Growth Spurt?

MusicFanatic · December 2014

For those that may know.. is it typically a growth spurt when a baby gets up more/drinks more? Is 6 weeks a common time for one?

Zoe usually gives us roughly 7 hours of sleep overnight (give or take- 10 to 5am maybe) and last night she was up around midnight, 2 and then 4. Clearly, she's still a newborn and her sleep will be all over for awhile- so I'm not really talking about that. I expect that. But each time she got up, she wanted increased formula. She's been doing, on average, 3 ounces per bottle. And I did some extra feedings overnight and she cried a bit after each.. sticking her fist in her mouth, so I assumed she was still hungry. Made up an extra ounce (so 4 total) and she gobbled it like she hadn't just eaten! And she did 4 ounces the next feeding, too (which she's usually asleep during!).

Is that a growth spurt? (I figure you'll all tell me better than goggle)

YaMrWhite · December 2014

I can't remember when wonder weeks start but ya it could definitely be a growth spurt!

MusicFanatic · December 2014

Ok, thanks guys

That's what I was assuming. I just wasn't aware of the typical time frames of them. She was like a bottomless pit overnight!

britb618 · December 2014

Yup- growth spurt! Just when you adjust they do this to us! Lol! Good luck! Try taking a nap today

kellyfo14 · December 2014

6 weeks isn't just a growth spurt, it is THE growth spurt.

Jellybean707 · December 2014

Here is the Wonder Weeks chart. Sorry it's so big! Usually, each leap occurs with what can feel like baby is "regressing" and a physical growth spurt. So, more food and less sleep and a clingy baby for 3-5 days followed my an awesome developmental leap forward!

MusicFanatic · December 2014

Ok, I think she's doing the 5 week thing at 6 weeks

I also noticed she was crying a bit more than usual for her and more clingy- she wanted in my arms overnight and not her bassinet (which we don't usually have an issue with at all) and I've been keeping her in the sling today because she doesn't want down.

Coffee is amazing, eh?

Jen524 · December 2014

The 6 week growth spurt sucks! DD2 was attached to me constantly during that growth spurt.

Lanatir · December 2014

Yup 6 weeks is definitely about the time for the clinging and crying to increase. BFing was still working for us about then and I'm pretty sure I was just topless like 24/7 at home because if she wasn't latching for one of a billion different reasons, she had to be cuddled up against my skin...

Good luck and I hope she starts sleeping better again for you.

atrinh11 · December 2014

I don't know much about growth spurt timing, I am just still in awe that you have a 6 week old that has slept for 7 hour stretches already. That is CRAZY to me. Man I hope this baby is like that! I still remember the first time my son gave us a 5 hour stretch, he was 8 weeks old, and it was a fluke. Didn't happen again for another month or so. He started sleeping like a champ at about 6 months, but 6 weeks, holy cow!!

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