hi,

To me, what it looks like that you have got a normal baby. Babies DO feed 8-12 times - on average in 24 hours. They can feed up to 18 times in 24 hours. Normal. They have no idea of day and night - so many of these feeds will be at night. The good news? It doesn't last forever! There is much going right with your breastfeeding. It is normal for babies to lose around 10% of their birthweight - and you wouldn't expect them to be back to birthweight until they are 2 weeks old. The most unusual part of this story is that she is sleeping for 4-5 hour stretch - that's a very long time for a baby that age - 3 hrs would usually be the limit - but that can be probably explained by the formula. Cluster feeds are normal. It's hard going, but we get through it, even with another child. Doesn't make it easy though