Struggling! Is this normal or a concern?

My little boy is a week old today and was born 9lb 7oz and we’ve spent 6 days in hospital after his birth as he had an infection.

He’s always had a big appetite so I’ve been running off very little sleep but today he has not stopped feeding since about 9am. He literally feeds on the boob for about 20 mins, falls asleep on me for about 3 minutes then wakes up screaming crying and rooting again.

Me and my partner tried taking him outside but he just screamed crying so that lasted about 2 minutes.

I’m not sure if this is normal cluster feeding or something to be worried about? He hasn’t napped all day either.

Thank you!

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From what I can remember, it’s normal for them to feed on and off all day to start with 🥱 if you’re concerned I would talk to your health visitor or the advice line 😊

Absolutely normal. I remember crying the first two weeks thinking where am I going wrong? Why did it all change from the time we were in hospital? Etc. baby is now three weeks old so I completely get it.

Hang in there x

Ring triage and check with a midwife but it’s probably normal. I spent one night in hospital where he was feeding all night and I didn’t get any sleep. I think sometimes they go through times like this. You can also go to a breastfeeding peer support group and get a specialist to check you out when you are feeding and get baby weighed. There’s one every week where I live.

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