breastfeeding and i feel like my baby girl isnt eating right. the doctor confirmed that she is latching right but the problem is that she will only eat for 5-10 minutes and want to eat every 30-60 minutes... its starting to get to be way too much and idk what to do, i was told it was supposed to be 20 minutes on each side and only feeding every 2-3 hours... hmmm? what to do?
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thank you so much! it just didnt seem normal that she only eats 5 or 10 minutes... it sucks that its so often too because im not pumping im giving her straight boob lol so i have to have my boob out constantly all day and they get sore too. i dont let her use me as a paci well try not to... its funny that a 12 day old baby is the boss of me i cant turn her down no matter what lmao @taylorrleee1
Don't listen to people when they tell you how long feedings should last and how long your baby should go in between them. You'll make yourself crazy that way like a did for a few weeks lol. Let baby eat when she wants to, she knows when she is hungry. I started feeding my baby on demand and she made her own schedule which works great for both of us! And her eating every 30 minutes is completely normal at her age, she's probably hitting a growth spurt which means she's trying to up your milk supply to accommodate her growing. :) You can Google when babies hit growth spurts so you can expect when it will happen again, but remember that every baby is different. It sucks right now but just hang in there, it does get better! Oh and if she's comfort nursing, remember that you're not a human pacifier, a pacifier is just a rubber mama for her.
@jahnessagarcia, yes she needs the boob for atleast a second in order to fall asleep lol! she is definitely in love with her mama already♡ @tiffrae yeah its like this every day all day though i just wish it wasnt so often its like im feeding all day long
I heard it's like a comfort thing for them and they like to use the boob as a pacifier. Good thing is it will help you to produce more and more milk.
it is totally normal! I thought the same thing because that's what I was told by all of my nurses at the hospital but I saw a few lactation consultants and they all said it was normal! Babies stomachs are tiny so they can only hold so much and breastplate digests super fast so that's why :) and I had bleeding nipples for 3 and a half weeks, no lie. Elliott was tongue tied and I didn't know until she was 3 weeks old and after I got that released she had to completely relearn how to latch so they were still so sore for like 4 days then it started getting better. Anyways all I'm saying is keep to it and before you know it it will just be second nature for you both! And for real it's crazy how a tiny human that's so helpless can run every part of your life 😂