3 hours during the day too.

thanks!

He is probably having a growth spurt and trying to up your milk production it will drop back to what it was before after a few days maybe a couple of weeks worst case. I think you just have to go with it. The more he feeds each night, the quicker your milk supply will get bigger.

It is normal unfortunately.
Make sure you look after yourself, try and sleep during the day and forget about housework etc, just do the minimum. This won't last forever.
Look into safe co sleeping and lying down feeding too, this saved my sanity when mine were little!

This was normal for both my babies.

I am praying the next will do 2-3hrs at 7 weeks- that's amazing you've had that so far.

Its probably just a growth spurt/ developmental leap/ supply building.

They go through phases, it's normal. It won't last forever, probably won't even be the same this time next week. If you can, lean on your partner. Agree between you what will be let slide in the house until you are getting more sleep i.e only quick meals, using a laundrette etc. You can't do it all.

I EBF my daughter and she didn't sleep through for the first time until she was around 10 months, and not reliably until past 12 months. It does get significantly easier when they only feed once or twice a night though!

Thank you everyone. Currently facing a new issue that I’ll do a fresh post for. He’s stopped taking his 1 expressed bottle at night 😫

Can you try feeding a little more frequently during the day so you're LO gets the calories at a less exhausting time of day?! At that age, my baby would take a second full feed 45 minutes after the last! So we would try to get at least one extra feed in during the day.

I would t worry too much about them not taking the bottle at night. If your DH is home today, see if LO will take a bottle during the day when things are often less stressful.

Also agree with feeding as much as you can during the day, offer ever couple of hours to try and get them really tanked up.

Daylight has a beneficial affect on babies sleep too so give them a good feed, maybe with some Breast Compressions and then get DH to take LO out for a walk.

Also it's perfectly normal for babies not to sleep through at 7 weeks, no matter what others might tell you.

Firstly, many parents lie about how much sleep their babies have and how often they wake.

And secondly, according to these studies on normal infant sleep only 16% of babies are sleeping through by six months.

There are things you can do to help though, like offering feeds very regularly in the daytime, daylight exposure and having a read of the No Cry Sleep Solution.

A PP mentioned having them in bed with you. Lots of parents do this even if it's just occasionally. If you ever consider it then BASIS Online is a good resource.

I can promise you it will get better though