I have breast fed since birth and my baby is now 7 weeks but I still don't feel that it is going well. My baby cries a lot and so I do the regular checks of hungry? wet? etc. It is very rare for my baby to refuse being fed but will quite often just suck for a minute or two and then I think sucks for comfort. It can be really confusing to know what he wants (particularly when you are told to feed on demand) and I am scared that he is getting into a habit of using me as a dummy for comfort too much. It is also a bit of a problem because it is messing up my milk supply and I feel that he is sort of snacking rather than having a proper feed. How do I know the difference between him wanting to suck for comfort and actually wanting food?
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