My 5 week old needs to be fed tto sleep

[Hel1985]

My 5 week old always needs to bed fed to sleep and I I'm starting to feel I can't get out and about just incase she wakes and there's no where to sit down and feed her properly. She formula fed and can take anywhere between 1.5 0z to 3oz varying around 30 minutes to 2hrs. We have no routine or knowledge of when she's going to want another a feed and with two other children I'm feeling a little over whelmed by it all. She won't take any dummy and gets more frustrated when I try. Any advice would be so so grateful xxx

Perfectly normal. Try a sling for getting little onto to sleep too.

Just feed her to sleep! Babies this young can’t make bad habits, you’re not making a rod for your back, she won’t need a bottle till she’s 20, she will learn to go to sleep.

Just go with the flow when they’re this little, whatever works for you both is fine. It doesn’t matter what anyone else does or thinks.

so does my 13 month old! In fact I’m typing this as he’s having a nap in my lap, boob in mouth. Just go with it. Congratulations on your baby, you’re doing a great job. The first few weeks are the worst, you’ll be out the other side soon.

If it wasn't bothering the OP I'd also say it's fine to 'go with it', but it is impacting her life negatively so that advice maybe isn't the most helpful.

With that in mind, OP, maybe check out the 7pm to 7am Sleeping Baby book. You don't have to stick rigidly to anything in it but it might give you some semblance of a routine that you'll find more workable.

Good luck!

Thanks ladies when would you recommend teaching her to sleep without a feed?
She woke this morning at 6, fed her (3oz) and then let her have abit of time in her swinging chair, which lasted 10 mins before she started to scream, then changed her bum and fed her to sleep at 7am where she took 1oz. Hope that sounds like I'm doing it right? Xxx

She’s 5 weeks. Try not to worry about this - just enjoy her as far as you can

Sounds like you are definitely doing it right!

It is normal, but I didn’t want to have to teach my two to sleep without a boob later on.
So with mine I swaddled them when they fed so they were lovely and warm, and I made sure to put them down when they were very drowsy but still a little awake. I didn’t want the shock of the cold sheet hitting them to wake them so I would either put a hot water bottle into their basket to warm it (remove before adding the baby) or leave a corner of the swaddling cloth so that it could be pulled up and keep their neck warm. It didn’t always work but often it did and over time meant they could settle just fine without me. All babies are differ of course but might be worth a try?

My son is 18 months. At him he’s still fed to sleep. In nursery he falls asleep easily. Nobody has taught him anything. They’re babies they need us. Don’t think when they are 18 years they’ll need us and we will be missing it.

Btw you’re doing ok. Babies at this age normally feed loads as they’re having a growth spurt.

Ps. He’s still breastfed which means it’s just me who can feed him to sleep oppose to a bottle fed one. Treasure these days cuz one day they’ll be over and you’ll miss them