Baby wants me after bottle

[Melody27]

Hi all, My baby is 6 weeks old and I’ve been pumping a bottle for my husband to give him at night. Every time he then wants me after, he’ll fall asleep for 5-10 mins and then wake up upset so I feed him. He doesn’t quite finish the bottle so h don’t think he’s still hungry. Any ideas as I feel like I’m working double as hard for no reason at the mo!! X

Do you need to pump or just want baby used to the bottle? To be honest frequent feeding at night time and wanting mum is totally normal at this stage. Feeding is about more than filling their belly. If it's too much to pump I would stop. Maybe use a collection pump to build a freezer stash if you want to.

If you’re using a slow flow teat then he might be falling asleep before he’s had his fill. Either that or he wants to comfort suck.

He's only 6 weeks old, he wants all he's ever known, which is you x