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Length of time between feeds, when will it change?

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Rldowning · 10/10/2023 17:39

My baby is currently 5 weeks old and she's feeding every 1 - 2 hours during the day. Over the past couple of days I've been lucky if she gets to the 2 hour mark before crying for more. Sometimes she doesn't even finish the bottle and could drink anything from 1oz to the full 4oz.

At night though (after being put to bed) she's started going a few hours, sometimes 4, before wanting her top up.

On top of that, she's barely sleeping in the daytime, just a few power naps here and there...What age do babies start going longer than two hours?

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Kewchoc · 10/10/2023 18:59

It sounds like she's cluster feeding, my little boy did this when he was a newborn but it didn't last too long. Sorry I don't have a more specific answer. I know it's really, really hard though and equally as exhausting! Are you and your partner able to share the feeds between you?

Regarding naps, it's a myth that all babies sleep all the time. My son didn't nap for more than 30 minutes at a time from birth until he was about 11 months old, some babies just have really low sleep needs!

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