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3 week old - suddenly cluster feeding/fussy?

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AmberM223 · 08/07/2025 18:50

My little 3 week old (tomorrow) has been relatively settled up until yesterday. Cried on and all all eve yesterday and then every hour at night, not wanting to be put down. But for the last few weeks has fed every 3/4 hours - sometimes pushing 5!! (above birth weight) But since yesterday has been waking and screaming like he’s starving every 2ish hours? Do they revert back to cluster feeding?? must add he’s also formula fed. So i’m feeding every 2/2.5 hours today, i increased his feed to 4oz instead of 3 to see if that helped today, but he always falls asleep before the bottle is done. So he’s just absolutely sucking and chewing everything in sight 2 hours later for more milk.

I just wasn’t sure if this was normal?

I hate the screaming / crying (i know newborns do this) But my first born had extreme colic/ reflux and CMPA and i have bad ptsd (being treated for it) so i really try get on top of the crying, like making bottles before he has a meltdown.

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Superscientist · 08/07/2025 19:54

Yes the first ~8-10 weeks as periodic growth spurts which can throw things out usually just for a few days. I breastfeed but definitely had evenings every few weeks where it was pretty constant feeding and then more normal feeds in the middle
I had a reflux allergy baby and it took a long time to get over it and it was identified as a contributing factor in my pnd so I understand the avoidance of crying.

ToasterFuckUP · 08/07/2025 20:02

Mine cluster fed on and off for the first 3 months.

Feeding every 2 hours was also very normal after 3 months for a breastfed baby anyway.

m00ngirl · 08/07/2025 22:37

3 weeks is notorious for this sort of thing (crying and cluster feeding) I think. As is 6 weeks. I think due to growth spurts. Mine basically didnt come off the boob for large parts of the day during those stages. However I think feeding every two hours is normal and I’d be worried if baby was pushing to 5 hours.

gamerchick · 08/07/2025 22:41

His only job is to get your milk supply to match his growth. To do that he has to nurse. It's perfectly normal.

Breastfeeding is how I got into console gaming. All the sitting around for hours with a baby attached did my head in.

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