Newborn sleeping pattern.

[Reah90]

Hi I have a new born baby at 5 days old, she wakes up every 40 minutes - 1 hour crying and sucking the air as if she is hungry after just feeding her. I have just gave her a dummy as I thought maybe just the sensation would tide her over but nothing seems to work. Is there such a thing as over feeding her? How long should I really wait between feeds?

Is there any other advise I could try?
Sometimes when I do give in and feed her she only then takes maybe an ounce of two

This only seems to be through the night feeds. She's ok through the day. Help

At 5 days this is just the nature of the beast I'm afraid it's relentless , exhausting stuff. My LO is 6 months and still wakes every 2-3 hours nightly but was as you describe as a newborn. You just have to feed feed feed at first as it seems that's all they want to do. It does settle down and stretch out but not at 5 days.

40 mins to 1hr is the length of one sleep cycle for a baby, so I expect this is why bab is waking after this length of time. Bab may /may not be hungry, maybe wait a couple of mins to see if they show any feeding cues.

Just feed when she's hungry. She's tiny!

It she's hungry then it's fine to feed, breast or formula are both on demand at this age, tummy is really tiny :) my bab was breastfed at this age and formula fed later, from memory I'd say we started getting 3hrs between feeds regularly at about 10 weeks maybe, driven by his demands not imposing a schedule. It got easier then as could start to get a tiny bit more structure .

Completely normal newborn behaviour, it isn’t fun but won’t last forever. Try a feed, if they’re hungry they’ll take it and they won’t if they’re not.

This graph helped me in those early days. It shows the sleep pattern from a newborn to around 6 months old. Blue indicates when the baby was asleep and white is awake. As you can see it’s all over the place go begin with, and then settles into a pattern.

At this age, and for the next few weeks you just want to feed as and when baby is asking for it. You will settle into a feed pattern soon and a sleep pattern nearer 6 months old.

I don't know about ff but ebf babies you can't over feed. They feed so often because their tummies are so small and to build up your supply.
Just feed her if she's hungry, she will start spacing feeds out as she grows. My 5month can old goes for 3 to 4 hours if he's just had a good feed but still wakes a lot at night.

This bit is so difficult but doesn't last forever, keep going I'm sure you're doing really well.

That graph is brilliant!

Lorelai I like structure and can be a bit uptight so having that graph helped me to calm down and see the light at the end of the tunnel. Again with my second baby when I got caught in the “will this ever end” bubble.

Thank u everyone for the advise , maybe just first time mum nerves. Tried googling at it says 2-4 hours so it totally threw me.

BF babies cluster feed at night, and FF fed babies can cluster feed too. Taking smaller amounts every hour or so. Milk/sucking is also a comfort.

She’s only 5 days old, she doesn’t even know she’s no inside you yet. It’s perfectly normal and part and parcel of the course in afraid.

Ignore books and google. Your baby is rooting for the breast/bottle, SHE is telling you what to do, not google go with her. She doesn’t know she’s only supposed to feed every 2 hours! Feed on demand and go with the flow, it’s hard at first but gets much easier.