How long does your lo feed for (if bfing)?
Hi ladies,
Just wondering how long your lo's tend to feed for at each feed.
Ryans feeding has been all over the shop and apparently he tends to feed for a long time 20-30mins before I take him off. The hv said today to expect him to reduce that time as he becomes more efficient, since she was here he's had 4 short feeds 10-15mins, taken himself off and settled.
Just wondering how long your lo's feed for, not sure if this is him growing up or of he's worn out as he's got s bit of a cold?
Shanee and Ryan 4weeks1day x
Just wondering how long your lo's tend to feed for at each feed.
Ryans feeding has been all over the shop and apparently he tends to feed for a long time 20-30mins before I take him off. The hv said today to expect him to reduce that time as he becomes more efficient, since she was here he's had 4 short feeds 10-15mins, taken himself off and settled.
Just wondering how long your lo's feed for, not sure if this is him growing up or of he's worn out as he's got s bit of a cold?
Shanee and Ryan 4weeks1day x
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I've had problems with bf as hes been losing weight so i'm having to express at th end of every feed, top him up with formula and wake him up every 2 hours to feed.
The bf support people said he should be feeding for between 20 + 45 mins at this stage and settling for 2 hrs
Hth
B x
That's interesting as I was told let him have 20-30 mins then take him off and offer the other boob which we were doing, but during the day he rarely settled for as long as 2 hours. It's so hard to know what's right isn't it
That's interesting as I was told let him have 20-30 mins then take him off and offer the other boob which we were doing, but during the day he rarely settled for as long as 2 hours. It's so hard to know what's right isn't it
I'm letting him feed for as long as he likes and i've now started offering the other boob (didnt know i was supposed to......) and so this am he fed for qn hour and a quarter and settled for 2 hrs. I'm still going to express at the end of each feed to try and increase my supply and when he needs a top up he gets breastmilk at least some of the time.
I've had such contradictory advice its so hard to know what to do for the best.
I'm just hoping he starts to put weight on at his weigh in tomorrow.
I have almost burnt my Gina Ford book, am not going to read the baby whisperer as I am soon realising that you have to go baby led. We have a bath, feed. settle routine, put freddy in his moses in our makeshift sitting room (our sitting rm is still being plastered!!) and then feed him if he wakes and then dream feed at 10/10.30 ish.
I am hoping he puts weight on as he wasn't back to birth weight @ 10days. But yep, feeding times are v random for us! x