Why does my baby eat more at night?

Question

My daughter is a week old and will sometimes last 1 hour asleep before she wakes up to eat and sometimes eats 3 ounces. Rarely she will eat 4 ounces. I feel like that’s a lot for her. Why is it that at night I feel like she’s more hungry?

Answer

To torture you. 😜
Hang in there. Baby will figure out night and day in a few weeks.

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I just posted this. So my daughter is 5 weeks. During the day she naps well and is chill. Doesn’t cry much. She feeds every 3 /4 hours about 2/3 oz a feed. At night though. OMG. She wants to be fed every hour 3oz. So she has like 9 oz in 3 hours before she “settles down “. I thought it was a lot too, but if she’s eating it, then she’s hungry. She will tell me when she’s not hungry

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It's their natural reaction because progesterone levels are higher at night so more breast milk is produced. They don't realize they are on formula ;) Also babies usually have day & night mixed up because daily movements rock them to sleep.

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My daughter is one week & 4 days she eats 3 oz 😭 easily. We honestly added a little oatmeal which holds her. With my son I had given him cereal due to his weight. She’s just greedy 😩. No I don’t need judgment saying she’s to YOUNG ! It hasn’t caused any harm to her.