What about subsequent feedings?

In the first few weeks, it's hard to predict just when the baby will want to be fed. Usually, it will be anywhere from 2 ½ to 4 hours after the beginning of the last feeding around the clock. Restlessness or crying sooner than 2 hours after a feeding probably does not indicate hunger, although this is not a hard and fast rule. Toward the end of the first weeks, most infants begin to settle down to feedings from 3 to 4 hours apart.

You may find yourself worn out after the first feedings. Chances are, you try so hard to get the milk into the baby that you make sucking movements with your own mouth, you push or wiggle the bottle, or you jiggle the baby to keep him awake as he drifts off to sleep. You discover, after you lay the baby down, that you’ve been working with every muscle in you body. You can’t help it at first, but at least you can be aware that every other mother does the same thing.

The trick is to get enough sleep between times yourself, be assured that the uncertain feeding hours will become more fixed and regular soon. Let everything go at first except the baby and the necessary laundry. It's even better if you can have someone help out with the other duties so you can conserve your energy for the baby. Have regular visiting hours and keep company away at other times. Banish callers who tire you out. Try to nap when the baby is sleeping. He won’t remain such as tyrant for long.

Indulge yourself in all the tricks you know to make sleep come at odd hours, a warm bath or a cold one; something to eat or drink; darken the room; ask the neighbors to be quiet whatever works for you.