https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:57:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1008599 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 18:45:24 +0000 autumn865 1008599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At almost a year old I would say cumulatively 30 to 45 minutes a day. She is quick! Sometimes I miss the quiet time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1007421 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:49:37 +0000 .twist. 1007421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I think this might be our case as well. I guess that's good! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1006860 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 18:05:08 +0000 CarrieLouWho 1006860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 10 months and the only thing I still track on baby connect is nursing. Over the last 10 months, I have nursed 550 hours, that's almost 23 entire DAYS of nursing!!! We are down to just morning and before bed nursing now though, so about 45 minutes a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1006690 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:32:33 +0000 lawbee11 1006690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: thank you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1006660 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:20:15 +0000 Foodnerd81 1006660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I missed your birth bc I don't see gold posts on my phone (and I'm always on hb on my phone while nursing)- congrats!! I read through the birth in progress thread today and was super happy for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1006657 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:18:38 +0000 Foodnerd81 1006657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maybebaby: it sounds like your milk is just coming out faster and he's eating faster. As someone who is still feeding for what feels like hours at a time, I say enjoy it if he's gaining and pooping like he should!!</p> <p>Also it's SO great to hear that this all day feeding is short term. My nips will be happy when we get there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1006650 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:16:00 +0000 heartonastring 1006650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she was really little she was a SLOW nurser so it was like 8+ hrs/day. Now? Probably 3-3.5 hours/day.</p> <p>ETA: She's 15 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1006641 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:13:10 +0000 lawbee11 1006641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: M is only a week old and probably only nurses around 3 hours/day. I have an overactive letdown so milk just pours into her little mouth and she guzzles it right down! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1006589 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:18:10 +0000 aprk 1006589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4.5 months old - we are around 1 hour a day, give or take. He is a snacker. Eats ~5 minutes, 12 times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1006580 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:10:18 +0000 autumnlove 1006580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14 weeks and about 1 hour a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1006575 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:01:20 +0000 junebugmama 1006575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My guy is 14 months. Nurses every 3 hours still for 5 minutes or less. So 40min. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004257 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 13:05:20 +0000 swedishfish 1004257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maybebaby: LO is six weeks old and her sessions equal out to approximately 2.5 hours a day unless she's going through a growth spurt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004165 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:38:46 +0000 sotofamilia 1004165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: totally! That was true of the whole newborn stage for me - it was so SO hard while I was in it, and now I look at him and go where did my little baby go?! I love this stage we're in now, but I went to visit my friend's newborn baby and I have to admit, I got a little nostalgic... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004140 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:34:04 +0000 littlebittyhouse 1004140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sotofamilia: isn't it crazy that when you're in it you think it will mever end! it really seems like forever but in reality it flies by! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004128 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:32:45 +0000 littlebittyhouse 1004128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: YES! I remember DH coming home one day and telling him that I have a full time job - feeding the baby. It was at least 8 hours a day.</p> <p>Admittedly I had a fussy baby who nursed a lot because that always calmed him down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004120 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:30:56 +0000 tysonja 1004120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>for the first 2-3 months it was about 8 hours a day nursing. and then another however many hours bottle feeding formula after each session :P</p> <p>my supply better be sufficient this time around because LO#1 is not gonna wait around for that many hours a day while i nurse LO#2!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004112 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:30:08 +0000 lovehoneybee 1004112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's a year old, and probably between 1-1.5 hrs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004109 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:29:57 +0000 maybebaby 1004109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I was worried about this too--I think as long as LO is gaining and having proper output, we should be thankful for the lower cumulative hours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004105 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:29:46 +0000 mrskc 1004105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is almost 10 months and it's only like 30 minutes a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004101 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:29:18 +0000 maybebaby 1004101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very interesting responses! Up until a week or so ago, we were averaging 3-4 hours, now it is more like 1.5-2, at 10 weeks old. I feel like that is so short! He is gaining really well, has plenty of dirty and wet dipes, and when I try to make a session longer after burping when he unlatches, he gets very upset and cries. I have been actively trying to up my supply with brewer's yeast, oatmeal, etc., so perhaps my milk flow has just gotten stronger? I have also done weighted feeds (before and after) and it is about 3 oz each time, so I guess I should just trust that he is doing his thing... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004095 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:27:55 +0000 .twist. 1004095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 weeks old and approx 3 - 4 hours a day. Is that normal? Haha seems low, but he's gaining well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1004059 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:21:11 +0000 JerricaBenton 1004059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just about 6 months and about 4 hrs a day. I never thought of it that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1003947 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:52:01 +0000 hilsy85 1003947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9.5 months, about an hour-hour and a half. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1003552 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:00:47 +0000 Ellie 1003552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my LO is 3 weeks old. I keep track using an app and my average actively-on-the-boob time for a day is 4.5 hours. That doesn't include when she's just chillin' or sleeping with my boob in her mouth or using it to soothe. </p> <p>The other day was one of those growth-spurt type of days and she was on for nearly 6 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1003538 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:57:03 +0000 sotofamilia 1003538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the first two to three months, he took an hour to nurse and he was nursing every two to three hours...so it was a LOT, probably 8-10 hours a day.</p> <p>He's six months now and nurses for 20 minutes at a time, six times a day, so about two hours.</p> <p>When I was in the thick of it, I thought it would be like that forever, but now I kind of miss those days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1003533 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:55:54 +0000 bisous 1003533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anywhere from 3.5 to 4.5 hours a day. Now that she has been napping well, more days are closer to 3.5. :) My LO will be 11 weeks tomorrow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1003532 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:55:42 +0000 Mrs. Lovejoy 1003532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11 weeks old and 3-4 hours a day. Her sessions are pretty reasonable except at night! I think she's sleepy and she takes about 40 minutes around 4AM. The remaining sessions Mac out around 20-25 minutes. My LC promised she'll get more efficient. I'm waiting! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1003521 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:52:55 +0000 SLR 1003521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO has always been a quick little nurser. Even when I was home on maternity leave the first few month, it was only 45 minutes to 1.5 hours a day (even at 8x per day). Now she's 8.5 months old and in daycare so it's probably down to 20 minute a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1003449 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:30:32 +0000 Foodnerd81 1003449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you counting beginning to end of a session or just active on the boob time? C takes a lot of breaks but actual on the boob time is like 5-6 hours. Just based on beginning to end of a session, 10 hours? She's a slow eater, 10 days old n </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-cumulative-hrs-a-day-do-you-nurse#post-1003436 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:27:40 +0000 sera_87 1003436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>An hour &amp; a half &amp; he's almost a year. More on weekends. </p>