Am I breastfeeding too much/not enough? Is 8week sleep regression a thing??
I’m a first time mum and my newborn is 8 weeks old. She’s EBF and has always feed frequently. I also have a fast let down and good supply.
This week she has increased her feeding during day and nights which has meant increased wakes during night. She previously has 2x 3 hour stretches over night and now is waking hourly and only settles with a feed. Shes also flutter sucking and won’t take a dummy.
She was feeding approx 15 times in 24 hours and now it’s closer to 20.
I’m exhausted and don’t know if all of this is normal or if I’m doing something wrong. She’s so hard to settle at nights. Have been doing bath, white noise..
I was doing a bottle of expressed milk but now my breasts/nipples are so sore from longer/extended feeds I’m not wanting to pump at all.
I’m feeling a bit helpless and I feel like I must be doing something wrong.