DS is coming up to 11 weeks old now and still can take at least an hour to breastfeed - that's both sides. And sometimes he will spend an hour on a side. Not conducive to getting much done throughout the day, especially as he is demand fed pretty much every 3 hours to the minute. It also makes it hard if I need to go out of the house or schedule an appointment. I've been spending most of my mum & baby yoga classes breastfeeding!!
I can't remember with DD when she started getting faster at feeding but I'm sure it didn't take this long with her!
We are using nipple shields as his attachment is poor without them (which led to terribly damaged nipples so I'm not keen on stopping using it). He definitely gets good suction still with the shields. But could that be a reason it takes so long?
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