I have a 5 day old DD, who is formula fed. For her first couple of days she would feed every 3/4 hours and then sleep until her next feed throughout both day and night. Over the past two nights she’s stopped taking as much milk during the day, and sort of snacking and having 1/1.5 ounces at a time, maybe every couple of hours, and then cluster feeding at night. Last night I fed her 7 times in 6 hours throughout the night, she wouldn’t sleep or settle between feeds, so I’m hoping there’s something I can do to encourage her to feed less and sleep more at night!
The support worker who came to visit us today said i should try and encourage her to stop snacking and feed larger amounts, spread out throughout the day, so that she isn’t as hungry at night time.
Does anyone have any tips/tricks for how to do this? She was feeding really well and regularly for the first 3 days so I’m not sure why she’s suddenly got into this new pattern.