Baby not sleeping at night

Cluster feeding back to back. Literally not stopping from about 9pm -5am. And it’s never a full feed, it’s always 5-6 minutes, fall asleep, try to put her down and then repeat.
I have a toddler and I’m dreading my partner going back to work because how the hell am I supposed to function on literally no sleep?!

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I don’t have a toddler but my baby is doing the exact same thing 😅 she only has maybe 1-2oz every feed

Sounds like my first baby, it was hard. I was able to get some sleep when we started cosleeping after she was a few weeks old even though it is not recommended. I tried to do it as safe as possible and didn’t have a problem

Although they do still cluster feed, the 1st week is the hardest then it gets better. Mine is 4weeks now & has set his own routine lol. I do feel the pain, i was up the same cluster feeding, then up at 6:30 to get my eldest ready for school & toddler ready for the day. Its hard but you got this x

Mama I was in this SAME EXACT BOAT!! My kiddos are 18 months apart so my worst nightmare was hubby going back to work, what I did was live off alanis😂 but also napped when ever they napped!! I made them be on the same nap schedule it was a blessing. You’re just in the trenches of it right now ❤️🥺 you got this!!

Just patiently mostly it’s hard to be patient there is no stopping clusterfeeding unfortunate most exhausting stage

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