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Normal! But very frustrating! Your milk supply will be strongest at night due to your prolactin levels being higher at this time so she’s possibly trying to build your supply? Can I ask if there’s a particular reason for supplementing?

Try a swaddle up brand swaddle if she’s fighting it. Worked very well for us.

@cake2017: I have a halo swaddle up type brand and he swaddle up love to dream I got both off a buy and sell on Facebook. I also sprung for the size small to use when baby was fresh. It was worth it for me. And I’m crappy at swaddling so baby would bust out and just zipping them in while tired was easier for me. I like the slightly more arms up, closer to their “natural” sleep position aspect of these sacks, might make them be more acceptable to a baby who fights swaddling.

I find nighttime sucks though for sleep, haha. I get a good stretch st the beginning typically and then it’s a crap shoot from then until morning with 2 hour or 1 hour stretches until I give up and hold baby. And for my kids it isn’t even hunger, it’s just fussiness and wanting to be held at that point.

I got a 4.5 hour stretch for the first stretch (baby was in bed by 8:20) tonight and then 2.5 and now it will probably only be 1 hour until morning when my other kids get up. Yesterday my baby was fussy and eating every 1.5-3 hours which isn’t the normal for us. And only 45 minute bursts of naps in the day yesterday. I’m hoping this shifting over the last few days means more night sleep will happen consistently. Especially with extra day feeding.

In my mind, more milk in the day means they’ll need less at night or want less!