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This was pretty much my DS from birth to 3 months! I don't have a lot of advice since I really struggled with it too, but big hugs! It will get better!

I would say it's a boy thing. DS was always hungry, although we never had issues with his nappy.

They say no two babies are the same, I would stop comparing and just enjoy it as much as you can.

On a side note, is he having issues with wind?

It sounds very normal. Maybe give him until like 6 weeks and then stretch the feeds?

My little guy is 5.5 weeks and he also loves the boob and hates diaper changes. We had a poop/change/poop cycle for a short while but it sorted itself out when we just started leaving him a little longer until he got it all out. He doesn't hate being dirty though. Also seconding what @iheartleopardprint said about wind- C sometimes acts hungry when he's actually just uncomfortable from wind.

@shopaholic: my first was like this. She nursed continously until I weaned her at 2 and prior to weaning her I was against weaning and wanted to do a baby led approach. At 2 she nursed more than my newborn! On her very first day of life, she pooped 9 times! The poop thing tapered off at around 4 months, but the nursing never did. I would definitely try a paci, but mine never took one. I think it's a disposition thing. I coslept to get more sleep at night.

ETA: I think it's a disposition thing because I did the exact same thing with LO #2, and she never nursed that much ever and never pooped that frequently either.

Sounds normal in my experience. My boy doesn't mind a dirty diaper but he hated diaper changes for the first 8 weeks or so. It started with his first one in the hospital. We always got comments from anyone watching a diaper change. My daughter never minded. He pooped pretty much every time he nursed and be nursed a lot. I only used BabyConnect about 1x week because it was a full time job. One day I tracked 17 nursing sessions. The LC I saw was not phased at all. She just said that was the baby I got. MIL came to visit and one day at 3pm she flipped out because she hadn't gotten to hold the baby yet because he had been nursing every moment he was awake (and would wake if I put him down).

DH and I tried all the other soothing techniques we could find. I thought we were 5S masters after having our colicky daughter. This boy only responded to the boob. DS wouldn't take a pacifier (yet, I'm still optomistic) but I'm sure that would help. And although I was determined to follow EASY with this baby, DS was more determined to show me he was in charge.

Now at 3 months I can stretch out nursing sessions by walking him in the carrier and one of his naps is decent in the crib so I get a little break. I go back to work in a few weeks and I'm sure that will help train him to stretch out feedings too.

@shopaholic: I feel like all I did was nurse those first 4 weeks. I remember seeing 15-18 times in 24 hours on my App (Sprout) as well. It'll get better soon but that doesn't make it any easier in the moment I know.

At 3 weeks they have a big growth spurt so that could be part of it. He's probably also farting/sharting a lot. We had a lot of 3-change feedings (before, during, after). One thing that helped is washing his tush in the sink after poops. We used a peri bottle with diluted baby wash and then rinsed him off in warm water. The cold wipes made him angry and I think that many wipes a day can be irritating. And those gowns may help for changes.

We also blew a space heater next to where he bathed and let him lay near it after he was wrapped up in a towel and he has loved baths since.