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The advice is that it will get better. The first few weeks, I felt like he was latched 24-7. We used to joke that we put E in the crib to wake him up... But as of about 7-8 weeks, he's solidly on a every 2.5 to 3 hour schedule. As of 9 weeks, we lay him in his crib between 7 and 8 pm. (And he sleeps until 3ish, which I can totally live with.) The only thing we haven't worked out is daytime naps...but those won't start consolidating for a few more weeks, so I hear. But those first four weeks were never ending. The 4th through 7th weeks started to slowly improve. And after 8 weeks, it's like someone handed us a new, smiley baby.

It will get better!

I'm also sitting here with a 16 day old that has wanted to eat every hour since 7pm (now 11:30), and screams every time we put her down. She'll eat for 15 minutes on each boob, and I'll lift her up to burp her and she's trying to suck on my neck. She made it all the way to my nose once, and was seriously trying to eat from it before I could get a hand out to move her head.

No advice, just commiseration.

I also wanted to add that it totally gets so much better. In those days, my LO would nurse for an hour every two hours and sometimes for two hours. I tried to remind myself that he was establishing my supply and all that, and his weight gain/dirty diapers were great...but it is SOOO hard. Hang in there ladies, it really does get a lot better!

Sounds about right for a growth spurt... They go through a lot of those early on, I remember feeling like my nipples were going to fall off!
I kind of felt it wasn't a good idea to "force" the sleeping longer thing... They WILL do this at night as they grow and their bellies get bigger and they can stay fuller for longer. As desperate as you are for sleep yourself, try to be patient And good luck with the growth spurt! ("What? You want to eat AGAIN?!?")

How old is he again? It could be a growth spurt.

The first 6-8 weeks were hard, but hang in there!!

I also nursed 2.5-3 hours, but the last two nursing sessions were 1 hour apart and that was good enough for my LO.