Is this supposed to take this long?

RoseVA · December 2013

I'm a FTM. My LO is 10 days old and I'm feeding him with a nipple shield. We're feeding about every three hours and it takes about 45 minutes each session--I do one breast per session. That 45minutes includes though burping and his pauses.

I realize this will vary baby to baby but I'm just curious if this is typical of newborns?

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jennypenny* · December 2013

yes. my lo was the same way.

ILMomma · December 2013

Totally normal. They get faster. My son took about that long at first. Now he eats for about 10-15 minutes. He's 4 months.

hrhone328 · December 2013

Yup, normal. I felt like all I did in the beginning was nurse. They get much more efficient as they get older.

cheverian87 · December 2013

Totally normal my little guy was nursing 60 mins per session every 2 hours, sometimes a bit longer if he was sleepy. Now we seem to be down to 20-30 mins every 2-3 hours and he just turned 9 weeks yesterday. Seems weird now, I am worrying if he is nursing long enough lol

jensriot · December 2013

All three of mine nursed that long in the beginning. It gets faster.

APendola · December 2013

At that age, it is very typical. It will get shorter as the baby gets more efficient ...in the meantime, consider the long nursing sessions a excuse to put your feet up. Sit back and read a book or watch some TV.

Shoecrazysarah · December 2013

AmyG* said:
If baby is taking a long time at the breast and is using a nipple shield, I would get it checked out to be sure with a LC. do a weighted feeding to see how much baby is taking in at the breast, becasue sometimes baby will be struggling to get enough with the shield and will take forever to nurse. so get that checked to be sure it's just a normal baby taking a long time to nurse.

This. We had troubles with weight gain as our LO wasn't transferring well with the shield. While this does sound normal, since you are using the shield it is better to be safe the sorry.

SweetPeaK26 · December 2013

I used a shield at first, and it took that long easily. At two weeks old she was 2lbs up from her birth weight.

babymama619 · January 2014

Sounds exactly like what we were doing 6weeks ago

keep up the good work!

Is this supposed to take this long?

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