Feed intervals getting shorter

[Katteh]

My little boy has generally gone 3 hours between feeds since he was about 2 weeks old, with one 4 hour stretch at night, and taken 45 mins to an hour to feed. Last Saturday (5 weeks and 5 days old) he started going 2-2.5 hourly between feeds and then mostly 3 hourly overnight, with the exception of some nights where he goes 4-5 hours. He is also starting to only take 30 mins to feed, which is something at least.

Does this sound like the 6 week growth spurt? Is there any chance he might start going longer again?!

 

[CatherineK]

You are lucky to have had three hours between feeds to start with! Babies will vary their nursing as the grow and hit milestones/ growth spurts. My baby was nursing were hour during the day at six weeks!

 

[optimistic1]

Could be but my daughter never left my boob for 2 weeks during the 6 week growth spurt not even for sleep ..but yes he should go back to sleeping longer hours maybe even longer than before if your lucky!