Exhausted - any tips?

[Firstimemummy15]

Hi there - my three week old has been feeding every 45 mins - 60 mins today - I'm so sore and exhausted! Could this be a growth spurt? She only feeds for 5-10 mins at a tine, am I doing something wrong?

She also will not settle in her crib at night so we are co sleeping but I'm not comfortable with this long term - I see you can rent co sleeping fits - has anyone tried these?

Thank you a very tired but extremely proud and in love mummy!!!

Feeding often is regularly as a newborn is quite common but it is also easy for a new Mum to miss the signs of tiredness and assume all cries are for hunger.

Is breastfeeding established? If yes, a dummy is a very useful tool as a loco nipple to settle and sooth your baby with comfort sucking.

Re co-sleepers. You get relatively very little time from any crib, baby will be growing out of a crib by about 4 months. I have always used a full sized cot with one side removed, butted up to my bed.

I can't comment on co-sleeping as I didn't do it (intentionally).

Re feeding it could be a growth spurt - I think there can be one about 3 weeks. But, I agree with fatedestiny - you could be misinterpreting tired crying for hunger. I say this because I was. I read the 'baby whisperer' and that helped me look for signals as to what was wrong (personally I didn't like the book but there was a very useful table that described things a baby might do and what they mean). My Lo was giving me tired signs and crying and I was thinking she was hungry and giving her the boob which was pacifying her but nor really addressing the problem. A baby shouldn't be feeding that frequently (every 2-4 hours is about right). I notice you posted this a few days ago.. has it passed? in which case it could have been a growth spurt. If not then your LO is probably using you as a dummy to soothe herself!