https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 06:59:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-706432 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:31:53 +0000 WALLAROO 706432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: thanks! They have reduced to 1-2 night feedings so that does make sense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-706203 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:34:45 +0000 Kemma 706203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: @runsyellowlites: yep, totally agree!</p> <p>My LO is six months and feeds roughly two hourly on days we're home but can stretch it out on days when we're busy and away from home.</p> <p>Something else to remember is that La Leche recommends 8-10 feedings per day so if your LO's feed every two hours plus a night waking and cluster feeding then they'll easily be nursing 8-10 times per day (which is great for supply!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-706054 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:08:06 +0000 WALLAROO 706054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: on average they usually eat for 20 minutes.</p> <p>Thanks everyone! I'll just continue to follow their lead. They were small and premature so they are probably still trying to catch up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705956 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:14:30 +0000 stlginkgo 705956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>eh I figure if the baby is eating then they must have been hungry/wanted a snack (much like me :) ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705943 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:06:09 +0000 sarac 705943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your baby is fussy, and you put it on the breast, and they eat, then yes, they are hungry. And you have the magical solution! My baby was, literally, never fussy. I just put her on the breast. </p> <p>Now, the hours of my life spent breastfeeding we won't talk about. But no fussy baby! Win! Lose! Win! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705743 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:48:01 +0000 tinyperson 705743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're at 4 months and she still nurses every 2 or 2.5 hours...she was (and is) a small baby, so that might contribute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705724 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:45:11 +0000 runsyellowlites 705724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with sera_87! Nursing is about soooo much more than just nutrition &amp; it's all just as important! Nursing is designed to be calming, comforting, and even help bebes sleep and our milk even changes composition to do this! Nursing on demand for a long term period of time is how we were biologically &amp; physiologically designed so while *yes* it would seem like a bad habit with our current cultural norms, it's not out of the norm for our species and is very much exactly how we're supposed to nurse.</p> <p>On a personal note, we still sometimes nurse in 2 hour increments at 12 months.... usually more like 3.5+ hours between, but depending on the day, previous nights sleep, teething, etc, P may nurse pretty constant. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705713 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:43:52 +0000 winniebee 705713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How long do they eat for?</p> <p>I feel like LO ate every 2.5 / 3 hours at 12 weeks but he was also bottle fed w/ breastmilk so I knew how much he was getting and could stretch him out a little longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705684 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:40:37 +0000 WALLAROO 705684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: thanks! That makes me feel better that I am not doing something colossally wrong :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705665 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:35:08 +0000 MsLipGloss 705665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@WALLAROO: There are worse habits! And really, they are too young for *bad* habits. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705661 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:34:02 +0000 WALLAROO 705661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: I think sometimes it might be that they are comfort nursing to help them nap? That doesn't seem like a good habit for them to develop :( huh? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705640 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:28:13 +0000 sera_87 705640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Breastfeeding is about so much more than just nutrition. </p> <p>But yes, LO didn't start stretching out his feedings until 5?6? Months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705639 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:27:48 +0000 Arden 705639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is only two weeks but nurses every 45 minutes sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705632 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:25:20 +0000 ladyfingers 705632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 9 weeks and still mostly eats every 2 hours. But I keep reading kids his age typically eat every 2.5-3 hours. He didn't get that memo lol.</p> <p>Are you sure they're getting full feedings? Could they be sleepy? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hungry-or-fussy#post-705564 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:02:52 +0000 WALLAROO 705564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nurse on demand but it seems like they get fussy around the two hour mark since the beginning of the last feeding. I put them on the boob and they eat. Do you think they really are hungry or just fussy? They are almost 12 weeks. </p>