https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:16:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-become-a-more-efficient-nurser#post-853829 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:00:27 +0000 heartonastring 853829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: Yep, we do that. When I say 10 minutes I mean of active eating. DH stretches the whole thing out to 20+ minutes with burping, swaddling, diaper change etc. We split it into two small bottles and waste a whole bunch of time between the two halves in order to get her brain to catch up with her belly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-become-a-more-efficient-nurser#post-853814 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:56:28 +0000 hilsy85 853814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I agree! Kelly mom has a lot of good stuff on bottlefeeding the breastfed baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-become-a-more-efficient-nurser#post-853781 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:50:44 +0000 bunnylove08 853781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One month mark for us. I didn't think I could continue on and something in LO clicked and it became a more enjoyable experience </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-become-a-more-efficient-nurser#post-853728 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:39:17 +0000 oliviaoblivia 853728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 7-8 weeks. Now at five months she's done in under ten minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-become-a-more-efficient-nurser#post-853714 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:37:41 +0000 birdofafeather 853714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my daughter, it was about 3 months where she got faster but we worked out way there. I would encourage your husband to stretch out the bottle feeding time though. When DH first started giving her bottles, he would make her take lots of breaks and try to mimic a session with me so she wouldn't prefer the bottle and get frustrated with nursing. Doesn't have to be 40 minutes, but maybe somewhere in between. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-become-a-more-efficient-nurser#post-853709 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:36:26 +0000 immabeetoo 853709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around 8 weeks? Now at 6 months he is SO fast he nurses both sides in ten minutes or less! It'll get better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-become-a-more-efficient-nurser#post-853695 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:33:22 +0000 hilsy85 853695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 6-8 wks I think...has your LO been checked for any sort of tongue/lip tie that would make her slow to transfer milk? If not, then she might just be a gourmand that likes to enjoy her meals! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-become-a-more-efficient-nurser#post-853689 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:31:29 +0000 heartonastring 853689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD and I seem to have overcome a lot of the BFing challenges that we encountered early in our BFing relationship. Nursing is going relatively well now and DD is a slow but steady gainer (midwife and LC have been happy with her progress). She eats 7-9x/day with a long 6-8 hour stretch of sleep at night. </p> <p>Each nursing session takes about an hour. I generally only feed her on one side per session, and she actively eats for 30-40 minutes (I'm guessing that at least some of this is comfort nursing). When you add in time for burping, waking her up when she falls asleep etc. it adds up to 60+ minutes. </p> <p>I am finding the amount of time I spend nursing her is taking a real toll on me. DH gives her a bottle of pumped milk before bed each night and she downs it in 10 minutes...it's frustrating that it takes 6x as long to nurse her. </p> <p>Maybe I'm a horrible, selfish person, but I'm not sure how long I can sustain this schedule...but I will continue to do so because I'm not interested in EPing or FFing at the moment. </p> <p>So, I'm looking for reassurance that it will become faster.......when did you LO become a more efficient eater?</p> <p>ETA: She's 7 weeks. </p>