Baby waking up lots through the night wanting food.

[Tyler2015]

Hi, my baby is nearly 3 weeks old but waking up lots through the night like every 2 hours really restless until I give him a bottle and sometimes when I've gave in and gave him a earlier feed he's sick.

Is it time for hungry baby formula?

He's breast and formula fed.

Normal for a 3 week old to want 2 hourly feeds 24/7. They have tiny tummies and don't know the difference between day and night.

Completely normal I’m afraid, hang in there you’re doing great. It will get better over time.

So normal! 3 weeks and 8 weeks are, ime of having had 3 dc, the absolute worst times. Constant hunger, zero sleep. If you can master side lying feeding, set the bed up for safe sleep and feed like that. That way you can snooze and feed.

Your baby’s stomach is the size of a walnut, and he is (presumably) growing fast!

It is 100% normal that newborns wake like this, tiring as it is.

Is the breastfeeding going well? I would just sit up, feed him yourself to avoid dealing with bottles etc in the night, try and both remain dozy and go back to sleep. Nap as much as you can when he sleeps in the day.

Do not introduce hungry baby formula.

Congratulations on your new baby!

Don't "give in" to your baby - feed them when they're hungry! 3 weeks is so so tiny and they need you a lot. It will gradually change, but it's totally normal at this stage.

Ahh he was doing so well as well going every 3/4 hours through the night the midwife insisted i fed him every 3 hours as he was born 6lb so I was setting an alarm and now feel like I've made a rod for my own back or I was doing something wrong. He's fine with the every 3 hours throughout the day it's more night time.
I've actually got an 8 year old but you forget how hard this is 😂.

Thanks so much ladies.

I express most of the time with breast milk because sometimes he'll latch and other times he won't he just gets frustrated with it so I just end up giving him a bottle instead.

Glad I'm not alone with this it's exhausting. He's on 4oz now so if he's wanting fed more often now surely he won't have a 4oz every 2 hours, do I down the oz's and feed like 2oz every 2 hours?

That's what babies do at that age, they have very small stomachs so can only really drink little and often.

As their ounces increase with age, the time between feeds becomes longer.

No to hungry baby formula! It’s the same amount of calories but it’s harder to digest so not ideal for little tummies - most babies will never need it but those that do are probably going to be over 4 months old with an increased appetite but not quite ready for weaning just yet.

Have a tried a dummy? They’re great for when they want to suck for comfort but don’t need another feed just yet.

I will hold off with the hungry baby milk then thank you.
Yeah he just sucks the living day lights out of his dummy then spits it out when he realises it's not milk 😂 he's such a gannet but he's gaining weight and has from the start he only lost half an oz from being born and was 6lb 13 on the 10th day. So just a growing baby bless him it's just the nights that are a nightmare but needs must 😊.

At this age, feed on demand. Inn afraid that's what babies do!

My LO is 10 weeks old (3 weeks early and low birth weight) and still wants feeding every 2 and a half hours during the day and max 2-3 hours through the night. We went through 2 weeks where he went longer but he’s back ravenous again.

Went to a postnatal group and it’s a little deflating as he seems so far behind babies his age. It’s knackering but just have to keep telling myself it will improve at some point!