How long does LO feed for?

CatherineDC2012 · June 2014

Just curious as I see my LO getting more efficient, but still want to try my best to make sure she gets what she needs without letting my own impatience cut her off early!

bootsiebabe · June 2014

My answer is per side. DS likes to take his sweet time.

hordol · June 2014

Gone down from 40 min total to 30 to 20...and now he's right around 15 I'd say.

EmmaD312 · June 2014

LO is at 10 to 15 per side, at almost 13 weeks old.

ashcole28 · June 2014

DD is bottle fed it takes her about a half hour to finish.

Dixon813 · June 2014

Lately it's been 10 minutes on the first side, 5 on the other

RedBird11 · June 2014

Usually about 30 minutes between the two sides.

littlesocks · June 2014

Depends on time of day. MOTN she takes 8-15 minutes. During the day she take 25-45 minutes

rockstarlaw · June 2014

Around 20 minutes, give or take a few

MamaFantastic · June 2014

It really varies. Could be as short as 10-12 min for a one-sided feeding or as long as 45 minutes for a leisurely two sided feeding.

strawberrytree · June 2014

I have a super efficient eater. Even as a newborn he never ate longer than 10-15 minutes. Now he's down to 5-7ish minutes. It's awesome. DS1 would take forever.

thomas930 · June 2014

One sided eater. 10 mins every three hours.

rtv3 · June 2014

DD is a one-sided eater and it takes her 10-15 min to drain the boob. For her bedtime feeding, though, I let her nurse to sleep which takes about 30 min.

LaNorte · June 2014

We've come a long way! He started at 30 minutes per side, now we're at about 20 minutes total.

ksulli · June 2014

Mine takes food seriously. 10 minutes, usually just one boob, sometimes split between them. But when she's hungry, it's down to business.

michaelad3 · June 2014

DD nurses 5-10 minutes, one sided feedings. Sometimes it's less than 5, sometimes more than 10. I think I have a pretty fast flow since when I pump I've pretty much gotten all I'm going to get after 6-7 mins no matter how much longer I pump

olenkapdx · June 2014

Bottle takes 10-15 and BFing takes 40-45. We do bottle most of the time these days.

mandacann · June 2014

DD is bottle fed and it totally varies. Sometimes she's super efficient and it's less than 10 other times she'll drag on for 40 minutes.

rockstarlaw · June 2014

LaNorte said:
We've come a long way! He started at 30 minutes per side, now we're at about 20 minutes total.

Same. And my nipples are much happier for it!!

Teresa1896 · June 2014

About 7 minutes, one side only. Every 2-3 hours. We'll see how that changes once he starts getting bottles regularly when I go back to work.

bacorrea · June 2014

She likes to take her sweet time and apparently thinks my nipple is a lollipop. She would chill on the boob all day if I would let her.

LindsayB0505 · June 2014

Between 5 and 10. I voted 10 because it's probably closer to that. He basically guzzles.

fourthnlast · June 2014

E takes a bottle, but she can down one in less than 10 minutes. During the day she likes to take her sweet ass time.

WifeofaComposer · June 2014

My LO has been doing only one side each feeding since he was born. Now he takes about 7 or 8 minutes every 2-3 hours, and during the night he only takes about 5 minutes and then he's back to sleep.

babylove4414 · July 2014

5-7 minutes every 2-3 hours. At night he's been going about 8 hour stretches before another 6 min feeding. Loving it!

CalinAZ · July 2014

To be honest, a lot of comfort sucking goes on while he nurses usually. It's so cute so I let it go on for a bit. But active eating still hits around 20 minutes.

And he eats all the time. During the day every 45 minutes to 2 hours, unless he has a massive nap. That's why he's gaining a pound a week, I guess....

Janneika · July 2014

WifeofaComposer said:
My LO has been doing only one side each feeding since he was born. Now he takes about 7 or 8 minutes every 2-3 hours, and during the night he only takes about 5 minutes and then he's back to sleep.

This exactly! Thank God I'm not alone!

dmosquera4 · July 2014

About 10 min each breast I've used to feed on one breast but I got mastitis and the antibiotics decreased my supply on one breast so now he goes on both

LyndseyLC · July 2014

jellysparkles said:

Five minutes on the boob, but she only takes one at a time so it's every two hours.

ditto

macynsnoop · July 2014

Roughly 10 min per side, sometimes he does only 3-5 on one side but then he'll want the boob again in an hour. Lately, before bed, he's been doings fathom sessions on one side, about 15 min & then anothe 7-9 min on the other side.

babybarnes87 · July 2014

CalinAZ said:
To be honest, a lot of comfort sucking goes on while he nurses usually. It's so cute so I let it go on for a bit. But active eating still hits around 20 minutes.

And he eats all the time. During the day every 45 minutes to 2 hours, unless he has a massive nap. That's why he's gaining a pound a week, I guess....

Yeo, I'm in the same boat! Pretty sure we're going through the 3 month growth spurt right now.

BrittanyAmundson · July 2014

bacorrea said:
She likes to take her sweet time and apparently thinks my nipple is a lollipop. She would chill on the boob all day if I would let her.

This.

angelaluisa · July 2014

thomas930 said:
One sided eater. 10 mins every three hours.

Same!

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