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.

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.

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.

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.

So, I'm looking for reassurance that it will become faster.......when did you LO become a more efficient eater?

ETA: She's 7 weeks.