Nursing time with/without nipple shield

cltk12 · August 2012

DS has been off the nipple shield for just about a week now. With the nipple shield he was nuring for 30-45 mins each feeding. Without the nipple shield he nurses only for about 5 - 10 mins total. I know the time should be less...but should it be THAT much less? He's happy and content so I'm sure he's fine, but I'm just curious if others saw that much decrease in time.

Meg&Jesse · August 2012

Well I will say that 2 weeks into nursing DS #2 I am shocked at how quickly he nurses (no nipple shield). I have these memories of DS #1 nursing forever when he was first born and we used a nipple shield for about 7 weeks. So, if your LO is content I would say all is good!

laoch101 · August 2012

The nipple shield makes them work harder to get enough of what they need. So yes it would be reduced. Mine did the same thing. Plus a 3mth old can really go to town.

moriaspencer · August 2012

cltk12:
DS has been off the nipple shield for just about a week now. With the nipple shield he was nuring for 30-45 mins each feeding. Without the nipple shield he nurses only for about 5 - 10 mins total. I know the time should be less...but should it be THAT much less? He's happy and content so I'm sure he's fine, but I'm just curious if others saw that much decrease in time.

This happened with DD. I was also very surprised at how much faster nursing is w/o the shield!

stoneycakes · August 2012

cltk12:
DS has been off the nipple shield for just about a week now. With the nipple shield he was nuring for 30-45 mins each feeding. Without the nipple shield he nurses only for about 5 - 10 mins total. I know the time should be less...but should it be THAT much less? He's happy and content so I'm sure he's fine, but I'm just curious if others saw that much decrease in time.

This has been almost exactly my experience.