#cluster feeding

[vocifersaurus]

Cluster feeding

Infant: HANGRY

Me: ok sweetie here we go

Infant: *nursing*

Infant: *stops nursing*

Me: ...

Infant: WTF WOMAN I AM NOT EATING

Me: ok here you go

Infant: *nurses for 500 years*

Me: *tries to burp her*

Infant: THIS IS ACTUAL TERRORISM

[pitchans]

When surprise cluster feedings hit you out of nowhere. Omg baby you have been awake for more than 8 hours, taking 10-15 minute cat naps here and there... please go to sleep >.<

[loving-logan]

Cluster feeding - what a clusterf*ck

Home girl has wanted to eat ALL DAY, and is SCREAMING when she's not eating. She also won't latch on my right at all, and just keeps spitting out my nipple and yelling at my boob. I thought maybe my supply had tanked and I was dry, but I just pumped and got as much as I usually do. I'm. So. Tired.

[more-berry]

"I know you're new here, but there's lots of stuff to do besides eat."

-me, to my four-day-old baby

[toolfry]

Cluster Feeding - Why Your Newborn Nurses for Hours

Is your baby nursing constantly in the evening? That's cluster feeding—and it's completely normal. Learn why it happens and how to survive

[7loveneverfails]

my poor son is bummed today cause sister isn't sharing me.

[educationalinsights]

What Is Cluster Feeding & 5 Tips For Parents & Caregivers

The early days and weeks of breastfeeding can be filled with joy, love, and of course, a lot of feeding. For many new parents, this can mean

[writtenbyvarsh]

My two-weeks-old child has decided cluster feeding at night is the way to go. The chaped nipples, the sleep deprivation, the raging postpartum hormone storm - it's been immensely frustrating, to say the least.

Every wake-up, I genuinely consider handing my child to my obliviously sleeping spouse with a bottle of formula and calling it a night, but then- oh, and then - my Tiny Terror grabs hold of one of my fingers with all of his and looks up at me with cartoon-worthy doe eyes and then, there's literally nothing I wouldn't do for this tiny person.