Cosleeping and overfeeding

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10 days old and I fell asleep with him already in bed. The bed was set up no pillows as I'm breastfeeding anyway and conscious it may happen. Just me and baby in bed and hes still asleep from approx 11pm so that's 6 hours.

The thing is he's been feeding every two hours every night and straight back in his cot and awake within two hours for the next feed. Lastnight he went 6 hours. So does he really need all them feeds or is this overfeeding.

I needed that sleep and have thought about cosleeping but so terrified of something going wrong, there's so much conflicting advice. I dont know what to do for the best.

Nope sounds normal for 10 days old. Their stomachs are tiny like the size of a cherry and do feed very regularly! It’s hard work but normal and reduces with time.
you can’t iverfeed a breast fed baby, they will take as much as they need. As long as you’re feeding responsively (ie when they cry/want feeding) and they’re putting on weight you don’t need to wake to feed or feed on a schedule!

I can’t advise in do sleeping as I never did but read up on the lullaby trust to ensure you’re doing so safely which I’m sure you are.

I’ve attached a screen shot of when my little one (second child) was born and how often they fed (orange) and slept (green) hope this reassures you x

That's interesting, is that an app?

I've just been reading the le leche safe 7 site. Will have a look at the other one.

I breastfed my first and even though I don't think she fed as often she was on the breast for much longer and she was in the 90s centile I always thought she overfed tbh

You can't overfeed a breastfed baby.

I've co slept with my little from about 4 mo (when she started shimmying out of her next to me cot to snuggle against me. )
She's nearly two and we're snuggled in her toddler bed right now!

You can't overfeeding a breastfed baby.

It's a kind of magic between the 2 of you that your milk adjusts to her demand.

I'd read up on safe sleeping. Mine wanted to feed every 2 hours for ... well I won't say how long but cosleeping made it bearable.

Feeding every 2 hours sounds very normal for a 10 day old.

As per the previous posters ; you can't overfeed a breast fed baby. You just have to respond to demand.

You can't overfeed a breastfed baby. I breastfed 5. Days/ night vary widely. They are not robots. You are doing well.

Re cosleeping when DD was tiny I used to sleep in thick trackies and a zip front trackie top to make feeding easier and thick bed socks. I wasn't cold as they were much thicker than pj.

Congrats on your new baby and her feeding frequency sounds totally normal. When they feed frequently they are putting in their order for 3 days time to increase you milk supply. The science behind breastfeeding really is quite magical when you look into it.

The feeding frequently is what promotes your supply, they feed frequently one day to generate more milk the next, it’s impossible to overfeed a breastfed baby.

We fed lying down and coslept, made the bed safe, DH slept elsewhere. I wore warm pyjamas and socks, no duvet, no pillows. It meant I slept.

Make sure you eat and drink loads.

Yeah it’s called Baby tracker, it’s fab you can customise it to track as much or as little as you want from feeding and sleep to mile stones weight and growth etc. I’m a bit neurotic and have a terrible memory so it reminded me which side I started feeding on last and eventually you could see a pattern over the coming months of when she fed etc.

It’s hard not to compare babies (even your own) but try not to, one of mine was like your first, longer fewer feeds, my youngest was a snacker mostly, little but often!

Sounds totally normal to me OP, they need to nurse a lot to build your supply. You can't over feed a breastfed baby.

Sounds like LO is doing a very good job of getting your supply established

Have a read of the importance of responsive feeding.

Thank you. I'll have a read of that.

Even though I didn't forget how tiring the first few weeks were. It's been a shock to the system to say the least and adding in im so much older now.

I'm so scared of falling asleep feeding. Reading about the cuddle curl making me feel abit better and it makes so much sense too.

I've never heard it called the Cuddle Curl before but that's exactly what it is! A lovely protective little curl around your LO

I co slept and would barely wake up to feed, slept on my side curled round baby. Helps to have them 5cm from boob!

2h is more normal than 6h at 10 days old. We were waking every 3h at 10 days as she wasn't back at birth weight and was very sleepy. She was back at birth weight at 14 days and we did another week of waking at 4h and then fed on demand which was waking every 2h once she was a bit more alert. During the day she fed every 90 minutes until 6 months