Cluster feeding

Please tell me I am not the only one in the cluster feeding trenches?! My little boy who was 8 wks on Saturday is wanting to be on my boob 24/7. He’ll eat for 5 mins, fall asleep, then wake up after 15 mins and start shrieking for more food. This is happening in the day and I never thought I’d say it but I just want to run the hoover round. I’ve started giving him a bottle every now and then to give myself a break, but then he’s just asleep on me afterwards. I’m getting concerned he’s not getting enough milk from me, but he’s only taking 30ml of the bottle anyway so it’s not like he’s gulping it down.

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Im having the exact same experience but no idea why. 8 weeks aswell

I’m having the same experience at 10 weeks. This also happened with my first daughter so I think it’s completely normal and is just a phase, they’re having a growth spurt

I am also having lots of cluster feeding as well at certain times during the day. Like every hour and a half..she is 10 weeks.

Same for me 10 weeks too. There are better and worse days. Also massive 1-1.5h cluster feeding slot in the evening which I hate (second kid and I have a toddler who is back home after preschool and I just feel like a bedroom prisoner lol). Will try bottle at bed time after a couple of rounds on each breast to see if she settles faster 🤷🏻‍♀️ but some babies just love comfort sucking exhausting as it is

Same here at 8 weeks! My LO just slept on me all evening with the boob in her mouth last night and woke up whenever it came out

I’m going through this too! My little boy is 7 weeks. He mainly used to cluster feed in the evenings but we’ve had a few days of it being most the day. He only seems happy when he’s on the boob or at least in my arms. Our mornings start well but it goes down hill as the day goes on 🥴😂 we’ve just introduced a bottle too that my partner gives him and he also only takes 30-40ml and then wants more from me. All sounds very normal looking at what others have said. You got this x

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