5 week old won’t stop feeding

Hey Natacha! My 3 week old is doing the exact same thing, I have great sympathy for the nips! Its a bit overwhelming isn’t it? Have you got enough support and someone close to help feed you and get you what you need?

It’s so hard I’m in so much pain :( cried all last night. I do if my husband is awake but he works early so last night I didn’t as he was snoring next to me. Hope it doesn’t last to long x

I think they have a massive growth spurt. I’m bottle feeding but our little boy has been like this the last few nights, having 100ml ish which is a normal feed and then about 10 minutes later screaming like he hasn’t been fed 🤦🏼‍♀️

Use a nipple shield if your nipples are getting sore, they make such a difference, I do 90% of my feeds with them now and it's made the pain stop. I like the Ardo ones best, tried Boots own and the Mam ones.

Soft boobs doesn’t mean you don’t have milk, and you never really empty out, sounds like a growth spurt xx

iv tried nipple shields but she has a high palate so she gags on them :(

Growth spurts! We get a night or two like this every week with our wee boy who just turned 6 weeks and apparently it’s to do with growth spurts (which works because he puts on a pound a week) definitely speak to your health visitor but that’s what it sounds like to me!