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@Kathryn thank you 🥲🩷. I think we’re going to try that tonight, he’ll give him the bottle around 11 so I can sleep until hopefully 2. I’m just really hoping it gets easier soon xx
Literally Could have written this post myself but my baby is 5 days old. I have a 22 month old too so it’s okay to sit and breastfeed for hours whilst my partner is on paternity but he goes back to work in a week and just don’t see how it’s going to work when I’ve got to manage two on my own 😢
I’m dreading the managing 2 on my own but a day can make a big difference in the new born period. Hang in there and lean in for support when you need it be on here or your networks. It is such early days still and both mum and baby are all still learning together x
@Kathryn me too! But I guess we’ll have no choice but to make it work! Looks like we had our babies on the same day!
You aren't doing anything wrong. Breastfeeding is really challenging in the first few weeks where it just feels like you are breastfeeding endlessly and trying and failing to catch up on sleep. But I promise it does get far easier. This is my second breastfed baby, he's just over a week and I'm struggling with the same things, he doesn't sleep longer than an hour, won't go down for sleep and almost every night is cluster feeding for hours. Putting him in the carrier is giving me some breaks in the daytime and either my partner will have him in the periods he feeds a bit less or I cosleep with him (following lullaby Trust safe co-sleep guidance) to catch up on sleep enough to manage.
I had the same issue with my breastfed LG and turned out she was just hungry 🥲 midwives advised that we top up with formula and it worked like a charm. She sleeps longer hours and is not fussy anymore.
Breastmilk digests quicker for babies in comparison to formula. Can be totally normal for your baby to wake more if breastfed . You could combine feed if you feel like that would be better for your family? X
Thank you all for your comments and support. Has made me feel better knowing I am not alone and things will eventually get easier 🩷. Think I will persevere but get dad to do the one bottle in an evening so I can get a bit of sleep x
You’re not doing anything wrong 💕 it’s all stimulating your milk and still too early for baby to know night and day. He will get there but it can feel really hard for a bit. If he goes for that 3 hour stretch could you build that feed around when you feel you’d need the most sleep so you can get that stretch of sleep whilst your partner has him. You’re doing amazing xx