Baby wants boobs all the time
I'm 4.5 weeks postpartum and baby just seems to wants to be on my breasts all the time especially in the evening. As such, we tend to give her some pumped breast milk as that would satisfy her for awhile. It also seems someone else would need to hold her otherwise she continues to root and wanting my breasts but would otherwise stop if someone else held her. Is this normal? I'm doubting myself if she is feeding efficiently and so I tend to pump a bit more often so I can see how much she is taking but it is tiring to do combo feeding. She has at least 6 wet nappies in a day but her weight growth is a bit slower.
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Yep, totally normal, this is cluster feeding, baby probably going through a growth spurt and cluster feeding is the way babies have to signal your body to produce more milk. My baby is 5 weeks tomorrow and has had several instances of cluster feeding. My other two kids did this too
This is pretty much my experience too! I can barely have cuddles without her smelling the milk on me and going for it 🤣
I think it’s quite normal to cluster feed like that in the evenings but I also think that sometimes they just want the boob for comfort rather than because they are actually hungry. In those instances we just give her a dummy and she is fine! If she really is hungry then she’ll spit it out.
Pumping to see how much she is getting isn’t accurate. So if you pump 90ml for example, that doesn’t mean she’s getting 90ml.
Is she comfort sucking?
Cluster feeding is completely normal, tiring, but normal x
At this stage they are in a huge developmental leap (according to the wonder weeks) which inevitably means they will look for comfort/feed more as they want to be close xx
It has nothing to do with your current supply, she’s growing which means she’s going to need a little more. Think of cluster feeding as her putting in orders for next week! Her sucking more triggers your boobs to make more milk. Doesn’t mean she’s not getting enough now, just means your supply will increase at the perfect time for her growth!
It’s hard but it usually only lasts a few days and then settles down again. You’ve got this!!
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