3 week old cluster feeding and restless!

FTM of 3 week old boy and the past 24 hours have been HARD. Waking every hour to feed and I’m talking 4oz a time. He’s a big baby at 10lb and up above his birth weight so I’m not too concerned with the amount per feed but it’s CONSTANT. Did anyone else experience this at this age, is so advise please 🙏

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I had a very hungry baby too with my first! I think around 6 weeks it calmed down a bit. I breastfed him mainly but around 11pm I used to give him a bottle of formula or breast milk mixed with formula and it made him sleep longer. Anyway don’t know if that’s helpful at all, all the best x

Breastfeeding a baby born at 11lb and he’s also waking every hour to feed day and night 😭he was 11lb 12oz by day 14 and never dropped birth weight so he’s packing on the weight but it’s so so difficult x

It’ll pass! He’s gonna be having a growth spurt ☺️ you’ve got this!! It’s hard but temporary

I’m going through the same with mine! We couldn’t leave the house today because it was just constant feeding, it’s exhausting.. hang in there! Xx

Help, my baby is the same 3 weeks old and normally has 90ml as she is under 7lb and tonight she took 120ml and is asleep at the moment do I wake her to fed again or let her sleep it out xx

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