Breastfeeding offering both sides

Within baby’s wake windows through the day my Lo usually comes off on one side on his own, seems content, I’ll then burp him, we’ll have a play or tummy time then around 30-60 mins later I’ll offer the other side and he’ll take it and then usually falls asleep. Is this pace feeding?
Just wondering if anyone else does this..?
And is there a better way?
I find sometimes if he has both sides at once in he’s a little bit sick and has bad wind or hiccups.
How do you all feed?
Do you straight away offer the second side? He isn’t going longer than 1.5-2hrs between feeds through the day very often. Through the night I offer both sides at once as he does go longer between feeds then.

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I dont always offer the both side but still trying to navigate it all, she doesn't latch as good on my left side so i usually have to pump

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My baby is 3 months and gaining weight really well I rarely offer both sides I just feed on demand and only swap if she seems frustrated

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Hey, I do exactly the same. I haven’t thought anything of it as it’s working for us atm. The second feed at the end of her wake windows isn’t particularly long but I always offer and sometimes she doesn’t take and sometimes she does.

At night I’ll only offer one side and she’s knocks out herself so I don’t bother waking her back up. But at night she does sleep anywhere between 4-8hours before waking x

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Just for context he’s 12 weeks on Wednesday and is gaining weight well.
When I’m offering the other side he is showing what I believe are hunger cues after playing.
I think where I’m getting confused now is with his signs of hunger as he’s found his hands and has them to his mouth a lot so I offer a feed.
I’ve always fed him on demand and don’t like to wait until he’s crying to offer him a feed. The hunger signs I’m currently going off are rooting head and mouth and he has started grasping my clothing too and heading down to boob.

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I do both breasts in one feed, every 2 hours. I wait until she unlatches from one side, then burp, then put her straight on the other side. She feeds for about 10-15 minutes on each side. She’s putting on weight slowly which is why we always do both sides!

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thanks! It is working for us too. It’s so trial and error breastfeeding. Also my LO only feeds for a short time at the end of the wake window. I think now it’s become a sleeping aid for him, worried it’ll become a habit for him to go to sleep.

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I was worried it was becoming a bad habit and to be perfectly honestly I do not know how to break it as it works like a dream at the moment… just dreading the four month sleep regression

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I usually only feed from one side at a time and then swap for the next feed. If my LO is feeding for a while then I’ll swap. You know your bubs best and it sounds like they’re happy and settled so keep doing your thing - you’ve got this x

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I only feed one side at once too because she's usually on there for 30-40 mins before she unlatches. If i did thr other side straight away she'd feed for a lifetime and then had terrible reflux 😂 I often pump on the non nursing side or use a haakka

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I don’t normally offer both sides, LO and his older sister both seemed satisfied with just the one side

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