Hi there, first Congratulations on the arrival! When dd2 came into our lives, she was absolutely different from dd1. I am only now learning not to compare them cause they are just 2 different babies. Dd1 caught on to day/night sleep also almost straight away, was a fairly calm baby and was in her own room by week9
. Dd2 had colic, cried uncontrollably for the 1st 7 weeks and is still in our room. I have not yet managed to get her into 4hr easy and still battle with breasfeeding insecurities. TBH, my lo was bf on demand at the start (well for the 1st 6 weeks at least) - for her hourly was not uncommon at all. She would only last 2 hrs max. Day/night confusion is very common and I've read that night sleep does not get organised until about 6 weeks or so. That was the case with my lo anyway, she started sleeping a longer stretch at night at around 7 weeks. She pretty much as a newborn just ate, had 10 mins of A time and then to sleep. She would fall asleep very fast whilst feeding and I just learnt to accept it. My health nurse assured me that this was common newborn behaviour and not to worry about any sort of sleep training until about 8 weeks. So I just concentrated on "bonding" with my baby instead of stressing about bad habits forming. It will all work out, I promise, when they are able to stay awake a little longer, she will have more A time and will take in more at each feed. Like I mentioned earlier, mine is still not on 4hr easy but I was re-assured by a BF moderator that it is not uncommon for a 4MO to be on a 3hr schedule or even less so I feel better yet again!
Good luck and don't stress. Enjoy your baby and all that feeding is a way of her increasing your milk supply!
