How do i get my baby to nurse longer?

Question

My baby is 6 says old. Since birth she’s had a great latch and was nursing each side for 10-15 minutes. Over the last few day’s she’s been cluster feeding. She’ll sleep for a few hours. I’ll nurse her. She’ll nurse for a few minutes and then fall asleep on the boob. When I take her off to burp her she freaks out. As soon as I latch her again. She’ll nurse for another minute and then fall back asleep. How do I encourage my baby to nurse for longer stretches?

Answer

It's tough in the early days, but I stripped my LO down to her diaper for every feed for about the first month--I usually had to change her diaper after, anyway.  You can also try to do other little things to annoy her to keep her from falling asleep, like rubbing her back vigorously or tickling her feet or the back of her neck.

Answer

When my daughter was really young I would sometimes tickle her feet a bit to keep her from falling asleep a few minutes into nursing.

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Tickle her feet, and Blow on her! My midwife had me do this and it worked pretty well. Just a quick strong one like you’re blowing out a candle lol.

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When I was nursing, I was told to have baby in just a diaper to help them stay away during feedings.

How do i get my baby to nurse longer?

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