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Alfies a week old today and the feeding is going surprisingly well. I bottle fed my other boys so although hes my third I am new to this and have a few questions!
I said its going well and it is... he latches on well, feeds well and so far (touch wood) apart from a few aches my boobs feel fine. The only problem I do have is that he feeds all the time!! I know breastfed babies are supposed to feed more, but this is ridiculous, this morning I started feeding him at 9am and was still there at 11am. Everytime he fell asleep and came off the boob I tried to lay him down and he awoke again screaming. The only thing that would calm him was more feeding. This is becoming his regular pattern. I managed to lay him down at 11am put some washing on and then he was crying for more again!! I am constantly feeding him all day long.
Dont get me wrong I love doing it, I would be quite happy to sit down and cuddle him all day but I have 2 other boys and I am beginning to feel like I never see them! I havent done hardly anything with them today as so much of my time has been filled with Alfie and thats making me alittle miserable.
Is it normal for a baby to feed forever like this or is he just plain greedy?? Will this ever calm down? If it carries on like this I know I am going to have to stop.
In a couple of weeks Aydan is back at school and Lucas will have playschool and at the moment I cant see me even having time to put a coat on let alone get out the door!! I dont see my midwife again untill saturday so some advise would be great!
I said its going well and it is... he latches on well, feeds well and so far (touch wood) apart from a few aches my boobs feel fine. The only problem I do have is that he feeds all the time!! I know breastfed babies are supposed to feed more, but this is ridiculous, this morning I started feeding him at 9am and was still there at 11am. Everytime he fell asleep and came off the boob I tried to lay him down and he awoke again screaming. The only thing that would calm him was more feeding. This is becoming his regular pattern. I managed to lay him down at 11am put some washing on and then he was crying for more again!! I am constantly feeding him all day long.
Dont get me wrong I love doing it, I would be quite happy to sit down and cuddle him all day but I have 2 other boys and I am beginning to feel like I never see them! I havent done hardly anything with them today as so much of my time has been filled with Alfie and thats making me alittle miserable.
Is it normal for a baby to feed forever like this or is he just plain greedy?? Will this ever calm down? If it carries on like this I know I am going to have to stop.
In a couple of weeks Aydan is back at school and Lucas will have playschool and at the moment I cant see me even having time to put a coat on let alone get out the door!! I dont see my midwife again untill saturday so some advise would be great!
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