My 6 week old is eating SO much today...

Within a 24 hour period, my son (6 weeks old tomorrow and probably 11.5 pounds by now) usually has around 30 ounces of formula.

Yesterday he was not eating much during the day but then did his usually cluster feeding in the evening and had larger amounts when he would wake at night. I figured it was a good thing that he was waking every 3ish hours and was actually hungry instead of waking because he wanted to be held.

Then today, he has been eating like crazy! It’s 2:45pm my time and he has already had 25 ounces since midnight. He’s finally taking a nap... up until now I felt like he was drinking from the bottle nonstop since 8am lol. Surprisingly he did not spit up much today so overfeeding is not the issue.

I’m assuming it’s due to a growth spurt... but can’t help but hope that eating more in the day will mean longer sleep stretches tonight 🤞🏼 Anyone have similar experiences around this time?

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