https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:59:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2553185 Fri, 20 May 2016 10:59:28 +0000 littlebug 2553185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One side throughout the day. At bedtime I nurse on both sides just so I don't have to pump before I go to bed. In the morning I pump one side and nurse on the other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2553164 Fri, 20 May 2016 10:24:56 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2553164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: just one. Very rarely do I use both in the same session. </p> <p>@Ginabean3: @pachamama: that's me every morning until 10 ish. I feed her around 6/6:30 and have to wait until she's hungry again to use the other and she hasn't even drained the initial one used. One huge boob and often sore until a few hours later...but it only happens in the mornings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2553158 Fri, 20 May 2016 10:20:56 +0000 pachamama 2553158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: If I don't do both I "look" off haha, one boob is SO much bigger! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2553157 Fri, 20 May 2016 10:20:12 +0000 pachamama 2553157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I do 10-15 on each side, almost every time. The LC said to do that, I thought that was the norm! Hm! His feeding in MOTN sometimes is just one side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2553070 Fri, 20 May 2016 08:50:14 +0000 Ash 2553070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One side except for bedtime and motn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552985 Fri, 20 May 2016 07:26:36 +0000 csross217 2552985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One side. If she still seems hungry, I'll offer the other side and sometimes she'll take it. We're only 1 month in and I have an oversupply so the lactation consultant recommended one side per feeding to try to decrease it a little bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552940 Fri, 20 May 2016 05:26:23 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2552940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He always took both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552920 Fri, 20 May 2016 00:45:16 +0000 FannyMae 2552920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>usually one side per feed, unless its bedtime feed and she is unsettled. then I do right boob first, then left boob as she is easier to transfer to cot from that side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552788 Thu, 19 May 2016 20:07:41 +0000 peaches1038 2552788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One side! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552759 Thu, 19 May 2016 19:46:32 +0000 autumnlove 2552759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: lucky, that is how LO 2 was! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552730 Thu, 19 May 2016 19:28:55 +0000 catomd00 2552730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only one side with DD1 until she was 5-6 months maybe? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552717 Thu, 19 May 2016 19:22:09 +0000 petitenoisette 2552717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>From birth she only ever did one side (and fast!). At some point maybe 10-11 months we started doing both sides at night before bed and naps on the weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552636 Thu, 19 May 2016 17:52:59 +0000 Ginabean3 2552636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always both! Otherwise I feel "off". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552632 Thu, 19 May 2016 17:49:21 +0000 nana87 2552632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both sides, unless she fell asleep on one </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552618 Thu, 19 May 2016 17:28:35 +0000 PawPrints 2552618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She always nursed one boob per session, and I had to remember which side I was on for the next time. Since she's been about a year old though, she has switched back and forth every few seconds like a little pendulum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552612 Thu, 19 May 2016 17:19:12 +0000 LindsayLou 2552612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During the day, both sides. In the middle of the night, just one, unless she's still upset. For a long while, it was one side, then 15 minutes after she was done she'd want the second side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552564 Thu, 19 May 2016 16:17:16 +0000 MrsBrewer 2552564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always offer both sides, except for the middle of the night feedings. If she fell asleep after nursing from one side, then I called it good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552560 Thu, 19 May 2016 16:13:39 +0000 Mrs. Cookie 2552560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: same as you! First son took both sides, second son takes just one and is gaining more weight, go figure. Also had an oversupply! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552533 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:36:19 +0000 coopsmama 2552533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both sides with both kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552531 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:35:59 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2552531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One side. Sometimes she takes both before bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552530 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:33:16 +0000 Portboston 2552530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both sides every time. Ds is an express eater and is usually done with both in 7 min or less. He's 10 months so he's had plenty of practice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552527 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:31:15 +0000 Foodnerd81 2552527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Badger: I'm the opposite. With my first it was almost always both sides. This time she usually takes one side. I had an oversupply in the beginning though so I had to do some block feeding to get it down to normal anyway. Before bed we do both to get her nice and full. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552520 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:27:43 +0000 Ms.Badger 2552520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'm weird. For my first, he happily took one side and I alternated and everything was fine. With my second I expected it to be the same but he expects both boobs everytime. I didn't have supply issues with either so I think it was just preference </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552512 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:26:08 +0000 travellingbee 2552512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always fed only one side until he got bigger and wanted way more food. Now he drains both boobs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552509 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:25:33 +0000 snowjewelz 2552509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always fed both sides or at least offered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552508 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:25:06 +0000 Truth Bombs 2552508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One side, except for at night when he usually takes both sides. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552502 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:23:50 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2552502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One boob per feed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552485 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:18:55 +0000 winniebee 2552485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For most of my BF journey he took only one side and was totally satisfied. I would always offer the other breast if he was awake and he only very rarely wanted it. Towards the very end (the last few months) when I knew I was producing a lot less, I would offer both sides, and he would take it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552483 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:16:56 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2552483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The lactation consultant advised to feed on one side and basically drain a boob at a time. That's what I do. If the other feels full I pump. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feed-on-one-or-both-sides#post-2552482 Thu, 19 May 2016 15:16:45 +0000 mediagirl 2552482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always both sides. I could never figure out how to feed on just one side! </p>