https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:28:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1487353 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:13:10 +0000 Zbug 1487353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually ten minutes or do. She then starts comfort nursing, but I can usually switch in a pacifier fairly early into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1486678 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:46:14 +0000 daniellemybelle 1486678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: Probably an ounce or less. Based on weighed feedings &amp; my pumping output (I respond well to the pump so it's an accurate measure) I produce about 2-2.5 oz every 3 hours or so. At night I only nurse one side to try to get her more hindmilk, and she switches to a comfort suck pretty quickly. Her night feedings are more snacks, and for comfort. She actually STTN for a while so I am not sure how truly hungry she is in the MOTN. (Which makes all the more annoying how long she nurses!)</p> <p>I was worried about not supplementing at night at first, but at that point her weight gain was great &amp; I wanted to help her shift more of her caloric intake to daytime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1486482 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:58:20 +0000 MrsH 1486482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: how much do you figure she gets at night nursing? I definitely have the most milk in the MOTN/morning but it is still probably only two ounces. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1486150 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:18:05 +0000 daniellemybelle 1486150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: Oh, gotcha - at 6 weeks we were still supplementing at night too. I think she was about 8-10 weeks when we started just nursing at night. Interestingly the few times I have tried to give her a bottle at night recently, she isn't a fan, even though she acts like my boobs are trying to kill her during the day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1485974 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:41:43 +0000 MrsH 1485974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: we supplement all the time. She is six weeks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1485647 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:57:17 +0000 daniellemybelle 1485647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, I am jealous of all of you! Last night I tried to cut her off at 30 minutes both feedings &amp; she wasn't having it. Both times I ended up falling asleep in the chair so I spent about 4 hours total out of bed last night :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1485398 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:35:02 +0000 singingbee 1485398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10-15 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1485383 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:01:49 +0000 raintreebee 1485383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 6 weeks old, and he eats for about 20 minutes at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1485368 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:44:41 +0000 Running Elley 1485368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 3.5 months old and she takes less than 20 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1485324 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:07:06 +0000 daniellemybelle 1485324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: You supplement at night? How old is your LO again? We stopped supplementing at night several weeks ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1483147 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:46:03 +0000 erwoo 1483147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was nursing, I was able to wake, change a diaper, and nurse in about 25 minutes. I guess I was pretty lucky then. Hang in there... you'll get uninterrupted sleep soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1483135 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:43:07 +0000 yin 1483135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anywhere from 15 minutes to over an hour. LO likes to poop in the middle of the night, which makes the wake ups last a bit longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1483111 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:37:21 +0000 ALV91711 1483111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He was about 20-30 minutes. Some nights I'd fall asleep and he'd nurse for an hour or more until I woke back up. I think he liked that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1483028 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:14:09 +0000 Alivoo01 1483028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @Smurfette: DS would stay latched forever if I let him. He's 7 months now, but it's a hit and miss if he'll stay asleep if I unlatch him after 5-10 minutes. If it's a miss, then he's rooting and I have to let him re-latch. Otherwise, it's a screaming/crying mess; and I just have to try and unlatching him a few minutes later. Rinse and repeat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1482894 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:37:27 +0000 MrsH 1482894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over an hour. I nurse for as long as she'll put up with my boobs and then bottle feed. It takes foooorrreevvveeerrr. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1482876 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:31:01 +0000 MCD919 1482876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Initially it was about 45 minutes, but I think (hope) he's becoming a more efficient eater. The past couple of weeks it's more like 20-25 minutes, and I'll take any extra minute of sleep I can get!! He's 7.5 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1482751 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 07:36:38 +0000 Foodnerd81 1482751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now it's less than half an hour start to finish, at 7 months, usually. She really eats for at least ten minutes, then another five to ten min as she comfort nurses. Now I can put her down still slightly awake, rub her back, and leave and she can settle herself back to sleep. For a loooong time it was more like an hour! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1482671 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 06:30:00 +0000 ShootingStar 1482671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS takes less than 10 minutes. Which is good since some nights he still wakes up every two hours at almost 4 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1482641 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 05:20:04 +0000 Smurfette 1482641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R was the same way. She would stay latched all night if I would let her. I would just take her off and hold her till she fell asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1482630 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 04:40:13 +0000 lamariniere 1482630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is very fast, she's usually done in less than 10min, but since she is a puker, I hold her upright for at least 5min before putting her back in bed. My DS was very slow...it would take at least 45min! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-do-night-feedings-take-you#post-1482621 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 03:54:07 +0000 daniellemybelle 1482621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am usually up with LO at least 30 minutes. She will fall asleep at the breast in as soon as 5 minutes but if I try to unlatch her that soon she cries &amp; roots furiously. She will nurse half-asleep sometimes for close to an hour before she will let me put her back down. And sometimes that means I fall asleep in the glider, so I end up holding her for much longer!</p> <p>Right now I only offer one breast (I used to nurse both sides at night) and after we establish solids I will probably try to slowly shorten night nursing sessions. This is a bit much! </p>