I think a lot of women can relate to the situation when your child changes 15 positions during 5
minutes of his nursing session.
Not exact matches
Beginning with one
nursing session per day, cut the amount
of time you spend breastfeeding your baby down by a couple
of minutes each time.
In the case
of my son, homeboy had been
nursing literally every 20
minutes for a duration
of 20
minutes per
session for two days straight.
Giving just a little bit
of formula to my son after each
nursing session «topped him off» and enabled him to go a little longer between feedings (you know, so I only had to feed him every hour and a half instead
of every 20
minutes), which allowed me to rest, which helped lower my stress and increase my milk supply.
Also he has a habit
of nibbling, our daytime
nursing sessions only last a few
minutes and they might be close together as every 20
minutes.
One thing I've done for me in the past couple
of weeks is admitted that I don't enjoy the sensation
of breastfeeding and it's okay that I get lost on my phone for the 3 - 10
minute nursing session.
And my kids were VERY irregular nursers, especially my older son who seemed to eat less tahn every 2 hours apart and often needed 45
minutes per meal which left me all
of 30 - 60
minutes total between
nursing sessions.
I knew when I couldn't hear my baby swallowing very much, he ended
nursing sessions very quickly and after a few
minutes I felt the * lovely * chafing sensation
of him «dry
nursing.»
What worked for us: In addition to a post
nursing cue, I have found that telling Katie she can have «one more
minute»
of milk before our
nursing session is over helps her transition more easily when I give the «all done» cue.
She was immediately put skin to skin, and we had our first
nursing session within 20
minutes of her arrival.
Early on, the calf might
nurse a couple
of minutes every half hour, but as it becomes more proficient, it can get more milk in less time and fewer
nursing sessions.
If baby needs 30
minutes of cuddle time prior to the final bottle /
nursing session, then get your toddler to bed first.
You are required to boost the number
of nursing sessions you have or bottles, maybe every 30 - 40
minutes if needed to make up for this.
She often took forty - five
minutes or more to finish a feeding, meaning that I would sometimes end one
nursing session and begin another one an hour and a half later, attempting to squeeze a bit
of sleep in between.
Because exclusively pumping mothers may need to pump for longer periods
of time in order to build their supply — for some women,
sessions that are less frequent but longer can work better — not suggesting a strict 10 - 15
minute limit would be beneficial to women who aren't
nursing.
There were times I would literally count down the
minutes until our
nursing session would be over since my daughter kept pinching the back
of my arm over and over.
Conventional advice
of nursing 10 - 20
minutes on each side is correct in one way - most babies do
nurse about this long - but it does not take into account the QUALITY
of the
session.
Instead, I find that for the first week or so
of nursing a baby I have to take a deep breath and mentally prepare for the first
minute or so
of each
nursing session because it is quite uncomfortable.