Falling asleep at the breast

emilybailey76

I BF LO for 2030 min. She falls asleep so I put her down for nap. About 1015 minutes later she will wake up screaming sucking her fists, which I'm pretty sure is a hunger signal. So I put her back on the breast, she nurses for 5 or so minutes then falls asleep. I stimulate her mouth with nipple to try to get her to eat more but I get NOTHING, she stays asleep. Then I try to put her back down and she starts the cycle again. Is she comfort nursing? Does this pass?

Ginny0211

My LO did some cluster feeding (snacking about every 30 minutes) and comfort nursing (sucking for seconds and falling asleep). She started doing the cluster feeding less and less and by 3 months I think she stopped her snacking habit. 

I fed on demand and she quickly had her own feeding schedule of eating every two hours with some cluster feeding here and there. I noticed she seemed to cluster feed more in the early evening.  

She still comfort nurses to fall asleep, but she does not cluster feed anymore. Now she's too busy being mobile and being on the go!

 

 

mrs.forrister

I had this same exact problem.  LO would fall asleep about 5 minutes in and never empty me so my supply took a major hit.  I had no idea.  I'm now EP because it was too frustrating to get him to stay awake for a feeding.  I still try to nurse him once a day or once every other day just so he doesn't forget and I love our time together.  When he falls asleep I wake him up and feed him a bottle of pumped BM, which he guzzles down and is wide awake for.  I also have to supplement and it gets time consuming to nurse for 5-10 per side, bottle feed then pump.