Eating for less than 5 minutes?

Question

My 3 month old son has been eating 2-4 minutes every 2 hours or so. He used to eat for at least 20 minutes every hour! Ever since he's started teething he has been different.  He still wakes up during the night for a full feeding and has a full feeding before bed time but his morning and day time feedings have changed significantly too and it's already affecting my milk supply. Is this a concern I should call his pediatrician for? It's worrying me! Anyone else?

Answer

My son does the exact same thing. I started milk maid tea to make sure my supply stays up but aside from that as long as he's having pees and poops I wouldn't worry. They are getting a lot more efficient at eating!

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My little guy went from eating for 20 minutes on each side (this was before the lactation consultant told me that was way too long 😝), to 10 on each side, and now he is cutting back to about 7-8 on each side. Some times I worry that he isn't getting enough and will want to eat sooner but he seems to be fine. I'm thinking the same thing, they are getting more efficient at feeding. I'm kinda sad he is doing that because I love feeding him but at th same time it frees me up to do things around the house lol

Answer

It's ok, it just means that he's getting more efficient at it. Since my son was 2 weeks old he only eat for 2-5 minutes on each side

Eating for less than 5 minutes?

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