Breastfeeding question.

MauiBride2008

DS2 is 8 weeks old and still takes about 45-50 minutes to eat and still eating every 2 hours.  Is this still normal?  Sometimes I feel he is comfort nursing and not sure when he actually stops.  Should I be setting a set time on each side to nurse him or still let him nurse as long as he wants?  It's frustrating since I have a 20 month old running loose around the house every time I'm nursing DS2 about 8 times a day.  I still feel like we are all over the place with no schedule and feel a little jealous when a lot of people are talking about their babes on schedules already. 

DottyBlue

My DS definitely is still eating every 2 hours and he's 9 weeks old. I am so ready for him to go longer stretches I feel your pain!

rnbeth477

My DD is still bf every two hours and she is 9 weeks. She does not nurse quite as long as your LO though. I can empathize with keeping up with the toddler though while nursing. It's a whole new challenge! I get on the floor with him while he's playing and ill nurse her on my lap. He's much more likely to stay there if I'm with him. Or...tv can be a wonderful friend, though I try to limit the amount we watch each day. It does work to keep him occupied.

MauiBride2008

rnbeth477:

My DD is still bf every two hours and she is 9 weeks. Or...tv can be a wonderful friend, though I try to limit the amount we watch each day. It does work to keep him occupied.

We have been watching way to much tv since DS2 was born   I feel I have created a monster with that.  He is so use to watching it now all the time that he gets mad when I turn it off.  It's horrible   I seriously feel like I want to throw in the towel on BF because it's so stressful with DS1 while I'm always feeding DS2

hilsy85

45 min sounds like comfort nursing for sure...I have heard most babies empty the breast in 10-20 min. So if I were you, I would unlatch him after that amount of time, unless yo'ure comfortable and don't mind the comfort nursing. I know for me, nursing that long would wreck my nipples.