some days my daughter nurses a regular amount of time between 15-20 minutes total. Some feeds she nurses for 40 ish minutes. However there have been a few days where she nurses for less than 10 minutes total each feed and screams bloody murder if I try to get her to latch back on. Should I be worried she isn't eating for long enough? It's not like she is hungry sooner she still goes 3+ hours during the day and her 6+ hour stretch at night.
If she doesn't want to eat, don't make her. When my little guy pushes my nipple or bottle out of his mouth, I leave him be unless he tries to eat again. As long as she's gaining weight I wouldn't worry.
Same as pp have said, it varies from feed to feed. I just follow whatever LO shows for eating. I think also during long nursing sessions that shes done actually getting milk and nursing for a little comfort. As long as you're getting the right amount of diapers and they're getting some sleep and otherwise normal acting , it's all good!
My baby almost always only eats 8-10 mins per feed and only on one side however he seems satisfied is gaining a ton of weight and has ten million wet diapers a day (small exaggeration) but I would just follow your baby's cues and not worry
Thanks ladies. It was just worrying me that she is varying so much day to day. It's whole days that she only eats a little and then some whole days she eats a lot. I will talk to the ped tomorrow but thanks for easing my mind
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