I want to start by saying I have almost no (I'll get to this at the end) issues with allowing S to comfort nurse. I assumed up to recently that every time she was on the boob, she was feeding. Then yesterday she had "fed" for 30mins or so (a long time for her lately), taking regular breaks, when I burp her... and I noticed something odd, there was no spit up. This led me to thinking she was just sucking, not feeding!

How do you tell if they are feeding or not? Sometimes she gulps and I can hear her swallowing, but not always. If she does it at all it's probably just at the end of feeds, as she's on a regular 3-4hr feeding schedule and doesn't tend to want the boob outside of this, apart from maybe if she's being a little fussy in the evenings, but again, I just assumed she was feeding the whole time!

Ok so my one little issue is that I wonder if she's comfort nursing at one of her nightly wake-ups? Usually she goes down around 9-10pm and wakes up at 1am like clockwork, cries so I'll get her and then is so sleepy, "feeds" for 5-10mins max, falls asleep on me and I put her back down. Last night was different, she fed at 7pm, then was fussy but didn't want to nurse again so we eventually got her down around 9pm after letting her cuddle with us for a while. I thought she would wake up around 10-11pm ish based on the timing of the last feed, but she ended up staying asleep until her usual 1am. I was shocked she was capable of going 6 hours without a feed! So assuming last night was an exception, if her usual last feed is 9pm, does this mean the 1am wake up *is* for a snuggle? If so, I kind of feel guilty for considering this but is there a way to get her not to need this so we can sleep a little longer stretch at the beginning of the night?

Wow that was long and disjointed- thanks for making it this far!!