8 week old still feeding every 2 hours or less and won't sleep in cot

[haleysunshine32]

Hi everyone,
First time mum here... I've been exclusively BF since my little girl was born, and she still feeds around every 2 hours (usually just under that through the day) for only about 10 minutes a feed. She always seems pretty satisfied and I let her feed until she's finished herself, so I don't think I have a supply issue or anything, but I just keep seeing lots of advice and other mums suggesting by 8 weeks the feeds should be spacing out to every 3-4 hours, and I'm just wondering why my baby is still such a constant eater! We've also been co-sleeping since she was about a week old as she has never settled in her own cot. She'll usually cry within 5 minutes of being putt down, and if not, just lay awake with all 4 limbs constantly moving for the entire time she's laying there, and I start to worry she'll get overtired as she just won't fall asleep on her own. Again, been seeing lots of women saying they have already started a bedtime routine at 8 weeks, and it makes me wonder if I'm not doing the right things!

Anyone experienced the same?I know she's very much still a newborn and we don't need to rush things at all, I'm just starting to wonder when things will get a little easier and whether we should be a introducing a routine/plan for her at this stage...

Apologies - it wasn't the health visitor. It was the person that comes out to do the heel prick blood tests, weight, etc (maternity support worker??). She said it used to be advised to always offer both (which is what I was told with first) but now they advise to offer the same breast until baby is happy.

@benandhollyagaaain there’s no guidance that I’m aware of that states not to offer the second breast. The trust she works for may be saying that so the baby gets the fattier milk before swapping breasts as it’s more of a watery drink to begin with.

But nevertheless it shows that women are told so much conflicting advice it’s difficult knowing what is right, and it’s no wonder BF rates in the UK aren’t great

Sounds perfectly normal. My 9 month old is still like this, it's exhausting! Hope your Dd settles into a routine soon.

by 8 weeks the feeds should be spacing out to every 3-4 hours,
DD has only started spacing out that much at 8 MONTHS, now she's taking on more solids and also chugging milk all night long. I began to enjoy BFing more when I stopped keeping track of feeds, timings, one boob or both, and just let her do her own thing.

Same story here! Sounds pretty normal. Do you put her to bed in the cosleeper once she falls asleep? I found mine is slowly drifting from 2 to 3 hours. Every baby is different though.