How long should baby nurse?

Question

My baby girl is 3 weeks old, and I feed her whenever she is hungry. Usually around every 1.5 hours. I am wondering though, how long are your babies nursing for? I think my baby uses me as a pacifier sometimes! But I am curious what you guys experience?

Answer

My feedings are usually 15 minutes or less (some as short as 7 minutes) but I think I mightbjave a pretty fast flow. A lactation consultant can actually work woth you and measure your baby before and after a feeding to determine how mich they are getting. I've read that comfort nursing can also be a thing (human pacifier!) and saw this is typically ifnthey are trying to nurse more frequently than every 90 min.

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I nurse when he is hungry as well. During the day we are anywhere between 1-3 hours at night we are 2.5-3 hours. Typically when we only go an hour it's because he only fed for 5 or so minutes

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It depends when they have a growth spurt they seem to be on your boob forever but when I notice he is using me as a pacifier I give him pacifier. I was against the idea before but my HV said he will find something to comfort him better a pacifier that you can take away instead of his thumb that you can't xx

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My LO is almost 6 weeks old and eats every 2.5-3 hours during the day and 3.5-5 hours at night but around 3 weeks she went through a clustering stage/ growth spurt and was eating every 1.5-2 hours. I did notice she would try to use me as a paci when she was really tired so I started just giving her the paci

How long should baby nurse?

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