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For those of you that are Breastfeeding....
Hi BIN ladies,
Hope you all are well, I just had a few questions about breastfeeding please...
My LO is 2 weeks old tomorrow and I am exclusivley breastfeeding. The 1st week we were mananging to get a 4 hour sleep out of her over night but this week she is wanting feeding every 2 to 3 hours all day and night. How often do your LO's want feeding and how old do they start demanding less?
My other question is what do you clean your boobs with? Sorry for TMI but I've just been using soap but have just read you should just use water! That just doesn't seem enough to me though. And also do you clean after every feed?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Becky & Heidi 13 days old xxx
Hope you all are well, I just had a few questions about breastfeeding please...
My LO is 2 weeks old tomorrow and I am exclusivley breastfeeding. The 1st week we were mananging to get a 4 hour sleep out of her over night but this week she is wanting feeding every 2 to 3 hours all day and night. How often do your LO's want feeding and how old do they start demanding less?
My other question is what do you clean your boobs with? Sorry for TMI but I've just been using soap but have just read you should just use water! That just doesn't seem enough to me though. And also do you clean after every feed?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Becky & Heidi 13 days old xxx
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My LO was 3 weeks yesterday and was going for 5 hours at night. This changed this week for the 3 week growth spurt and for a couple of days he was feeding every 2 hours. As of last night he went back to 3-4 hours.
Prehaps is just a growth spurt. The 3 week one was the first one we had but i think some babies have a 10 day spurt.
I just clean as normal with shower gel in the shower.
Imogen feels usually every 3 hrs during day but this has gone back to 2 hourly as shes in her 6 week growth spurt. It was 5 hr at night but now is back to 2 hoping she'll go back once spurt is over.
xxx
Am shattered.
I don't clean specifically on the breast area with anything other than water although some shower gel sort of gets over that area from me cleaning arms/neck etc. I didn't want the perfumed smell to put Alexandra off at all but it doesn't seem to bother most babies, by the sounds of it!