3 week old stuck on boob
Please tell me anything. Encouragement, motivation, advice I just need to hear something. I am so exhausted and I am alone because my husband is gone for like five more months.
My baby is 3 weeks old today. It’s 5pm. She’s been nursing almost the entire time since 12pm.
And last night, I only got 3 hours sleep because I accidentally fell asleep holding her and have been unable to nap all day.
Anyway, I usually pump between feeds but I haven’t today because there has been no in-between feeds. I’m just switching boobs every 15-20 minutes.
She was wide awake from 12-3 so it was impossible to sneak away
But for the last 2 hours she’s dozed off. She continues to actively feed at each switch for a little before sleeping again.
Anytime I try to end the cycle by unlatching her or moving her, she gets upset so I have to keep going.
Even if she pulled off herself, it’s not long before she realizes what she did.
I can’t move at all. I can’t lay down to nap because the sooner I cause her to wake up, the sooner she will go back to the breast.
Edit: Thanks a lot everybody! I didn’t know how much I needed to be reassured this is normal. I guess I was in a bit of distress also because I wasn’t sure if I should be doing something differently or if something was wrong.