Nursing

Immediately!! Whenever babe is hungry, go ahead and nurse them!

Soon as!

From the moment they are born 😃 you can feed on demand and you can also offer when convenient.. for example if you are about to head out and want to ‘top baby up before you go’ responding to earlier feeding cues such as turning head to side, bringing hands to mouth etc will make it easier for your baby to latch as they won’t be too hungry ☺️

he’s 8 days old and has went above his birth weight so I was just curious bc I still wake him every 2/3 hrs😩

if he’s gaining weight you don’t need to wake them to feed, they’ll wake up when they’re hungry

From birth 😊

sometimes I have to wake him bc my breasts feel like they’re going to explode

Overnight just hand express enough milk off to be comfortable and let baby sleep

well done mumma! If baby is surpassed birth weight and they are having plenty of wet and dirty nappies/diapers then enjoy the rest. Ideally a newborn should eat 8-12 times in a 24 hour period but as long as the above markers are good enjoy the extra rest when bubba is asleep! Your breasts are just making milk currently so engorgement is very common at this time.. they will adjust and adapt around week 6 and the engorgement will settle. Hand express to ease some discomfort but avoid pumping as you don’t want to create an oversupply at this point 😀

I already have a oversupply 😩 he eats 1.5 oz and I make about 4-6 from each boob so I’ve been using the haaka but is there an amount of time he shouldn’t go past without eating when you’re feeding in demand? He loves his sleep and will hardly ever wake from it

I’m 11 weeks in and now my baby is doing longer stints some nights (some nights she does 4 hours some night she does 8) my boobs wake uo solid. But I just try and hand express to get them softer, I would not pump with an actual pump for a while because your milk works on a supply and demand and it doesn’t know that the pump isn’t your hungry baby so will then make more milk. So wait till your supply regulates a little before pumping just continue using your Hakka to collect letdown. One thing I would say is don’t lay on your front when you’re sleeping lol I learnt the hard way that sleeping on ur boobies causes the biggest engorgement ever. 8 days is still so small and little- so he’s going to sleoe loade and just wake when he is hungry. If he’s gone past his birth weight and has enough wet nappies don’t worry about waking him he’s doing amazing and your milk is everything he needs xxx

I never did. I always followed a schedule. It worked 90% of the time. Except when cluster feeding. Always feed a hungry baby. But if you get the schedule right you will be the one offering the food before they get crying hungry.

From birth

From day one.

Also you don’t have to wait till their “crying hungry” you will learn their cues.

yeah crying is the last resort of a baby being hungry! Harder when they’re not in the newborn stage and discover their hands properly as my little girl always is sucking on her finhers now and it’s like 🤨 are u hungry or just playing around haha 😛

From the very beginning.