Do you alternate breasts per session when you breastfeed or do you offer your LO BOTH breasts per session? I'm so not consistent!
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She almost always takes only one side. On rare occasions where she is going through a growth spurt or I'm dehydrated and my supply drops then she'll take both.
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She always wants both sides...she'll fuss if she doesn't get it!
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It depends, sometimes one, sometimes two
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It depends. For the first 3 months or so she ate one side per feeding. Then she started eating from both. Now she usually eats from both sides, but sometimes she just wants to snack.
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It was always both unless, when LO was older and he fell asleep at the breast...I wasn't messing with that!
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LO is 9 weeks old and pediatrician said I could just do one side if she looks content afterwards. The thing is, she DOES look content and often times sleepy, but whenever I offer her the other side just to see, she takes it and nurses for a good 10-15 min which makes me think she wasn't full even though she "looked" full. So confused!
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I try to offer both sides now as she is on the light side, but she rarely drinks a lot from both. She'll usually start chatting soon after starting on the second, so I guess she's not too hungry : )
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He would only take one side for the first few weeks but lately he's been taking both sides - in fact, he'll spend hours bouncing from one side to the other, cluster feeding. I guess it's a growth spurt but it's killer. Anyway he always used to be too sleepy after one to take the other - even after burping and diaper change - and he'd have spent 30 minutes on the first one so I wasn't the most willing to offer the second anyway
now that he doesn't sleep he's just always wide awake and ready for more.
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Most of the time he just takes one side.
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Voted for first option, but I think I belong to other. I feed twins, so no option to offer both boobs.
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I always offer both but sometimes the second side is only a couple minutes so ill start on that side next time.
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I voted always one side, and that's mostly true except for his last feed before bedtime, he always seems to want both.
When he was around 2 months old I did 2 feeds per side for a few days to tame my oversupply, which worked nicely!
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@penny lane: same here! last feeding before bedtime I usually give her both so her belly is extra happily full for the night.
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for the longest time he would be satisfied with one, but lately he's been wanting both.
now that he doesn't sleep he's just always wide awake and ready for more.
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