One week old only takes one side during feedings

Kira • 💙 11-02-18 💜🌈 👼 12-5-2019 Lucas Tyler🌈🦖 02-18-2021 Charlotte Rose 🌹

We are ebf and doing better than I did with big brother since he had a heart problem but I was wondering if it’s okay that she doesn’t take both sides while feeding she’ll eat from one side for about 15-20 minutes and is completely fine and then anywhere between an hour to 2 hours later will want to feed again.

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Tr

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Its fine for them to eat only one side in a feed. Just make sure you are switching which side every feed. Mine normally only eats from one, hge will only eat a little bit from the second one if hes really hungry.

Tr

Tristan • Feb 25, 2021
One week old also eat very frequently. There tummys are small. As he gets older the feedings will be further apart.

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I never switched sides during a feeding. My baby was always content after eating for 15-20 min on one side. 9 months old now with no issues! Trust your mom instinct!! I had pediatricians telling me I needed to switch sides and do another 15-20 min on the other side but my baby didn’t want it. He was still gaining about 6oz a week. I knew he was fine with what we were doing