Hellobee Boards Topic: How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk

Hellobee Boards Topic: How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:10:00 +0000 shopaholic on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-643291 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:44:21 +0000 shopaholic 643291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Adira: Yeah - I think that's what I read called cluster-feeding. K does that a lot at night, but I just try to feed her on demand. The best tip I've found to work to keep her feeding longer the past 2 days is to stroke her back and her shoulders. I've been able to get a few 10+ sessions since using that technique! Adira on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-640852 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:47:29 +0000 Adira 640852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @shopaholic: Mine tends to fall asleep while feeding too! I always try to burp him and that sometimes will wake him up and if it does, I'll offer him more, but sometimes he stays asleep and I figure he must be done. Though lately he'll just wake up 10 minutes later looking for more... grrr! @edelweiss: Mine must be a quick nurser too. I mean, sometimes he'll stay on for a while (up to 30 minutes), but he seems to just be comfort sucking after the first 5-10 minutes. I don't hear or see him swallowing. edelweiss on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-640836 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:43:08 +0000 edelweiss 640836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Adira: mine is a quick nurser also--hardly ever goes longer than 10 minutes, and usually around 7-8 minutes. i usually just offer one boob per feeding to make sure he gets enough hindmilk. i was kind of worried because i felt like most babies nurse for longer, and we were never switching breasts (after he latches off, he is d-o-n-e), but as everyone has said, as long as your LO is gaining weight and the poops look good, then no worries! oh man, i hear you on the sleep... shopaholic on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-640810 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:37:05 +0000 shopaholic 640810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ K is a quick nurser too! Sometimes not even 10 min.! The ped told me not to worry because her weight was good and fond babies can empty a breast in 5 min! Also he told me not to worry so much about hind milk and instead I should try to get her to feed evenly on both sides to get the fore milk from both sides. My problem is she will doze off every single time I take her off the boob! Adira on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-640752 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:23:06 +0000 Adira 640752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He's back to his birth weight!!!! Clearly getting enough food! Yay! Now if he'd just sleep... littlebittyhouse on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-636680 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:13:24 +0000 littlebittyhouse 636680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Adira: i went to 'group' 3 times a week for the first 2 months! it was great to talk to LC's and other moms especially when things seemed to change everyday! let us know how the appt goes! Adira on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-636670 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:09:57 +0000 Adira 636670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @littlebittyhouse: Thanks for the tip! I'm not sure how well he's gaining, though he seems content enough (except when he's cluster feeding - then he's a demon who can't be satisfied). I have my next pediatrician appointment tomorrow, so I'll find out how well he's been doing. I've actually heard of that! Where you weigh them, feed, then weigh them again. I know they have something like that around here because one of my friends was telling me about it. I wish I had heard about it sooner though - at this point, I feel like I might as well just wait until tomorrow's appointment, but it would've been nice if I had done something like that last week - it probably would have saved me a lot of stress (or stressed me out more, who knows). littlebittyhouse on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-636372 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:35:34 +0000 littlebittyhouse 636372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Adira: if he is gaining and content try not to worry mama is there a breastfeeding group near you that you can go to? they usually have you put a new diaper on the baby, weigh the baby with just a diaper on, feed the baby and then weigh again to see how much they drank. that helped me in the early days when he was a quick eater. in about 10 min he would get 3 ounces! Adira on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-634033 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:01:50 +0000 Adira 634033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Freckles: He's only two weeks. Mrsbells on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633646 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:25:38 +0000 Mrsbells 633646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ As long as they don't have green frothy poop they are doing fine Freckles on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633643 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:23:37 +0000 Freckles 633643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Adira: How old is he again? (I didn't know you had your baby already! I think i seem to miss these announcements) Mine got super efficient at about 4 months, but some get efficient a lot earlier. Adira on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633624 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:16:40 +0000 Adira 633624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Freckles: I do do that! I'm curious if maybe he's just efficient or something because he never actively nurses for as long as they say he should. The LCs and the pediatrician I spoke with made it sound like he should be nursing for 20-30 minutes, but he only really seems to actively nurse for about 10 and then he'll just continue to suck but not seem to be swallowing or anything. Blah! Why is breastfeeding so hard??? Freckles on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633592 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:09:01 +0000 Freckles 633592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He might just be a quick nurser. Just make sure that when nursing, you start with the boob you ended with during your last session. littlebittyhouse on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633520 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:52:00 +0000 littlebittyhouse 633520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I should also say that we had great gaining but consistient green poops until he was about 6-7mo old. Block feeding and ED never corrected it. He was happy and the pedi wasn't concerned so we jsut went with it. littlebittyhouse on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633514 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:50:34 +0000 littlebittyhouse 633514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO has always been a quick nurser! The only time we had marathon sessions was when he was cluster feeding - other than that he would take one breast for 8-10 min. Now at 8mo he nurses for about 5 - 10 min and is good for about 3 hours! Babies are efficient little things! brownie on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633481 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:43:25 +0000 brownie 633481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Is he gaining weight? Than it is working just fine. Your body should almost always have some milk so you can feed on demand. Adira on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633413 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:26:19 +0000 Adira 633413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Thanks ladies!! I feel a little better now - Hubs says his poops continue to be that mustard yellow seedy stuff, so Xander's probably getting enough hindmilk. I can't wait for our appointment on Thursday to ensure he's gaining weight well! I think I'll start to feel better after that (assuming he's gaining well). mrskc on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633407 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:25:12 +0000 mrskc 633407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Oh and I just wanted to add that my son was a quick nurser since he was a newborn. I would stress a lot that he wasn't eating the so called minimum of 10 minutes on one breast. He would usually only nurse 8 minutes on one breast at a time. As long as he has enough poopy diapers and is gaining, you're fine. mrs. wagon on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633405 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:25:02 +0000 mrs. wagon 633405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ green gassy foamy poop is a sure sign of too much foremilk! yellow and seedy is a good sign :) Adira on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633401 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:24:02 +0000 Adira 633401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @sloaneandpuffy: Thanks! My husband handles most of the diaper changes, but as far as I know, it's still that mustardy/seedy stuff. I'm not sure how his weight gain is - we'll find out on Thursday at our 2 week well visit. Hopefully that will put me at ease! mrskc on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633398 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:22:22 +0000 mrskc 633398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, I've heard the green, frothy poops thing too. If he's gaining and pooping normally, then he should be fine. There will always be some milk left. You cannot fully empty your breasts. cascademom on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633394 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:20:45 +0000 cascademom 633394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, green poop. Keep an eye out on poop color. LO's has consistently been yellowish since birth. When there's a disturbance in his system, he poops green. hilsy85 on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633391 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:19:46 +0000 hilsy85 633391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @sloaneandpuffy: this! I wouldn't worry about a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance unless you notice something off with his poops--there will definitely be evidence for it. ETA that one green poop once in a while is ok too! It's when it's consistently green--like kelly green--that there might be an issue. mamimami on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633385 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:18:28 +0000 mamimami 633385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ If they get too much foremilk, apparently they have green frothy poops and are fussy. So if you don't have that problem, and weight gain is OK, I think you're OK. Adira on "How to tell if LO is getting enough hindmilk" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-tell-if-lo-is-getting-enough-hindmilk#post-633354 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:09:54 +0000 Adira 633354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ How do you know if your LO is getting enough hindmilk or not? Xander will feed for 5-10 minutes and then fall off and often doesn't seem interest in continuing on the same breast, but when I hand express, there's still milk there, so I feel like he's not emptying it. I'm not sure how to tell if he's just getting foremilk or getting some hindmilk too. Any ideas?