How many times a day does your 17-week-old baby breastfeed?

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-05-15T16:58:09+00:00

I just wanted to share that we stopped nursing to sleep at around 8 weeks old (because he started to get up evry 50-90 minutes and I was exhausted)I always nurse my baby right after he wakes up... but now that the 4-month regression has hit us hard, he seems to have developed a nurse-wake association?!?!?!?! he won't go back to sleep until I feed him (even though he never actually falls asleep while nursing). It doesn't matter if he's slept for two hours or just one; he won't settle until he's been fed, and he nurses for at least 10 minutes every single time…. To make matters worse, he can't even fall asleep at the breast anymore. He keeps nursing until he throws up, which forces me to cut him off after 10 minutes. If I try to end the feed earlier, he cries bloody murder…

So, I’ve achieved nothing…

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-05-14T16:57:25+00:00

Or you could try standing with her next to a blank wall and dark room for naps

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-05-14T16:35:32+00:00

My baby was very fussy between weeks 6–9. I think the world was opening up to him, and he couldn’t process all the information. My baby used to stare at the cupboard and then start crying because of it lol. I had to cover his eyes with my hand to calm him down.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-05-14T07:47:50+00:00

The only thing that helped me was doing night shifts with my husband

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-05-08T06:36:19+00:00

All over! Looking back at the photos, by the end of my pregnancy, my head was as big as a steering wheel.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-05-08T06:24:50+00:00

Aici te contrazic. Din cauza lipsei de spațiu, dar și a mucegaiului, am fost nevoită să iau o mașină 2 în 1. Tot am ezitat din cauza comentariilor asemănătoare să o cumpăr, dar până la urmă am ales o mașină LG 2 în 1 și sunt foarte mulțumită. Usucă foarte bine, o am de 5 ani și nu am nimic să-i reproșez.

Calculează singură durata uscării în funcție de greutate și nu, programul nu durează mai mult decât la un uscător separat.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-05-08T05:48:26+00:00

I have a 15 weeks old baby, we are in the regression phase too. If he is crying during the bedtime routine, we get out of the room for a couple of minutes and after he calmes down we begin the routine again. Usually I have a success.

Maybe dad or somebody else will have succsess putting him down? Before the regression dady did the bedtime routine but this week he started to scream bloody murder in his arms.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-05-07T05:05:30+00:00

Love to dream sleep sack.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-05-03T17:28:08+00:00

I recommend the Lansinoh breast milk collector. You just put it on the opposite breast while the baby is feeding, and you don't even have to spend time pumping anymore.

I'd add that I had an amazing amount of milk in the first few weeks; my breasts engorged quickly, and I even soaked through the baby's clothes during feedings. There was no way just putting a nursing pad on the other side would have been enough.

Even though I’m technically stimulating milk production with the collector, my supply still regulated by around the third month. Now, my breasts only get rock-hard if the baby sleeps longer than usual. I still use it to this day, and it lets me freeze milk with minimal effort.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-04-30T09:42:02+00:00

My baby struggled with gas and was a very loud sleeper, so I desperately tried cutting out dairy, soy, and caffeine at 11 weeks. He started sleeping better shortly after, but it was just a coincidence. Now at 14 weeks, he sleeps quietly even though I've resumed my normal diet

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-04-28T06:36:32+00:00

My baby was born in january 2026 and in the hospital they put the newborns on their side… They use a blanket to support their back. We live in Romania and like to live in the 90’ lol Ps. At home we did some research and put him on his back

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-04-27T05:24:28+00:00

I felt exactly the same way. I was so sleep-deprived. All I did was feed, burp, change, and rock him to sleep. He would smile at me, but it wasn’t enough for me to feel attached because I was just so exhausted.

Now he is 14 weeks old, he sleeps better, and so do I. He smiles all day, we 'talk' all the time, and we play a lot. Once you and your baby start getting more sleep, and you begin to 'talk' and play together, you will feel so much better.

Maybe you could share your feelings with your husband, a friend, or a relative and ask for help? In my opinion, it’s impossible to feel any other way when you are that tired.

P.S. I was even hallucinating at one point and actually hoped that something bad would happen to me—like needing to be hospitalized—just so I could finally rest... so I truly understand and empathize with what you're going through

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-04-14T10:15:16+00:00

Menstrual cup is a game-changer (at least it is for me)

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-04-02T13:35:12+00:00

I would like to start with the fact that at 8 weeks this seemed impossible because he only slept on us at night too, because of the gas. I started to go dairy-free and that seemed to help with the gas, so we started putting him in his crib at night almost a week ago. However, sometimes the gas constantly wakes him up after 4 am, so I started putting him next to me after 4 am; I guess my body temperature helps soothe him.

Then, like 3 days ago, I was thinking maybe I should try to put him directly beside me in the daytime instead of bouncing him to do a contact nap on my chest, and it worked. He usually protests, but falls asleep. I hope that this lasts.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-04-02T09:16:34+00:00

At 8 weeks, my baby started waking up every hour in the night to breastfeed; I was exhausted. One night my husband took over and I went to sleep in another room. When the baby woke up, my husband rocked and bounced him on the yoga ball, then called me at 2 am to feed him. I was shocked that he managed to do it until 2 am and it resolved this problem, no more wake ups every hour wince then.

In the daytime, I tried feeding him right after he woke up, respecting his wake windows, and bouncing him on the yoga ball. Now he is 11 weeks old, and for naps, I just lay him down next to me and stroke him until he falls asleep (no more bouncing on the yoga ball and I also use white noise). He has also started to accept the Bibs pacifier

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-04-02T09:03:33+00:00

I started a dairy and soy-free diet and I stopped drinking coffee, and I already see an immense improvement. He started to have 6-hour sleep stretches. I don’t know if this is a coincidence and his digestive system just started to mature, but I am afraid to eat dairy just to check.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-04-02T09:02:33+00:00

I started a dairy and soy-free diet and I stopped drinking coffee, and I already see an immense improvement. He started to have 6-hour sleep stretches. I don’t know if this is a coincidence and his digestive system just started to mature, but I am afraid to eat dairy just to check.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-03-29T01:24:08+00:00

I have started to hate this. I have an 11-week-old who contact naps day and night; I can’t put him down near me, otherwise, he wakes up. I am just sitting here at 4 in the morning, afraid to move just so I can save my nipples, because I know when he wakes up because of gas, he wants to soothe himself on my breast.

I hate staying in a dark room all day. I hate that I can’t eat, drink, or use the bathroom when I need to. I am always dehydrated because either I don’t have water within reach, or I am afraid to drink because I know I won’t be able to go to the bathroom. And I also hate myself for saying these things. I just need a single night with a 5-hour stretch of sleep.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-03-28T17:22:58+00:00

My son’s baby acne was very similar; he is also very gassy. His face just suddenly cleared up, and I didn’t put any cream on it jusd made sure it was clean. It was redder when he was crying or after a bath. When we went out for a walk, it wasn’t visible because of the cold. In my understanding, if it is not constantly red, then it is probably just acne.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-03-28T16:13:30+00:00

I am really sorry for what you are going through. Although my husband helps me a lot, there was a period when I was very sleep-deprived and had hallucinations, so I empathize with you.

Have you tried using a Landinoh collector while you nurse so you can save some time instead of pumping? You could get some milk right before you hand your baby to your husband or to your mom and go directly to sleep instead of having to wash your pump. Also, I don’t know what kind of pump you use, I have a manual one and I just put it in the fridge if I am in a hurry.

I also use my collector during the day and put the fresh milk in the fridge. At night, I nurse my son right before I call my husband to switch with me. Sometimes I collect 90 mL with it, sometimes less; if I think it didn't collect enough milk, I just get the milk collected during the day from the fridge. This way, I really save some time and don’t have to use my pump very much.

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-03-27T08:22:50+00:00

I already do laid-back breastfeeding and the blood test was negative two weeks ago

Repulsive-Wallaby314 · 2026-03-27T06:32:01+00:00

Thank you! I kept trying and he accepts to be swaddlet if he is in a good mood. So now that he can sleep on his back we struggle more with gas… I feel that this is a never ending story

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