Night time feedings....?!
Barron will be 2 weeks old tomorrow and is back to his birth weight. I've been beating myself up over making sure he's eating every 3 hours even at night. I was told to feed him every 2 to 3 hours and to wake him up for feedings. He's seeming to be grumpy that I'm always waking him up and I dont think he has too much of an appetite because he's constantly just falling asleep on my breast. I dont think I'm allowing him to get an appetite. I'm pumping so bottle feeding at night to speed up the process. I feel like once I spend 30 mins waking him up, changing him, getting him latched on my breast feeding and back to sleep I have 40 mins tops to do it all over again and I'm getting no sleep. I'm so exhausted and I'm crying all the time, I feel like it's hard to enjoy this time even tho I love him more than anything in the world. I was told absolutely no binkies but my baby is a sucker he's using me as a pacifier to get to sleep and constantly fussing if something isn't in his mouth so I've been using it only at night to get him back to sleep. Is it okay to get some sleep and go 5 hours without feeding at night if he isnt waking up himself? I'm trying to be the best mom I can be he's my first child but I'm so worried I'm doing the wrong thing. Any advice please!
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