https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 25 May 2026 03:25:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612547 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:07:03 +0000 MrsKRB 2612547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yea! She would feed NON-STOP (no breaks) for about 3-4 hours until she finally fell asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612542 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:02:53 +0000 pinkcupcake 2612542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: has your milk come in yet? Baby might be so hungry and frantic that she can't latch on. How much weight has she lost? If my LO got super frantic, the LC recommended giving him a little formula via syringe until he calmed down enough to latch on. It's really important to get them to feed as often as possible to get your milk to come in and establish supply. I would also recommend meeting w an LC - they helped me so much when my milk didn't come in for 6 days (!!). Hang in there, first days are SO ROUGH. PM me if you want support - my son is 8 weeks now so I vividly remember how challenging the first days were. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612498 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:14:13 +0000 snowjewelz 2612498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say so but not much. More like attached to the boob for hours? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612456 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 08:18:12 +0000 ShootingStar 2612456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Be really careful with giving formula, if you decide to do that right now. You need to go really slowly and burp after every 1/2 ounce. The couple times we've resorted to a bottle, DD has spit pretty much all of it back up. They get so frantic they will down the bottle and then it's too much for them. </p> <p>But really the best thing you can do right now is find an LC that will come to your house today. We were having similar problems with cluster feeding and then screaming and not eating. The LC thought I was waiting too long to feed her. Problem I had was family members holding her and no one believe ing she really needed to eat again 10 minutes later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612453 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 08:10:46 +0000 Truth Bombs 2612453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: How long has it been since she last ate? She may just be so hungry that she's frantic now. If you think a bottle would work better try to pump or hand express and give her that in a bottle. Giving formula will mess with the demand/supply necessary for establishing breastfeeding. If you can get a little milk in her through a bottle to where she settles down, then you'll probably be able to latch her at your breast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612452 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 08:08:25 +0000 agold 2612452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: @lawbee11: thanks for responding girls. I'm nearly in tears, laying upstairs in bed now in pain from my stiches. Baby is fully awake screaming bloody murder. She does not want to eat. She was feeding like a champ at the hospital so she knows how and I know how. I'm thinking of giving her formula. I have an enfamil sample stuff I got in the mail. Calling Pediatrician ASAP when it opens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612437 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:21:53 +0000 Truth Bombs 2612437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: we had to do the same as @lawbee11: with both my babies. Strip down to diaper, cold wash cloth on the feet, lights on, etc. newborns shouldn't go more than 3 hours without eating for the sake of their weight gain and establishing your milk supply, so do whatever it takes to get her to wake up and eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612436 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:16:50 +0000 lawbee11 2612436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: Have you tried really waking her up? They're so sleepy in the beginning you have to really work to make sure they're awake enough to feed. We used to have to strip LO down to just a diaper and use a washcloth to get her awake enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612424 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 06:15:16 +0000 agold 2612424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: thanks for replying. My baby is in the midst of a marathon sleep right now. Every time she stirs around, I try to get her to feed but she doesn't want to. So it's frustrating. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612415 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 05:38:41 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2612415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: my pediatrician told me to wake DD every 2-3 hours to eat until she got back to her birth weight. After that she said I could let her sleep as as long as she wanted. She would cluster feed in the evenings and then sleep over 3 hours (if she was being held, she hated being put down!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2612413 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 05:16:02 +0000 agold 2612413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: hi! Did your baby feed at any other time other than the two stretches you mentioned? My almost three day old is feeding for hours at a time during two time periods only. The stretches of time without feeding makes me nervous! :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448495 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 06:51:30 +0000 NovBaby1112 2448495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo1 was a huge cluster feeder- she cluster fed all morning and all evening, I could barely leave the couch all day!<br /> LO2 wasn't that extreme at all, but he did want more bottles more frequently in the evening hours from like 5pm to 7pm </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448480 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 06:08:00 +0000 Ms. RV 2448480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I couldn't tell. From 3 weeks to 5 weeks she just nursed all day and night. It turns out I had a super low supply. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448468 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 05:16:05 +0000 Pumuckl 2448468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine never did it. It was something that I had never heard of before HB. Mine just nursed at their regular 3h interval throughout the day and then slept longer streches at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448460 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 04:53:19 +0000 Foodnerd81 2448460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: yeah we haven't really done side lying nursing yet. I tried a week or so ago but the latch wasn't good and she was pulling in and off. I feel like she is still too little. Hopefully soon so that makes the early morning feelings much nicer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448431 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:43:11 +0000 PawPrints 2448431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would guess your friend just didn't know there was a name for it. All babies have super random, frequent feedings in the early weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448426 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:13:51 +0000 lawbee11 2448426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She was the queen of cluster feeding. I think it was comfort over food a lot of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448425 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:11:55 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2448425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! That's how I watched soooo much Netflix! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448415 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:43:23 +0000 MrsStar 2448415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep both my girls cluster fed! Cant remember how long it lasted with lo1 but lo2 it lasted 7-11pm continuously for 2 weeks straight. Then happened again at her growth spurt times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448414 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:41:18 +0000 QBbride 2448414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, they both definitely did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448413 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:38:03 +0000 LadyPantaloons 2448413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD fed for hours before she'd finally pass-out (basically) at around midnight and then sleep until 5am. She did this early on and it gradually decreased. DS cluster feeds in the evening as well but it's more on-off-on-off until I rock him to sleep at around 10:30. Consider both cluster feeding. Just different babies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448407 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:19:03 +0000 travellingbee 2448407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: well he's only 4 weeks so I'm hoping it's fleeting, but yes, it totally sucks. I've let him just hang out on my boob side lying in bed before but his latch isn't great yet and then I end up with bruised nipples. Ugh. He is such a piglet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448393 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:52:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 2448393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: that am one must be rough! G eats a little more often in the morning since she doesn't eat much overnight but she has the decency to wait until 8 am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448391 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:46:09 +0000 travellingbee 2448391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He cluster feeds from 5-8am and 5-8pm :)</p> <p>Eta: and that's why he is gaining a pound per week!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448371 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:00:32 +0000 simplyfelicity 2448371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I kept waiting for it to happen but never did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448368 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:56:22 +0000 Eko 2448368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another one over here for no cluster feeding. He would eat like every 2 hours but definitely not like what everyone is describing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448352 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:31:34 +0000 twodoghouse 2448352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. They'd usually cluster feed in the morning, non-stop nursing from 9-11, then again from 4-bedtime in the evening. It lasted like that for the first couple months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448336 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:15:20 +0000 Jess1483 2448336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, absolutely, 10-3 every night (and back up at 4). With my second? Not to an extent I would have noticed if not looking for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448331 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:08:48 +0000 mrswin 2448331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: She sure did! I used to nurse her on and off from 5p to 10p every night...so exhausting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-does-your-infant-cluster-feed#post-2448322 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:02:03 +0000 Finfan 2448322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Charm54: This has been my experience with my formula babies as well. </p>