Newborn awake in evenings

Hello! My 2-week old newborn has been pretty good at waking for feeds every 2.5 hours, keeping to 45 minutes wake windows and sleeping for most parts of the day, EXCEPT between 4-8pm everyday where he usually stays awake, is a little bit more fussy and wants to be carried more. He doesn't show any sleep cues (no yawning / closing eyes) and does frequent small feeds during this period of time. Is this normal? Have you done anything differently to your baby's routine if you're experiencing the same? 🙏

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I think there could be some possible reasons: 1. Is baby overstimulated in the morning or afternoon? Overstimulation could cause baby to get fussy/have difficulty settling down. 2. Are you directly latching baby? Baby could be preparing to sleep by doing cluster feeding. You can do more skin to skin contact to soothe baby or go for a walk (baby wearing) to see if he could be soothed.

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12mo ago

Thank you for sharing 🥹 I think it might be cluster feeding - just not sure if it happens at 2 weeks old! I'm not too sure but it doesn't sound like overstimulation as he's still getting jaundice out of his system and is mostly a very sleepy baby, usually in the day we can only afford to feed, burp and change in each wake window. Our play time mostly comes in the form of verbal interactions with him as we are doing the essential tasks 😮‍💨 Got it on the suggestions! 🤍

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