Tangerinedream
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Im looking for some reassurance really. My OH is really panicing about the amount of time Jake spends sleeping which sometimes makes me feel panic too.
Basically Jake is obviously only 3 days old but he spends a hell of a lot of time sleeping, he barely wakes for feeds, when he does he doesnt cry he just lies there rooting with his mouth. We took him to A and E yesterday as we just couldnt get him to wake up and he went nearly 5 hours without a feed. typically when we got there he woke up and made us look like a pair of prize prats. They checked him over and were happy with his obs. He then had a whopping 5 oz of formula then 45 mins later spent an hour on my breast too
He is weeing and pooing fine. Bfing with a shield is going well, my milk has just started to come in. The bfing support worker wants me to get him to feed without the shield which we just cannot manage. I am happy to continue bf with the shield, atleast he is getting the feed. I am having to schedule his feeds rather than get him to tell me when he wants feeding.
I know you are prob going to say he is only 3 days and he will grow out of it but my OH is really panicing about it. There are other things that babies cry for like temp, nappy etc but he doesnt let us know. He is awake sometimes but he hardly ever cries.
Basically Jake is obviously only 3 days old but he spends a hell of a lot of time sleeping, he barely wakes for feeds, when he does he doesnt cry he just lies there rooting with his mouth. We took him to A and E yesterday as we just couldnt get him to wake up and he went nearly 5 hours without a feed. typically when we got there he woke up and made us look like a pair of prize prats. They checked him over and were happy with his obs. He then had a whopping 5 oz of formula then 45 mins later spent an hour on my breast too
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He is weeing and pooing fine. Bfing with a shield is going well, my milk has just started to come in. The bfing support worker wants me to get him to feed without the shield which we just cannot manage. I am happy to continue bf with the shield, atleast he is getting the feed. I am having to schedule his feeds rather than get him to tell me when he wants feeding.
I know you are prob going to say he is only 3 days and he will grow out of it but my OH is really panicing about it. There are other things that babies cry for like temp, nappy etc but he doesnt let us know. He is awake sometimes but he hardly ever cries.