How long did your baby stay on the breast for a feed?

Question

My baby is on my breast for an hour, but is still not full. How long does it take to fill your baby up?

Answer 1

How old is your baby? A newborn I assume.

They go through 2-3 growth spurts in the 1st 6 weeks! During growth spurts baby will nurse constantly. Breast milk is a system of supply and demand. Baby suckles more so you will produce more milk to meet his growing needs. This is normal and does not mean you don't have enough milk. Do not supplement, as this can be detrimental to the delicate balance of the supply and demand system.

I know my little one did nothing but nurse the 1st 5 weeks!! I honestly had a hard time just finding time to shower and eat! But I promise it does get better!

During the 1st 6-8 weeks, he will perfect his nursing skills so that he will need less time to consume the same amount of milk. Keeping him near you at all times will help you to be aware of his early hunger cues (rooting, fussing, etc.) so that you can feed him without allowing him to work up into a hungry, stressful cry. Minimizing your baby's crying in this way will also be less stressful on you and the other members of your household.

You CAN'T nurse too often--you CAN nurse too little. It is normal for newborns to nurse every 45 minutes to ever 2-3 hours. They have tiny stomachs (only about the size if their little fists) and breast milk is fully digested in approximately 90 minutes! They can stay on the breast for as long as an hour or as little as 5 minutes--both are normal.

Infants, thrive best when allowed to feed as they indicate their needs. NURSE ON DEMAND!! At the very least, this should be every two to three hours during the day and every four to five hours at night for a total of eight to 12 feedings every 24 hours. Calculate the time between feedings from the beginning of one feeding to the beginning of the next. Most feedings usually last 20 to 40 minutes, but do not watch the clock during the feeding. When your baby is a newborn, nursing sessions can sometimes seem to last so long that you barely have any time to get anything done before the next session begins. This is normal and it will not last forever.


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Answer 2

Why is it you think this child is not full? How old is this child? Most if not ALL newborn babies will stay on mom's breast all day. When you first latch the baby on make sure this child is awake and actively sucking for the first ten minutes of a feed. Play with his feet, his ears, talk loudly, even use a cold wet washcloth on his face and wake him up. After about 10 minutes of active sucking and swallowing you can let him suck longer just to satisy his need to suck. Newborns can take a very long time to feed, its possible your milk is not in yet (this can take 3 - 5 days) Are you seeing any milk? dribbling out of the babies mouth? leaking from your breasts? A pump is not a good indicator of how much milk you are producing...if your baby is under 2 weeks old i would say this sounds pretty normal, but as they get older, they get better and faster. Has the baby been for a weight check? Are you seeing wet and poopy diapers? If you are, than the baby is sucking for comfort and that isnt a bad thing. But if you think your production is low, keep him on as long as possible (without going crazy!) it can only help. Get in touch with an LC or LLL leader and give them more details than you gave us!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Babies are different like everyone else. Maybe you baby is a chow hound or maybe you are not producing enough milk. Check your milk supply with a breast pump. And have the doctor check your baby for malnourishment.

Answer 5

My baby's doc told 15-20 minutes is all he needs to get his nourishment. After that, he is using me as a pacifier. So the baby is full, just staying on for comfort. It's ok to let him have a pacifier and/or try crying it out for 5-10 minutes.

If it really seems like baby isstill actually hungry, talk to your doc and his...

Answer 6

I don't know how old your baby is, but when my daughter was a newborn she nursed for HOURS at at time sometimes. It was more of a need to be close and suck than to actually get any food, but it was hard to sit on a couch for hours at a time!

Answer 7

ok i am no expert cuz my son did not latch on to well. but i am going to tell you cuz it happened to me is that i thought my son was feeding the first two days of his life until i realized that he was uses the breast as a pacifier and not as a feeding tool. it killed me cuz i wanted to breast feed but i ended up bottle feeding so he could get his food. good luck girl it is the healthiest for the little one to have breast milk.

Answer 8

10 minutes!

Answer 9

hour and a half