Breastfeeding moms have a question...

You should see movement close to his ear when he’s really swallowing. If he’s just suckling it’ll be smaller movement closer to him mouth. Secondly I’d message your breast to let the milk come down. This will remind him what he’s supposed to be doing.

Have you tried un latching and re latching go make sure he’s deep enough

My kid still uses me as a damn pacifier! Drives me nuts right now! But honestly I could tell he was eating verses just comfort suckling because my breast would get soft and you can also tell by the way they suck. I feel eating is more of an aggressive and more frequent sucking verses comfort sucking with they do at longer intervals. If you have any lactation consultants around or they have one at the hospital you can also go down and do a weighing before and after a nursing session to see precisely how much he is drinking. Also check to see if his hand is clenched or open and relaxed as clenched can indicate he is still hungry.

Does nursing hurt you at all? Could be a lip or tongue tie that is causing issues with proper milk transfer too. :/

He could be suckling like a paci. Both of my kids do this when nursing sometimes. You can usually tell if their drinking by the noise they make like a swallowing noise. He could also be cluster feeding because of a growth spurt as well.

You know by the amount of diapers. Trust your diaper count. A wet diaper is one that if you dropped it on the ground would plop.