So I’ve decided to join up to ABA once my partner starts his new job… unfortunately that is still at least 3 weeks away and I am unable to afford to join until then. So I was hoping to gain some advice from you lovely ladies again.

I’ve downloaded an application on my iPhone so I can keep track of his nappies / feeds, including which side and for how long as my memory was / is real bad at the midwifes at the hospital kept a record and I couldn’t answer their questions about when, what and how… was rather upsetting that I couldn’t answer them and they wanted an answer and they wanted it now.

So below is how today has panned out so far… I know it’s early days but I did notice that he sometimes has a shorter feed and then wants it again an hour later, is this okay?

Also is the length of his feeds too short?

He seems to fall asleep in during his feeding and it’s not until his latch is interrupted or he stops suck suck swallow that I take him off – this that what I should be doing? He isn’t interested in reattaching afterwards until I go through of process of waking him up which sometimes doesn’t work.

His attachment is SO strong! To remove him I actually to get my finger in his mouth and between my nipple and his tongue for the suction to ease, I don’t remember it being this hard with the other boys. Is this to do with his tongue tie? Its not as hard when his attachment slips or he’s drunk on milk (love that look lol).

My milk seemed to come in early on day 4, today is day 6, yet I’m still not leaking??? My breasts get heavy, its hard to get Oliver to latch on when its been about 3 hours since he’s fed, this could be a combo of his tongue tie (looking into getting it snipped) and my breasts being firm (from milk). Breasts go through stages during the day of being tingling, sore, tender, heavy etc.


Start-End- Length of Feed (Side)* Time since last feed
1:25 - 1:53 am - 25 min (L:14 min | R:11 min) *3h 31m
2:23 - 2:29 am - 6 min (Right) *41m
6:23 - 6:41 am - 18 min (Left) *4h
7:23 - 7:32 am - 9 min (Right) *1h
10:38 - 10:48 am - 10 min (Right) *3h 15m
1:46 - 1:55 pm - 9 min (Right) *3h 8m
2:48 - 3:00 pm - 12 min (Left) *1h 2m
4:36 - 4:44 pm - 8 min (Right) *1h 48m