2am feeding schedule is destroying my brain

Dec 28·1 min read

My son is 3 weeks old and we're still doing the every-2-hour feeds. My wife pumps and I bottle feed at night so she can sleep, which sounds great in theory, but I'm absolutely losing it. I've been up since 11pm and have feeds at 1am, 3am, 5am scheduled. The worst part is the 3am one where he takes forever and I'm just standing in the kitchen half-asleep trying to burp him. Anyone else feel like they're in a zombie apocalypse? When does this actually get better?

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Comments(5)

RRick J.RegularDec 29

Hang in there. My son didn't stretch out to 3 hour feeds until week 5. But when he did it was like someone gave me my life back.

TTom B.New DadDec 29

Get a blackout curtain if you don't have one. Sounds dumb but sleeping in actual darkness between feeds helped my brain shut off faster.

LLuis H.New DadDec 30

How much is he eating per bottle? If he's taking decent amounts maybe he's ready to go longer between feeds already.

SSteve C.RegularDec 29

The every-2-hour thing is insane. I was falling asleep during feeds and nearly dropped him once. Talked to our pediatrician about it and he said as long as baby was gaining weight we could try stretching to 2.5 hours. Game changer.

MMatt W.RegularDec 30

Three weeks in is brutal. You're in the absolute worst of it right now. By week 6 or 7 he'll probably start going longer stretches. The light at the end of the tunnel is real.