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nup. just depends on your baby.
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I'd generally just let DS feed till he stopped sucking. He'd never really detach himself, but he'd stop sucking and just lay there with my nipple in his mouth (if he wasn't asleep) - if he'd only had one side I'd burp him and change him, then offer the second side. He'd either take it or would turn away and go to sleep.
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I followed my baby, M. DD1 would hang around for 45-60 mins contentedly at the breast, sometimes feeding, then snoozing and suckling, then back to feeding. DD2 never took longer than 5 mins, from birth.I let them decide.
When DD1 was sound asleep I'd gently detach and as long as she didn't rouse herself frantically searching for my nipple I'd assume she was done.
How long/often is your LO feeding?
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She still isn't strong enough to suck at the breast. We've been feeding EBM via a tube, now a bottle. Today she had her first suck at the boob for about 8 minutes. I have no idea how much she got. But she did generate a strong let down and sucked once every few seconds so who knows.
I followed my baby, M. DD1 would hang around for 45-60 mins contentedly at the breast, sometimes feeding, then snoozing and suckling, then back to feeding. DD2 never took longer than 5 mins, from birth.
When DD1 was sound asleep I'd gently detach and as long as she didn't rouse herself frantically searching for my nipple I'd assume she was done.
How long/often is your LO feeding?
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Sounds like she's doing wonderfully, Maruschke!
I know it's probably a silly question, but is there anything I can do to delay my let down? At times I'm lucky to get DS on. I position him and as soon as he touches my nipple, or even before I can fully position him, I've got milk squirting everywhere.
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Charlotte - it will slow itself over the next few weeks, and bub will get easier to get on. Until then you can hand squirt the first let down into a facewasher before you try and put him on - that way he doesn't have to fight a fire hose!
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Maruschke,
Congratulations!
The only way to know totally for sure is to weigh the baby before and after - over quite a few feeds, because each individual one will vary. As long as she's trying and getting something she will work the rest out over the next few weeks.
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M that sounds really good! She was drinking at the breastCongratulations on your first feed.
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Yay thanks! The MW reckons she wouldn't have gotten much, but I could feel the drawing out, and my boob tingling (I get a painful refill, which I got again after her feed) so she must have gotten some. I'm celebrating anywayM that sounds really good! She was drinking at the breast.
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That's a great idea. Or, express 10-20 mls before the feed, and freeze it so by the end of the day you have a spare feed on hand
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i had little piles of face washers all around the house in the early days. expressing a little helped to not take out the back of babys throat with the first let down.
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yep face washers all over our house. i use them at night as vreast pads. and if i feel really full i express a bit before hand.
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When I was first BF I was excruciatingly thirsty but not so much now.
M, it's good for the nipples to leave a little milk air dry on them
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We just had a 15 minute breastfeed, hooray! Pumped about 40 mils less on that boob so I know she got boobie gold
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Yay to you and your little one!
I wouldn't totally wean off the bottle if you are going to be returning to work - it can be a horrible battle to get them back on it! Keep one bottle feed every few days so that she remembers what that funny thing is for.
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Yay M that is awesome!!!!
Hi everyone, been a while since I popped my head in here. And as usual need some advice! Sahti is 16 months now and is starting to clamp down with her teeth on every feed again! We haven't had this for about 5 months now and now it's back! Do I just keep on taking her off? Every time I take her off she screams and sobs like I've just stuck a knife in her or something lol
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woo hoo M! that's great.
MrsN - This is what I've done: take her off and put her down and tell her "I will not let you bite me. If you bite, no more milk". (or something to that effect). And then don't offer again.
They get the message pretty quickly at this age.
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Cool ta MadB
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