Feeding non stop/cluster feeding? MORE HELP REQUIRED PLEASE!!!

golcarlilly · Aug 18th, 2009, 21:44 PM

Ok so I am completely new to this so this may be a really stupid question but is it normal for my lo to feed continuously for a few hours at a time?

For the last two nights he has wanted to be on the breast from around 11pm till 3 or 4 am almost continuously pausing only to have his nappy changed or get winded, I thought he would feed often but not with only 5 or 10 minutes between feeds!!

NatalieW · Aug 19th, 2009, 02:46 AM

It is normal for young babies to cluster feed, they do it to take on as much food as possible to help them sleep longer. Isobel did her cluster feeding from 5pm to 930/10pm and only give me 5-10mins without being stuck on me, while she cat napped then she wanted more. Just remember you need to eat and drink at this time as well. It's tiring the cluster feeding but it does ease xx

RedString · Aug 19th, 2009, 03:12 AM

Adrian's cluster feeds are what started me on co-sleeping. Because he'd wake up hungry, eat, fall asleep, I'd put him to bed, and he'd be awake again before I could turn around and get back into bed. Then i almost tripped while putting him in his cradle, so I decided cradle is for naps only.

So yeah, it's pretty normal.

Lu28 · Aug 19th, 2009, 05:17 AM

It's totally normal hon. Aisling did it in the early evening through to about 12am when we all went to bed. If he's only 5 days old, hopefully he'll figure out night and day so that the cluster feeding at least happens a little earlier for you. Good luck hon, you're doing brilliantly

angelstardust · Aug 19th, 2009, 08:55 AM

I'm a bad mummy and have started giving Amber a bottle of EBM at 11.30pmish after a 30min breast feed. Meaning she sleeps till 5am, has another 30min breast feed then I wake her at 7am for another 30min breast feed (as of next week I| will then have to get DS1 and DS2 to school and nursery so I need her fed at 7am to get the boys ready at 8am). I also give her a dummy.

I express with a small hand pump during the day while I feed her. Takes practice but seems to work for us.

Samantha675 · Aug 19th, 2009, 12:00 PM

Cluster feeding is totally normal.

Mervs Mum · Aug 19th, 2009, 13:59 PM

Yeah totally normal honey. He's giving your boobs the messages they need to make sure your supply matches his demand. Keep at it honey and you'll get established in no time. Follow his lead and also remember that BFing is so much more than just food for him. He needs to know that you are near as he's spent all his life close to you and your body sounds so when you BF him he will feel and smell you and hear your heart beating

maccy · Aug 19th, 2009, 16:02 PM

Hi hun...glad your ok. Has your milk come in now? Immy was like this when we came home which was when she was 3 days old till she was at least a week, she would be on me all the time...it soon evens out though hun...totally normal.

jms895 · Aug 19th, 2009, 18:49 PM

Caine was like this, it does slow down I promise!

It will slow down then it will go mad at a growth spurt again

golcarlilly · Aug 19th, 2009, 21:16 PM

thanks for the replies ladies i am really struggling tonight he has now been feeding for four hours straight and my boobs are killing me i want to

my mw came today and he has only lost 5% of his birth weight so she says i am doing great and i really want to continue, i love feeding him but it is just so hard and my dh although supportive said tonight he didn't know if i should carry on cos it surely wasn't normal for them to feed so long and i know he feels helpless!

I know there is prob nothing anyone can do to help but it helps to post!

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golcarlilly Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Posts: 10,442	Feeding non stop/cluster feeding? *MORE HELP REQUIRED PLEASE!!!* Ok so I am completely new to this so this may be a really stupid question but is it normal for my lo to feed continuously for a few hours at a time? For the last two nights he has wanted to be on the breast from around 11pm till 3 or 4 am almost continuously pausing only to have his nappy changed or get winded, I thought he would feed often but not with only 5 or 10 minutes between feeds!!

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NatalieW Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,234	It is normal for young babies to cluster feed, they do it to take on as much food as possible to help them sleep longer. Isobel did her cluster feeding from 5pm to 930/10pm and only give me 5-10mins without being stuck on me, while she cat napped then she wanted more. Just remember you need to eat and drink at this time as well. It's tiring the cluster feeding but it does ease xx

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RedString Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 934	Adrian's cluster feeds are what started me on co-sleeping. Because he'd wake up hungry, eat, fall asleep, I'd put him to bed, and he'd be awake again before I could turn around and get back into bed. Then i almost tripped while putting him in his cradle, so I decided cradle is for naps only. So yeah, it's pretty normal.

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Lu28 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 12,646	It's totally normal hon. Aisling did it in the early evening through to about 12am when we all went to bed. If he's only 5 days old, hopefully he'll figure out night and day so that the cluster feeding at least happens a little earlier for you. Good luck hon, you're doing brilliantly
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angelstardust Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland Posts: 2,318	I'm a bad mummy and have started giving Amber a bottle of EBM at 11.30pmish after a 30min breast feed. Meaning she sleeps till 5am, has another 30min breast feed then I wake her at 7am for another 30min breast feed (as of next week I\| will then have to get DS1 and DS2 to school and nursery so I need her fed at 7am to get the boys ready at 8am). I also give her a dummy. I express with a small hand pump during the day while I feed her. Takes practice but seems to work for us.

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Samantha675 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 8,123	Cluster feeding is totally normal.

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Mervs Mum Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: somewhere over the rainbow..... Posts: 21,353	Yeah totally normal honey. He's giving your boobs the messages they need to make sure your supply matches his demand. Keep at it honey and you'll get established in no time. Follow his lead and also remember that BFing is so much more than just food for him. He needs to know that you are near as he's spent all his life close to you and your body sounds so when you BF him he will feel and smell you and hear your heart beating
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maccy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Wales Posts: 3,895	Hi hun...glad your ok. Has your milk come in now? Immy was like this when we came home which was when she was 3 days old till she was at least a week, she would be on me all the time...it soon evens out though hun...totally normal.

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jms895 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 18,995	Caine was like this, it does slow down I promise! It will slow down then it will go mad at a growth spurt again

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Aug 19th, 2009, 21:16 PM	#10
golcarlilly Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Posts: 10,442	thanks for the replies ladies i am really struggling tonight he has now been feeding for four hours straight and my boobs are killing me i want to my mw came today and he has only lost 5% of his birth weight so she says i am doing great and i really want to continue, i love feeding him but it is just so hard and my dh although supportive said tonight he didn't know if i should carry on cos it surely wasn't normal for them to feed so long and i know he feels helpless! I know there is prob nothing anyone can do to help but it helps to post!

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