Breastfeeding

It's normal to be cluster feeding at 8 days old. Let him have the boob x

Totally normal. His feeding habit is what will help bring in your milk after colostrum.

(Also to add, to be on the boob is not only about feeding. It's about much more that baby need at the moment. Warmth, cuddles, pain relief, regulation etc. Also it's nature's way of making sure we stimulate milk for coming days! Baby is just doing what baby is supposed to do ☺️)

Yep, I'm 2 weeks in, I had a week in hospital with him as he had an infection and the midwives said he needed a dummy as sucking was soothing him and he was essentially using me as a dummy and theybwere habing to use their finger to sooth him for procedures. I held off but then my partner stayed the night with us and seen how little sleep I was getting because of it. We were trying to hold off too as we didn't want nipple confusion and to disrupt his feeding and also weaning his big brother off his took ages. but we tried it and it helps so much after feeds to settle him and I see he is just pacifying, he spits it out once he's asleep and sometimes he refuses it when he doesn't need it. It hasn't had any effect on his feeding as he is a hungry boy so will differentiate, he let's me know when the dummy is certainly not what he wants 😅
We use the tommee tippee glow in the dark ones, he didn't like the mama ones. We had them at home as they came in free baby gift packs.. You got this xx

My daughter was the same, she ended up cluster feeding from day 8/9 so was feeding her nearly every 30-60 minutes. But then also using me as a dummy. Had an awful night the other night and we resorted to a dummy which has saved us. And thankfully no nipple confusion xx

Currently feeding my second, we were told by our lactation consultant that as long as you offer boob first to check they’re not hungry then it’s fine to offer a dummy. Cluster feeding is their way of increasing your milk supply so if you give them a dummy in the early moments it can impact down the line, not necessarily immediately. I do give mine a dummy occasionally but only after a feed if he seems to want more but I’m confident he’s had enough, I don’t want to risk my milk supply not keeping up with his demand as he grows