DS will be 6wks old on Monday. Is doing well and gaining 0.5lb a week! BUT frequency of feeds is the same now as it was at 3 wks-is this normal?? We usually manage to go 2hrs in between feeds (from the start of 1 feed to the start of another) during the day. At night if we are lucky we can get one or two 3hr gaps in the evening/start of the night (but feeding/changing/settling can take 1hr so only 2hrs sleeping) and then it gets shorter as the night progresses until its every 1.5hrs (so maximum of 1hrs sleep in beween). Last night he fed for an hour at 9pm and then woke again at 12. How is he ever going to go any longer if feeding for an hour doesn't fill him up?? Also sometimes when he wakes, he will be really cross and crying and rooting, and then when he latches on he sucks really vigourously for 5-10mins before falling fast asleep again. And other times he seems to get really frustrated when feeding and keeps latching on and off and head butting my boob. I'm worried he's only getting foremilk at these times and not really getting any nutrition (although his weight gain is good). I try to persist on feeding from one side til I feel a second let down and I'm sure he's had some hindmilk but sometimes he loses interest before this happens but is still hungry. HELP!!!
ALSO thinking of starting to express to see if he will take a bottle of DH to allow me to sleep-any useful hints and tips??