Will try not to repeat myself as have posted before.
DD is 3 and a half weeks old. She lost 20% of her birth weight at 1 week and was admitted to hospital. Has been on formula top-ups ever since and is now gaining 1oz per day.
Have reduced the top-ups to one last thing at night - on Monday I didn't give her a top-up at all. She woke every hour in the night and fed for hours yesterday, only taking a break when she fell asleep in the car and out in her pram and at one point when I had a nap feeding her lying down.
I've been reassured that this is totally normal and I know that my supply needs to get established which will have been made harder by the top-ups.
Anyway, I saw my NCT group today, none of them have experienced feeding anywhere near as frequently as my DD is. For example I fed her from 9AM-1PM today, only stopping to put her in the car to go and meet the group. Whilst there (2 hours) I fed her twice, although she slept for some of it.
I am having fantasises now about switching to formula, after having a bottle is the only time she doesn't seem absolutely ravenous. Her latch has been checked and seems ok and she is doing plenty of wet nappies.
I really don't want to formula feed, I want to get back to exclusive breastfeeding. Guess I am just looking for reassurance that her feeding will calm down eventually...