Breastfeeding - how long does your baby take?
How long does your baby take to breastfeed these days on each breast? And how often during the day?
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Still feeding on demand, can be 5 mins and he falls asleep, can be 25 mins. He can feed every hour and a half still or if he sleeps for two hours, it can be 3 hours between a feed x
Varies a lot but these are a few days examples if you’re interested as I keep a log (habit now started as was required when she was little due to being a month prem):
Mine takes literally just a few minutes. She seems to be very efficient and fast. Usually every 2-3 hours during the day.
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