Does it get better?

My LO is 3.5 weeks old (born prematurely) and yesterday breastfed for a lot of the afternoon/evening but last night was awake wanting to feed every 45 minutes. Is this normal? I was so exhausted I ended up pumping and gave her a bottle of expressed milk but she still woke up an hour later for a feed. Does it get better? How does anyone even sleep, do anything or leave the house? I really want to EBF which is why I’m persisting but this is so challenging.

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Cluster feeding! Can be a pain sometimes I felt like I was always feeding and she was just on the boob 24/7 😩 only lasted a bit for us but it was definitely exhausting it’ll pass tho! Hang on it’s not forever!

This is cluster feeding, it usually happens during your baby’s growth spurts. For me, my baby’s cluster feeding lasted 1 day, sometimes 2, and then she would go back to feeding every 2 hours for a few weeks until it happened again. I remember it was so hard; I couldn’t get out of bed. Every time she slept, I tried to sleep too, but after 45 minutes she wanted to feed again. I was exhausted. But it will pass! Hang in there. You’re doing amazing, such an incredible mom!

My daughter was every 15 minutes at this age, then dropped to every hour after about 2 months
Try bedsharing to help with the night feeds x

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