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3 week old

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JaffaJaffaJaffa · 22/11/2017 15:28

So we had the 2-3 week growth spurt and thought things were getting back to normal (in the sense that he wouldn't be feeding every 2hrs and might sleep a little longer - prior to the growth spurt he was sleeping for between 3 and 4 hours a time with 2hrs awake time in between) and yesterday was fantastic, almost back to that. However, today he won't sleep for longer than half an hour in his moses basket and I've no idea why? He sleeps longer when he's on mine or my husbands chest but I don't want to get him into the habit of only sleeping on us - other days he's been perfectly happy in his moses basket, what gives? He's not over stimulated, we've had no visitors today, he's doing plenty of wet and dirty nappies, he's had some awake time, he feeds for about 15-20 minutes on each boob each time.. My husband goes back to work next week and I'm worried I will be on my own, how am I going to be able to cope/sleep/do anything if he is like this?

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Lovingtyrells · 23/11/2017 02:21

Some people can’t put down their babies in the Moses as this age at all and for some time yet!

teaandbiscuitsforme · 23/11/2017 11:50

I'd really question whether expressing is giving you any benefits at the moment. If you want to sleep, feed and then leave the baby sleeping on your husband for an hour or two. Or (what I would actually do) learn to feed lying down and safely cosleep.

Look at nappy output and weight gain for whether your baby is getting enough milk. The frequency of feeds, how long they feed for etc are not important at this stage if you are getting plenty of wet and dirty nappies and baby is gaining weight.

Definitely google the fourth trimester. It will help with expectations around having a newborn, particularly when you're breastfeeding.

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