My baby is 7 weeks and I'm still breastfeeding, I am learning to like it and didn't think I'd make it past a month. We're combo feeding, I'm working toward BFE, I feel it will be easier when she eats faster. Right now she eats 10-25 minutes per side, so a session is usually a half hour or more, it's hard for me. It is getting easier, but when do they get faster?
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My first was a slow eater and would nurse 30-40 minutes every feed. She got quicker around 7-8 months.
My second and third have been fast nursers. #3 eats for nine minutes max. -
DD always took forever. 45 min, sometimes longer. Eventually she got quicker, but not until 6 months old or older. Even then, it was 30 min.
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LO 1 took forever until 7-8 months. LO 2 was a very fast nurser and LO 3 is super slow like LO 1!
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At 5 months we still take 40 mins and sometimes more, I am hoping he gets quicker too!
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@Keybee: mine was a super slow nurser in the beginning but around 4 months she all the sudden started being very efficient. She went from about 40 minutes to 10 or less literally overnight!
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I think mine did around 4 months. It went from 15 min on each side to 5-7 min on each side.
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Wow, I had no idea feeding a baby could take so long. No wonder parents are tired during MOTN feeding.
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Both of my girls were slow nursers until they were about 6 months old.
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It was a gradual change for us. When LO was a newborn, it would sometimes take her 30 minutes per side. By the time she was one, she could nurse for like 5 minutes or less per side and be done.
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